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High King Ithilion wrote: That's just Tolkien's writing style. He does that quite a bit at different times, using indefinite phrases to show definite ones. In any case, it clearly replaced the other notions about Alatar and Pallando.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) 10:50, May 20, 2017 (UTC) Yes, it's his style. He always talks as a narrator who experienced the event (or heard about it from someone else), instead of an omniscient being. That doesn't mean it's definite.