Post by Móreadhiel on Jan 16, 2007 14:35:24 GMT -5
Valandil
Son of Isildur; third King of Arnor. Valandil was Isildur's fourth and youngest son. He was born in Rivendell in 3430 of the Second Age. That same year, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men was formed to oppose Sauron. Isildur and his three eldest sons marched to Mordor to fight the War of the Last Alliance, while Valandil remained in Rivendell with his mother.
Isildur and his sons survived the war, but on the way back to Rivendell in the year 2 of the Third Age they were slain by Orcs in the Gladden Fields. Isildur's esquire Ohtar brought the shards of Narsil to Valandil in Rivendell.
Upon coming of age in the year 10, Valandil became the King of the North-kingdom of Arnor. Valandil did not claim the title of High King of both Gondor and Arnor as his father had done. Instead, the South-kingdom of Gondor was ruled by Valandil's cousin Meneldil - the son of Isildur's brother Anarion - and the two kingdoms became separated.
Valandil moved to the northern capital of Annuminas. A replica of the Elendilmir was made for him to replace the original which Isildur had been wearing when he was lost.
Valandil died in 249. He was succeeded by his son Eldacar, and all the subsequent leaders of the Dunedain of the North were his direct descendants. At the end of the Third Age, Aragorn of the House of Valandil became King of the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor.
Etymology:
Valandil means "friend of the Valar" or "devoted to the Valar." The element ndil means "devotion." Valandil was named after his ancestor who was the first of the Lords of Andunie in Numenor.
Sources:
The Fellowship of the Ring: "The Council of Elrond," p. 257, 261; "The Great River," p. 409
Appendix A of LotR: "The Realms in Exile - The Northern Line, Heirs of Isildur," p. 318
Appendix B of LotR: "The Tale of Years," p. 366
The Silmarillion: "Appendix - Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names," entry for (n)dil
Unfinished Tales: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields," p. 271, 277, 278 note 3, 284-5 note 33
The History of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Heirs of Elendil," p. 191-92, 207-8; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age," p. 227-28
Son of Isildur; third King of Arnor. Valandil was Isildur's fourth and youngest son. He was born in Rivendell in 3430 of the Second Age. That same year, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men was formed to oppose Sauron. Isildur and his three eldest sons marched to Mordor to fight the War of the Last Alliance, while Valandil remained in Rivendell with his mother.
Isildur and his sons survived the war, but on the way back to Rivendell in the year 2 of the Third Age they were slain by Orcs in the Gladden Fields. Isildur's esquire Ohtar brought the shards of Narsil to Valandil in Rivendell.
Upon coming of age in the year 10, Valandil became the King of the North-kingdom of Arnor. Valandil did not claim the title of High King of both Gondor and Arnor as his father had done. Instead, the South-kingdom of Gondor was ruled by Valandil's cousin Meneldil - the son of Isildur's brother Anarion - and the two kingdoms became separated.
Valandil moved to the northern capital of Annuminas. A replica of the Elendilmir was made for him to replace the original which Isildur had been wearing when he was lost.
Valandil died in 249. He was succeeded by his son Eldacar, and all the subsequent leaders of the Dunedain of the North were his direct descendants. At the end of the Third Age, Aragorn of the House of Valandil became King of the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor.
Etymology:
Valandil means "friend of the Valar" or "devoted to the Valar." The element ndil means "devotion." Valandil was named after his ancestor who was the first of the Lords of Andunie in Numenor.
Sources:
The Fellowship of the Ring: "The Council of Elrond," p. 257, 261; "The Great River," p. 409
Appendix A of LotR: "The Realms in Exile - The Northern Line, Heirs of Isildur," p. 318
Appendix B of LotR: "The Tale of Years," p. 366
The Silmarillion: "Appendix - Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names," entry for (n)dil
Unfinished Tales: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields," p. 271, 277, 278 note 3, 284-5 note 33
The History of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Heirs of Elendil," p. 191-92, 207-8; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age," p. 227-28
