Tradition of Isildur
A secret practice Isildur set up in Gondor: the ruler took his heir to Elendil's Tomb on Amon Anwar at the heir's coming of age, and handed on the kingdom's secrets, later written into a scroll passed at each accession.
The Tradition of Isildur was a secret practice that Isildur established in Gondor, kept first by the Kings and afterwards by the Stewards. Its first and most important part was a visit to Elendil's Tomb on Amon Anwar, which the ruler made together with his heir when the heir came of age; this was done from the early Third Age until TA 2510, when the tomb was moved to Minas Tirith. Its second part was the handing on of the secrets of the kingdom from father to son. At first that was done by word of mouth, but the secrets were later written into a scroll given to each king at his accession, and it was this scroll that came to be called the Tradition. When the House of Anárion ended and the Stewards took up the powers of the kings, they kept the Tradition on.
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