"palantir of sauron"
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the palantir of sauron is an unlockable feature in the return of the king that can only be unlocked [funny, seeing how it's unlockable] by getting gandalf, sam, and either one of aragorn, legolas or gimli, to level 10. upon finishing the game, you automatically get the palantir of saruman...both the palantir missions aren't easy. they basically consist of 20 rounds of fighting [against the Enemy, not each other, idiot]. with each progressive level cleared, each subsequent level has tougher enemies. paolo and i managed to reach level 17 on the palantir of saruman before ebbing away into virtual nothingness. i have to say, we were pretty damn close. we didn't even get that close on the palantir of sauron.

and that was basically my sunday. paid paolo off for getting me those new brass guitar strings [though seeing how they're brass, i don't trust them all that much], and edwin was there too. spent the day playing nfs: underground and the return of the king, and had a late night viewing of taxi 3 [which i slept through].

one week down.