Indiana Jones and the Treasures of Middle-earth

Jones must uncover all the vital clues that lead to the ancient stone of the Elves without letting it fall into the hands of evil industrialists or misguided communists. And, of course, a few Nazis can show up looking for the ultimate solution to their own power problems. That the Silmaril is hidden in an ancient Inca temple in the Andes won't come as any surprise to the audience because everyone knows the Dalai Lama was given charge of the sacred jewel generations ago and he sent it to the last refuge of the Elves on Earth. Of course, all the intrigue might seem too much for a Silmaril. Maybe instead the lost artifact is a Palantir. Imagine what your local spy agency could do with one of those babies, and two were known to have survived the Third Age. One, of course, was all but useless except for someone of very strong will and absolute authority, but the other Palantir (the Stone of Orthanc) was preserved intact. Aragorn used it to keep tabs on his kingdom and figure out where in the world he left his slippers. The Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor lasted for many generations after Aragorn died. His descendants though long-lived gradually lost their longevity in Genesis-like fashion and eventually became indistinguishable from other Men. Eldarion's heirs were kings for 100 generations of Men (about 2500 years) and the Fourth Age probably ended when the last king was toppled from his throne in some lost, long-forgotten corner of the northern world. The Palantir and the king's young son would have been taken to safety by loyal servants and a smattering of Wood-elves who were unable to build ships to sail over Sea. The Wood-elves retreated to the high mountains and raised the boy up to be...the first TRUE Dalai Lama (someone who lived centuries before Sonam Gyatso, who was appointed first Dalai Lama in 1578). Unable to continue their lives in the physical world, the Elves turned over guardianship of the Palantir to the True Dalai Lama and his followers, who kept the Palantir a secret for a thousand years before daring to use it again. Finally, a descendant of the High Kings and the rightful Heir of Eldarion (from a younger line of the last royal family) claimed the Palantir and took it away from the Tibetan monks to seek his fortune and restore his kingdom, but he ran afoul

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