Rond Berúthiel

Rond Berúthiel (S. "Berúthiels Hall") was the palatial manor which King Tarannon built for his wife and queen in the midst of Ethir Anduin in T.A. 830. Berúthiel did not remain there long (due to her loathing for the sea, as later legend would have it), and Tarannon himself never made use of it. Built on stone arches over the sluggish waters of the Ethir, Rond Berúthiel remained locked and unoccupied until Castamir the Ursurper commandeered it for use by the newly-appointed Captain of the Ethir, whose task was to oversee the safe passage of ships and to keep the Ethir free of brigands. The house continued to be used for this purpose throughout the Third Age (though it was destroyed and rebuilt many times during the Corsair period).