Mindolluin
Mindolluin or Mount Mindolluin was the easternmost mountain of the White Mountains (Sindarin Ered Nimrais).
Mindolluin was a high mountain with a snow-capped peak and high glens, which cast deep purple shadows in the morning light. On the eastern side of the mountain a narrow shoulder joined it with the Hill of Guard on which the city of Minas Tirith was built at the level of the fifth wall of the city.
At the southern feet of Mount Mindolluin was an ancient steep path , which went up the mountain to a high hallow far above the city where only the Kings of Gondor were accustomed to go. Standing in this spot one could look over a precipice to the towers of the city of Minas Tirith far below.
History
Shortly after Aragorn's coronation as Elessar, on 25 June Third Age 3019, Gandalf took him by the forgotten path to the high hallow where the newly-crowned king could view the vastness of his realm. When he remarked that the White Tree of Gondor in the Court of the Fountain was still withered, Gandalf bade him turn around. Opposite the precipice, on an otherwise barren stony slope, one growing thing could be seen: a sapling of the line of Nimloth. Aragorn removed the tree, brought it to the Citadel and planted it by the fountain in the Court of the Fountain as a sign of rebirth, and for Arwen to come to Gondor and be his queen.
Etymology
Mindolluin is a Sindarin name, which means "Towering blue-head". Paul Strack suggests that it is a combination of a shortened form or a root form of minas ("tower"), with dol ("head") and luin ("blue"). Christopher Tolkien mentions that the same stem as in minas occurs in 'Mindolluin.
Other versions of the legendarium
In a draft of The Lord of the Rings, the hill was called Tor-dilluin in Noldorin before it was changed to Mindolluin.
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
Mindolluin stands 10,459 feet tall, towering above the snowline. The High Hallow of Mindolluin is one of the holiest sites in Gondor.
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