The Palantíri and Fast Travel

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[For a look at the Palantíri as they are in Tolkien canon, please check here. We have changed some things to fit our game play needs. This can be explained by the corrupted music, (AKA "Eru was drunk") as per usual.]

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In Arda Marred, the Palantíri serve as a means of fast travel - a way to get your character quickly from one place in Arda to another. They are in fixed locations throughout the world, and function as follows:

✦ Gazing into the Palantír will show you a series of cycling images of the locations of other Palantíri. (Those locations which have not been discovered will show as swirling clouds.)

✦ Placing your hand on the Palantir while showing a particular image will teleport the individual to that place

✦ Please note that (unless a special situation occurs) the Palantíri in Arda Marred do not serve as Scrying devices.

Palantíri Locations ( Middle-earth and Beleriand )
⟴ Annúminas	The palantír is located in the library.
⟴ Deepwood	On top of a tower near the entrance to the Dwarven area, a small stone pillared gazebo houses a palantír.
⟴ Dol Guldur	The Palantir sits at the lowest level of the ruins. Watch out for the spiders!
⟴ Gundabad	On top of the stronghold, the palantír can be found inside the carcass of a troll. Beware of the werebats that the structure is infested with, though they won't attack unless woken from their slumber, and of the winds that tear at you on the roof of the stronghold. They might make flying powers malfunction.
⟴ Havens of Sirion	Out on the docks, in the single room of what was once a lightfire tower, rests the palantir at about 1m/3ft height on a pillar of wood that is the most well preserved thing in the whole town.
⟴ Isengard	In the middle of the tower of Orthanc there is a hole in the ground, about 30cm/1ft deep. It is filled with a clear water that will start to glow upon the surface being broken by a part of a sentient being. The water is pleasantly warm to the touch. At the bottom of the hole rests the Palantir. Beware of the grumpy Ent.
⟴ Minas Tirith	The palantír is located in a relatively untouched house high up in the city.
⟴ Tol Sirion	The palantír is located in a room with broken walls above the dangerously fast flowing currents of the Sirion river. Beware of the werewolves that claim the island every summer to raise their young! It should be safe for the rest of the year, though.

Palantíri Locations ( Númenor )
⟴ Meneltarma	The palantír is located on a pillar in the center of the plain.
⟴ Oromet	The room at the top of the tower holds a palantír. It stands on a marble pillar.