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Athelas is a fictional healing herb from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, also known as Kingsfoil or Asￃﾫa Aranion.
It was first brought to Middle-earth by Nￃﾺmenￃﾳrean, but by the end of the Third Age the knowledge of its healing properties was lost among all but the Rangers of the North. According to folklore in Gondor, it is especially powerful in the hands of the king, perhaps because of the Elvish heritage of the royal house. It was used by Aragorn, secretly entering Minas Tirith upon...
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