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| | Return of the King Countdown Calendar |
 | | As has been told before (July 24th), the White Tree of Gondor was decended from the White Tree of Numenor called Nimloth the Fair, which was descended from trees in Valinor that had been made by the Valar in the image of one of the Two Trees of Valinor*, which had been destroyed by Morgoth. |
 | | On Numenor, Nimloth was treated as sacred for thousands of years, but as the Kings of Numenor began to gradually turn from their regard for the Valar, and began to desire immortality and ever-increasing power, the care of Nimloth was neglected, to the great concern of the Faithful in Numenor. |
 | | This seedling of Nimloth was brought by Elendil and his sons when they escaped the distruction of Numenor, and it was planted in Minas Tirith, where it became an emblem of the Kings of Gondor (hence all the white trees on the livery of Gondor). |
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