Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-35329248-20190114061406/@comment-32705314-20190120061725

GrandpaMunster wrote: I agree but I will make a few closing points, it is my post after all.

Much of what you have said falls upon your opinion (mine as well) I.e gem's power,arkenstone,etc, and rests in the dislike of this suggestion. Tolkien didn't tell us everything, indeed if he did, it wouldn't be as 'magical.'

I never contested the silmarils power, or how it got there, I have read the silmarilion.

If we are to say that all knowledge of such things are gone by the 3rd age, which is true strictly speaking, say goodbye to ring forging being added.

Tolkien was a folklore/mythology master, the palantir are clearly Crystal balls, and their description fits this, you are objecting to this obvious point out of dislike for the suggestion, not out of reason of what's read; sorry but that needs to be said.

Your points about them being out of Gandalf' and Saruman's power is a good point. However, it wasn't the valar, or maiar that made them, it was the elves. Your points about Galadriel and Elrond are also good,however there are clearly lost lore worth trying to recover, like the Gondolinian crafting. I just think we don't have to be so strict with everything; if we are, ring forging really shouldn't be added. ...honestly I quite agree with that last point, according to that reasoning ring forging shouldn’t be added, but Mevans will find a way.

As someone who has spent time searching for a firm, concrete answer as to the substance from which the Palantirí were made, I was highly doubtful when you said that they were “clearly crystals”, and further internet research and book re-reading cemented my doubt. The description of the Palantirí does not  fit them being crystal balls, they are not  crystal balls, and aside from that quote that doesn’t really support that claim there’s really no proof (that I have found anyway) that proves that they are 100% made of crystal.

No, I dislike the suggestion because it doesn’t fit with the lore, and reading the other comments, I’m not the only person who thinks so.

<–-They’re not made of crystal--!>  @Pumpkinator