Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
Minas Tirith
Thetownlandswererich,withwidetilthandmanyorchards,andhomesteadstherewerewithoastandgarner,foldandbyre,andmanyrillsripplingthroughthegreenfromthehighlandsdowntoAnduin.Yettheherdsmenandhusbandmenthatdwelttherewerenotmany,andthemostpartofthepeopleofGondorlivedinthesevencirclesoftheCity,orinthehighvalesofthemountain-borders,inLossarnach,orfurthersouthinfairLebenninwithitsfiveswiftstreams.Theredweltahardyfolkbetweenthemountainsandthesea.TheywerereckonedmenofGondor,yettheirbloodwasmingled,andtherewereshortandswarthyfolkamongthemwhosesirescamemorefromtheforgottenmenwhohousedintheshadowofthehillsintheDarkYearserethecomingofthekings.Butbeyond,inthegreatfiefofBelfalas,dweltPrinceImrahilinhiscastleofDolAmrothbythesea,andhewasofhighblood,andhisfolkalso,tallmenandproudwithsea-greyeyes.
NowafterGandalfhadriddenforsometimethelightofdaygrewinthesky,andPippinrousedhimselfandlookedup.Tohisleftlayaseaofmist,risingtoableakshadowintheEast;buttohisrightgreatmountainsrearedtheirheads,rangingfromtheWesttoasteepandsuddenend,asifinthemakingofthelandtheRiverhadburstthroughagreatbarrier,carvingoutamightyvalleytobealandofbattleanddebateintimestocome.
