weighty matters of state

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• Council of the Sceptre —    Advisors to the King of Númenor.    The nobles and lords of Númenor, together with the King s Heir, who gathered to advise the King on weighty matters of state …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

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