What happened to Pippin when he touched the Palantir?

Gandalf tells everyone to ride immediately, scoops Pippin onto Shadowfax, and is gone. On the ride, Gandalf tells Pippin that the palantír was made by the Elves long ago and were used to guard and unite Gondor, but most of them were lost.
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What happens when Aragorn touched the Palantir?

In the LOTR The Two Towers movie, Pippin takes a look at the Palantir and Aragorn grabs it for a second to save him. Later in the extended version of the LOTR The Return of the King, Aragorn again picks it up and this time we see Sauron and a dead Arwen.
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What did Sauron say to Pippin?

When Pippin... um... 'borrows' the Palantir taken from Orthanc, he hears (for lack of a better word) Sauron say the following in his head: Tell Saruman that this dainty is not for him. I will send for it at once.
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What happen to Pippin when he looks into the Seeing Stone from Orthanc?

Quickly now he drew off the cloth, wrapped the stone in it and... laid it back by the wizard's hand. Then at last he looked at the thing that he had uncovered.... a smooth globe of crystal, now dark and dead.... Pippin lifted it, covered it hurriedly in his own cloak, and half turned to go back to his bed....
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How did Sauron get a Palantir?

Yes, Sauron possessed one of the Palantíri. There was originally a stone placed by the Dunedain at Minas Ithil, which Sauron captured and turned into Minas Morgul (the big fortress the Nazgûl that Frodo &c go past in their way to Mordor). Sauron would have taken that stone along with the fortress.
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LOTR The Return of the King Pippin sees inside the Palantir



Why does Pippin look in the Palantir?

He may have just been trying to save it, but he still looked at it and saw something red in it, likely the eye of Sauron. The actions of Pippin seem too similar to Frodo's many urges to put on the Ring, particularly when Nazgul were near. The actions of Pippin seem to bold for his normal self.
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Is the Eye of Sauron a Palantir?

No, there is no evidence for this

The palantír of Minas Ithil, in Sauron's possession.
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Is the Arkenstone a silmaril?

Reality: The Arkenstone is not a Silmaril. There are several reasons why this theory is incorrect. First, Tolkien wrote that the two lost Silmarils would remain lost until the end of Arda. One of them being found by the Dwarves would contradict this.
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What is the Palantir shadow of war?

The Palantíri (or singular Palantír) also known as Seeing-stones, the Seven Stones and the Seven Seeing-stones are magical artifacts of Middle-earth, which feature in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle-earth: Shadow of War. The Palantíri allow communication with similar stones by peering into them.
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Did Pippin tell Sauron about Frodo?

Pippin didn't reveal any information (especially concerning Sam and Frodo's quest), so I'd guess it was just an assumption on Sauron's part. After all, how many hobbits would even have access to or be near a Palantir?
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Did Sauron know Hobbits?

Invading the Shire meant invading Gondor first - it was not without reason that Boromir praised his people for keeping the Enemy at bay in the Council of Elrond. 4) Sauron also did not know that a Hobbit would still be in possession of the ring after the Wise had discovered it's true nature.
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What did the ring say to Aragorn?

He tells Aragorn that it takes more than elvish glass and a broken Elvish blade to be the king. After the remark, the Mouth of Sauron presents Sauron's conditions and after Gandalf rejects them on the behalf of Aragorn, he returns to the Gate and calls on Sauron's army to prepare for an attack.
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Why did Gandalf take Pippin to Gondor?

To keep Pippin safe from Sauron's forces, the wizard Gandalf took him to the city of Minas Tirith, separating him from his friends. The effect on Sauron was important, as Sauron wrongly assumed that Pippin was the hobbit with the One Ring, and that he was Saruman's prisoner.
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Are Merry and Pippin Brothers?

Meriadoc, a hobbit, known as Merry, was the only child of Saradoc Brandybuck, a Master of Buckland, and Esmeralda (née Took), the younger sister of Paladin Took II, making him a cousin to Paladin's son, his friend Pippin.
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Why was Aragorn in Bree?

“But the explanation is simple: I was looking for a Hobbit called Frodo Baggins. I wanted to find him quickly. I had learned that he was carrying out of the Shire, well, a secret that concerned me and my friends.”
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What are the white gems Thranduil wants?

White Gems of Lasgalen are jewels that Thranduil sought out after the death of his wife. One of the gems included a necklace. However, Thror refused to give them to Thranduil, causing a rift between the Elves and the Dwarves. Later, after Smaug's demise at the hand of Bard, Thranduil wanted the jewels back.
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Did Thranduil get his gems?

In the end, after Thranduil finally agrees to fight in the Battle of the Five Armies, and helps the dwarves prevail against the evil that comes out of Angmar, he is given back the jewels by Bard, who has claimed them as a fourteenth share of the treasure, as was promised him by Thorin.
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Did the Arkenstone have power?

Appearance. The Arkenstone shone of its own inner light, and appeared a "little globe of pallid light" in darkness, and yet, cut and fashioned by the Dwarves, it took all light that fell upon it and changed it into "ten thousand sparks of white radiance, shot with glints of the rainbow".
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Is the Mirror of Galadriel a Palantir?

Galadriel did have a Palantír at the bottom of the Mirror....it was the first stone, the Master Stone (see Unfinished Tales).
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Was Sauron an elf?

Prior to the publication of The Silmarillion, Sauron's origins and true identity were unclear to those without full access to Tolkien's notes. In early editions of The Guide to Middle Earth, Sauron is described as "probably of the Eldar elves".
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Does Aragorn love Eowyn?

Éowyn falls in love with Aragorn, but though he respects her, he does not return her feelings, as he is betrothed to the elf Arwen. As Aragorn points out, her duty is with her people; she has to shoulder the responsibility of ruling Rohan in Théoden's stead when the war-host of Rohan go to war.
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How did Pippin put himself and the others in danger?

Gandalf talked to Saruman at Isengard because he wanted to __________________. 12. How did Pippin put himself and others in danger? he constantly ate too much, robbing others of their fair share and putting on an unhealthy amount of weight.
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What is the orthanc stone?

The Stone of Orthanc was one of the seven palantíri brought to Middle-earth by Elendil and his sons at the end of the Second Age. It was set in the Tower of Orthanc. The Stone was later used by Saruman, and by Peregrin Took and Aragorn during the War of the Ring.
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