Orthanc-stone

The Orthanc-stone was the palantír placed in Orthanc, the tower of Isengard built by the Dúnedain in the Second Age sometime between SA 3320 and SA 3430. The lure of the Orthanc-stone led the wizard Saruman to ask King Fréaláf of Rohan and ruling steward Beren the to take control of Orthanc from after Long Winter of TA 2758 and they agreed.
While using the Seeing Stone without notifying supposed allies in Rohan and Gondor, Saruman was ensnared by Sauron who controlled the Ithil-stone, effectively becoming his vassal. Seeking to become a ruler of Middle-earth at Sauron's side or in his place, Saruman took Orthanc for his own in TA 2953. Having allied with the Orcs of the Misty Mountains and the Dunlendings, he began assembling an army around Orthanc to both invade Rohan for Sauron and hunt the Ring-bearer.
Late in the Third Age, Gandalf revealed Saruman's treachery, expelled him from both the Order of Wizards and the White Council, and broke Saruman's staff. After the confrontation, Saruman's footman, Gríma Wormtongue — who was inside the tower at the time — threw the Stone of Orthanc at the party outside as a parting shot, missing both Gandalf and Saruman.
The fate of the stone is not known, but presuming it was returned to Orthanc, it was the last functional remaining palantír in Middle-earth into the Fourth Age.
== Translations ==
Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Orthancsteen
Albanian 	Orthanc-guri
Asturian 	Piedra de Orthanc
Azerbaijani 	Orthanc daşı
Basque 	Orthanc-harria
Bosnian 	Orthanc-kamen
Breton 	Maen Orthanc
Catalan 	Pedra de Orthanc
Corsican 	Petra di Orthanc
Croatian 	Kamen Orthanc
Czech 	Kámen Orthanc
Danish 	Orthanc-sten
Dutch 	Steen van Orthanc
Esperanto 	Orthanc-ŝtono
Estonian 	Orthanc-kivi
Finnish 	Orthanc-kivi
French 	Pierre du Orthanc
Frisian 	Orthancstian (Northern) Stien fan Orthanc (Western)
Galician 	Pedra de Orthanc
German 	Orthanc-stein
Hungarian 	Orthanc-kő
Icelandic 	Orthancsteinninn
Indonesian 	Batu Orthanc
Irish Gaelic 	Clach na Orthanc
Italian 	Pietra di Orthanc
Javanese 	Watu Orthanc
Latin 	Lapis Orthanc
Latvian 	Orthanc-akmens
Lithuanian 	Orthanc-akmuo
Luxembourgish 	Steen vu Orthanc
Malaysian 	Batu Orthanc
Norwegian 	Orthancstenen (Bokmål) / Orthancsteinen (Nynorsk)
Occitan 	Pèira de Orthanc
Polish 	Kamień Orthanc
Portuguese 	Pedra da Orthanc
Romanian 	Piatra Orthancui
Romansh 	Crap da Orthanc
Scots 	Stane o Orthanc
Scottish Gaelic 	Clach Orthanc
Serbian 	? (Cyrillic) Itil-kamen (Latin)
Sicilian 	Petra di Orthanc
Slovak 	Orthancský kameň
Slovenian 	Kamen Orthanc
Spanish 	Piedra de Orthanc
Sundanese 	Batu Orthanc
Swedish 	Orthanc-sten
Turkish 	Orthanc-taşı
Turkmen 	Orthanc-daşy
Uzbek 	? (Cyrillic) Itil-toshi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Phiến đá Orthanc
Welsh 	Carreg Orthanc
== References ==
Category:Palantíri
es:Piedra de Orthanc
pl:Kryształ Minas Orthanc