Let's start with a number. J.R.R. Tolkien says there are seven official Palantiri or Seeing Stones in circulation. These are set up around the mainland of Middle-earth later in the Second Age and ...

The palantíri are just some of the many mystical objects described in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, but their origins can be tracked across the books to determine their true powers and ...