There are many races, objects, and plants that are imbued with magical properties throughout the kingdom of Middle Earth. Indeed, the magic of this realm is what makes it one of the most successful fantasy series, both in its time, and in modern day. Wizards and dragons, a battle of good and evil, and a range of powerful weapons, including swords that glow, a ring of Power, imbued with pure malice by the dark lord himself, and the seven seeing stones that exist beyond time and space, and allow the user to communicate telepathically and behold visions of a vast future.
One of the most important magical creatures throughout the works of Tolkien are trees. From the ents, who look after the woodlands, and play an instrumental part in the war of the ring by attacking Isengard, and removing Saruman from his leadership, to the trees of Fangorn Forest themselves, who are alive and can move and talk as well as any amn or elf, for those who have the ear to listen. There are also the Hurons, unusual trees who have been twisted by spite and hatred at the cruel treatments of their forests, and have turned to killing orcs in the night and burying them in the Death Downs.
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But, there is one tree that is arguably of more importance during the War or the Ring than all of these other examples, and that is the white tree of Gondor. This is the tree of kings, that has been in the citadel since the Numenoreans first came into the world, and is symbolic of all of the nobility and majesty of the ruling bloodline. As all Lord of the Rings fans know, the tree is withering and dying under the false rule of Denethor the steward, and only springs back to life when Aragorn, the true
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