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For questions about magical seeing stones called "palantíri" from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books. The palantíri, also known as the Seeing Stones, are objects used for both communication and as a means of seeing events in other parts of the world. Always use in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag.

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Why is so much emphasis placed on the Ring instead of the Palantiri?

By contrast, the Palantiri seem far more powerful. … Why, then, did both Sauron focus so much of his efforts on recovering the Ring, and his enemies so much on keeping it out of his hands, relative to the Palantiri, given the power of the latter? …
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