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|type   = City
|region = Old Anórien
|area   = Minas Tirith
|map    = Old Anórien
|NS     = 65.8S
|EW     = 16.8W
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== Description ==
'''Minas Tirith''' ''([[Sindarin]]: "Tower of Guard")''  is an [[area]] and [[settlement]] within [[Old Anórien]] in [[Gondor]], at the eastern end of the [[White Mountains]] at the foot of Mount Mindolluin in the [[Pelennor Fields]]. It is the capital and seat of power of the Kingdom of Gondor. 

== Reputation Factions ==
* [[Defenders of Minas Tirith]] 
*''must reach Kindred with [[Defenders of Minas Tirith]]'' for access to the daily quests:
** [[Burgsmen's Fellowship]] 
** [[Builders' Fellowship]]  
** [[Smiths' Fellowship]]

== Services ==
A brief listing of services available in Minas Tirith. See the descriptions of the individual Tiers for more complete listings.
:* [[Auction House]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.1S|17.7W}} - Craftsmen's Tier
:* [[Vault-keeper]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.2S|17.9W}} - Craftsmen's Tier
:* [[Old Anórien Reflecting Pool|Reflecting Pool]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|66.5S|19.1W}} - Sages' Tier
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:* [[Crafting Guilds]] - [[The House of Craft]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|64.8S|18.1W}} - Craftsmen's Tier 

===Tasks Bulletin Board ===
:* [[Tasks Bulletin Board]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.3S|16.8W}}

===Travel ===
:* [[Milestone]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.1S|18.8W}} - [[Sages' Tier]]
:* [[Milestone]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.5S|16.7W}} - [[Workers' Tier]]
:* [[Milestone]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|64.8S|17.9W}} - [[Craftsmen's Tier]]
:* [[Stable-master (Minas Tirith - Main Gate)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.8S|16.8W}}
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:* There are also Stable-masters on tiers 2-5 for travel between tiers.
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== Deeds ==
The following deeds are located under the [[Old Anórien]] tab of the [[Gondor]] page of the [[Deed Log]].
{{:Minas Tirith Deeds}}
== Quests ==
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'''[[Masters' Tier]]'''
* [100] [[Quest: For the Coming Storm| For the Coming Storm]]
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{{:Category:Vol. IV. Book 4 Quests}}
#  [101] [[Quest: Book 5, Chapter 1: The Spread of Rumour|Book 5, Chapter 1: The Spread of Rumour]]
#  [101] [[Quest: Book 5, Chapter 2: Ride Swift and Sure|Book 5, Chapter 2: Ride Swift and Sure]]
#  [105] [[Quest: Book 6, Chapter 9: The City Stands|Book 6, Chapter 9: The City Stands]]
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== NPCs ==
'''Barter'''

Reputation Faction Reward Barter:
* [[Quartermaster (Defenders of Minas Tirith)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.9S|16.8W}}
* [[Londir]] (Builders' Fellowship) {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.7S|16.9W}}
* [[Narnaith]] (Smith's Fellowship) {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.7S|16.9W}}
* [[Heledon]] (Burgsmen's Fellowship) {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.7S|16.9W}}
Epic Battle Reward Barter:
* [[Merit Committee (Battle Decorations (Standard Honors))]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.8S|16.9W}}
* [[Merit Committee (Battle Decorations (High Honors))]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.7S|16.9W}}
Pelennor Instance Reward Barter:
* [[Quartermaster (Pelennor Battle Rewards Vendor)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.7S|16.7W}}
* [[Master of Battle Lore (Pelennor Rewards Vendor)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.4S|16.8W}}
* [[Master of Battle Lore (Pelennor Sage's Gear Rewards Vendor)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.4S|16.8W}}
* [[Master of Battle Lore (Pelennor Scout's Gear Rewards Vendor)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.4S|16.8W}}
* [[Master of Battle Lore (Pelennor Warrior's Gear Rewards Vendor)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.4S|16.8W}}
Featured Instance Reward Barter:
* [[Quartermaster (Featured Instance Rewards Vendor)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.7S|16.7W}}
* [[Quartermaster (Featured Challenge Rewards Vendor)]] {{Tooltip Coords|Minas Tirith|65.7S|16.7W}}
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== The Seven Circles ==
Minas Tirith consists of seven circles, each surrounded by a wall and dedicated to a different part of the city's society.
: See the description of each Tier for details on Services, NPCs and Landmarks.
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=== [[Workers' Tier]] (1st Circle) ===
[[File:Workers' Tier.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Workers' Tier]]
::''See [[Workers' Tier]] for more details.''
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:* [[Stable-master]], [[Mailbox]], [[Milestone]]
:* [[Supplier]], [[Provisioner]], [[Healer NPC|Healer]]
:* [[Forge-master]]
:* Crafting stations
:* Barter NPCs
:* Quest givers
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=== [[Soldiers' Tier]] (2nd Circle) ===
[[File:Soldiers' Tier.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Soldiers' Tier]]
::''See [[Soldiers' Tier]] for more details.''
{{:Soldiers' Tier}}
:* Class trainers
:* [[Bard]]
:* [[Mailbox]]
:* [[Skirmish Camp]]
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=== [[Craftsmen's Tier]] (3rd Circle) ===
[[File:Craftsmen's Tier.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Craftsmen's Tier]]
::''See [[Craftsmen's Tier]] for more details.''
{{:Craftsmen's Tier}}
:* [[Milestone]]
:* [[Supplier]], [[Provisioner]], [[Healer NPC|Healer]]
:* [[Auction House]], [[Vault-keeper]]
:* Crafting stations
:* Quest givers
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=== [[Players' Tier]] (4th Circle) ===
[[File:Players' Tier.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Players' Tier]]
::''See [[Players' Tier]] for more details.''
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:* [[Mailbox]]
:* [[Barber]]
:* [[Bard]]
:* [[Reflecting Pool]]
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=== [[Sages' Tier]] (5th Circle) ===
[[File:The Black House.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Sages' Tier]]
::''See [[Sages' Tier]] for more details.''
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:* [[Milestone]]
:* [[Mailbox]]
:* [[Study]]
:* Class trainers
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=== [[Masters' Tier]] (6th Circle) ===
[[File: Masters Tier - Gate of Stones.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Masters' Tier from the Gate of Stones]]
::''See [[Masters' Tier]] for more details.''
{{:Masters' Tier}}
:* [[Clerk of Kinships]]
:* [[Healer NPC|Healer]]
:* [[Mailbox]]
:* Quest givers
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* [100] [[Quest: For the Coming Storm| For the Coming Storm]]
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=== [[The Citadel]] (7th Circle) ===
[[File:The Citadel.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Citadel]]
::''See [[The Citadel]] for more details.''
{{:The Citadel}}
:* [[Healer NPC|Healer]]
:* [[Provisioner]]
:* Quest givers
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== Lore ==
: Minas Tirith was built in 3320 of the [[Second Age]], originally named '''Minas Anor''' {{Lang|Sindarin|Tower of the Sun}}, one of the two towers of Gondor guarding the western and eastern flanks of the capital, [[Osgiliath]]. It was the city of [[Anárion]], son of [[Elendil]], though Anárion shared joint rule of the southern kingdom with his brother [[Isildur]] from Osgiliath. Isildur's was the city of [[Minas Ithil]] {{Lang|Sindarin|Tower of the Moon}} on the eastern side of Osgiliath.

