Isildur steals the fruit of the White Tree (estimated date)
Event Type: Artifacts Age: Akallabêth/Last Alliance Date:
November 1, 3267 Isildur sneaks into Armenelos to save a fruit
of Nimloth, the doomed White Tree of Númenor: And Sauron urged
the King to cut down the White Tree, Nimloth the Fair, that grew
in his courts.... [When] Amandil heard rumour of the evil
purpose of Sauron he was grieved to the heart, knowing that in
the end Sauron would surely have his will. Then he spoke to
Elendil and the sons of Elendil, recalling the tale of the Trees
of Valinor; and Isildur said no word, but went out by night and
did a deed for which he was afterwards renowned. For he passed
alone in disguise to Armenelos and to the courts of the King,
which were now forbidden to the Faithful; and he came to the
place of the Tree, which was forbidden to all by the orders of
Sauron, and the Tree was watched day and night by guards in his
service. At that time Nimloth was dark and bore no bloom, for it
was late in the autumn, and