: At the end of the Second Age, Minas Ithil was overrun and Minas Anor was besieged by [[Sauron]] until it was relieved by [[the Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. Anárion was slain in the fighting and rule of the city passed to his son [[Meneldil]] and his heirs. Minas Anor was rebuilt in the beginning of the [[Third Age]] (T.A. 420) by Ostoher, the seventh King of Gondor, as a summer residence. In Third Age 1640, King Tarondor moved the King's House from Osgiliath following the [[Great Plague]], which devastated the population of the much larger and more populous old capital.

: In T.A. 2002, Minas Ithil was again taken by the [[Nazgûl]] and became [[Minas Morgul]], the Tower of Black Sorcery. Minas Anor became Minas Tirith, the ''Tower of Guard'' -- guarding Gondor against the forces of Sauron. With the fall of Minas Ithil and the capture of the city's ''[[palantír]]'', use of the Anor-stone was stopped.

: Minas Tirith became the capital of Gondor with the fall of Osgiliath. In T.A. 2050, [[Eärnur]], last King of Gondor, rode to [[Minas Morgul]] in answer to the [[Witch-king of Angmar]]'s challenge and was lost. Rule of Gondor passed to [[Mardil Voronwë (NPC)|Mardil]] and the line of the Ruling Stewards, which continues now through [[Denethor]] and his sons. In the Courtyard before the king's hall there was a [[White Tree]] a descendant [[Nimloth (White Tree)|Nimloth]] of [[Númenor]]. That tree died at the same time as the twenty-first Steward, Belecthor II, and was left standing in the Court of the Fountain.

: Minas Tirith is divided into seven city rings. [[Mithrandir]] describes it in [[Quest: Book 4, Chapter 3: The Seven Gates]]:

:: '' 'Minas Tirith is strong, and it was built in seven levels with strategic purpose. Did you notice how the gates alternate sides, first on the south, then the north, and then on the south again? Such a design causes the ascending road to pass through the Neaths in the pier at regular intervals, and carving so many arched tunnels in the stone cannot have been easy. It was done at Anárion's command so the city could be easily fortified, and an opposing force would have a long road to march before reaching the heights of the city.

:: '' 'The walls of the city have never been breached. No enemy has broken the gates. Denethor knows this. He believes that Minas Tirith cannot fall, and that knowledge gives him strength, but it is also a weakness. He refuses the help I might give him, and the help you could provide. I think that is an error.'

: At the end of the Third Age, Minas Tirith was no longer at the height of its power. Its women and children were evacuated to other fiefdoms to the south. It was supplied by farms on the fertile [[Pelennor Fields]] surrounding the city, which in turn are bordered by the [[Rammas Echor]], a large wall.

: At the end of the Third Age there was a large [[Battle of Pelennor Fields|battle on these fields]] with the [[Orcs]] of [[Mordor]], the Corsairs of [[Umbar]], the Haradrim, the Gondorians and the [[Rohan|Rohirrim]].

== Map ==
[[File: Minas Tirith map.jpg|600px|center]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery caption="Images of Minas Tirith" widths="200px" heights="150px" >
File: Minas Tirith-2.jpg|Minas Tirith from the Pelennor fields
File: Eastern Gondor.jpg|Minas Tirith from South Ithilien
File: Minas Tirith-1.jpg|Sunset over the White City
File: Throne of Gondor.jpg| Throne of Gondor
File: Throne room -Tower of Ecthelion.jpg| Throne room -Tower of Ecthelion
File: Denethor's bed.jpg|Denethor's bed
File: Minas Tirith White Tree.jpg|The White tree
File: Tower of Ecthelion-1.jpg|Tower of Ecthelion
</gallery>

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