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| name= Isildur | | name=Isildur | ||
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| birth= | | birth=[[Second Age 3209|S.A. 3209]] | ||
| rule= | | rule=[[Second Age 3441|S.A. 3441]] until death (2 [[Years of the Sun|years]]) | ||
| death= | | death=[[Third Age 2|T.A. 2]] | ||
| age= 234 | | age=234 years | ||
| | | party=The [[Faithful]] | ||
| | | language=[[Quenya]] | ||
| gender=Male | | gender=Male | ||
| hair= Brown | | height= | ||
| hair=Brown | |||
| eyes= | | eyes= | ||
| | | parentage=[[Elendil]] | ||
| siblings=[[Anárion]] | |||
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| children=[[Elendur, son of Isildur|Elendur]], [[Aratan]], [[Ciryon]], [[Valandil of Arnor|Valandil]] | |||
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'''Isildur''' | '''Isildur''' was a [[Dúnedain|Dúnadan]] of [[Númenor]], the elder son of [[Elendil]], [[High King]] of the [[Realms in Exile]]. He was briefly the second king of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]]. His name means "Devoted to the [[Moon]]". | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 03:57, 11 November 2007
| Isildur | |
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| Númenórean | |
| File:Isildur.jpg | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Language | Quenya |
| Birth | S.A. 3209 |
| Rule | S.A. 3441 until death (2 years) |
| Death | T.A. 2 (aged 234 years) |
| Family | |
| Parentage | Elendil |
| Siblings | Anárion |
| Children | Elendur, Aratan, Ciryon, Valandil |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Gallery | Images of Isildur |
Isildur was a Dúnadan of Númenor, the elder son of Elendil, High King of the Realms in Exile. He was briefly the second king of Gondor and Arnor. His name means "Devoted to the Moon".
History
Isildur was born in Númenor, the first son of Elendil son of Amandil, the last Lord of Andúnië. His younger brother was Anárion. Isildur had four sons, Elendur, Aratan, Ciryon, and Valandil, though his wife was never named.
In his youth, Isildur stole a fruit of Nimloth before it is cut down, preserving the line of the White Tree, and later plants a seedling in the city of Minas Anor.
Isildur together with his father and brother were saved from the Downfall of Númenor when they fled for Middle-earth. Isildur and Anárion landed in the south and established the realm of Gondor, while their father landed in the north, founding the realm of Arnor.
Isildur lived on the east bank of the river Anduin and established the city of Minas Ithil (which would later be named Minas Morgul), as well as the province of Ithilien. However, in 3428 Sauron captured Minas Ithil, and Isildur fled down the Anduin, then northwest to Gil-gilad in Lindon and his father in Arnor, leaving Anárion to rule over Gondor.
He returned with his father and the Elven High King Gil-galad in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men in 3434. His father and Gil-galad threw down Sauron, winning the battle, though both were slain. Isildur took the hilt shard of his father's sword Narsil, which had broken beneath Elendil in the combat with Sauron, and used it to cut the One Ring from Sauron's finger.
Ignoring the advice of Elrond and Círdan, lieutenant of Gil-galad, he did not destroy the Ring, instead claiming it as an heirloom for his House.
After the fall of Sauron, Isildur left Meneldil, son of his brother Anárion, in charge of Gondor, and returned north to Arnor with his three sons. His fourth son Valandil had stayed behind in Rivendell. At the Gladden Fields, Isildur was ambushed by roaming Orcs, and due to the Ring's treachery he was killed, losing the Ring in the river Anduin.
He was the last king to rule both Gondor and Arnor until King Elessar reunited the Kingdom at the end of the Third Age.
In the riddling rhyme "Seek for the Sword that was Broken" the Ring is referred to cryptically as Isildur's Bane.
Portrayal in Adaptations
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, Isildur briefly appears in the first scenes of the first film, and in an extended flashback scene in the second. In the movie, Isildur apparently is the last king of Gondor; Anárion and heirs do not appear at all, and Arnor does not feature at all: furthermore the time between the Fall of Sauron and the War of the Ring is much shorter. However, in the Extended Editions both Arnor and the House of Anárion are mentioned, and at times it is clear that Isildur was not the last King (though he was the last High King), so this might be dialogue error. The story of Isildur's succumbing to the temptation of the Ring bothers Aragorn who fears that he could have the same weakness (a fear that is not evident in the books). As well, in the movie Isildur is the one that destroys Sauron's physical form rather than his father and Gil-galad.
Harry Sinclair portrayed Isildur in all of Peter Jackson's films.
Genealogy
Elendil
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ISILDUR Anárion
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Elendur Aratan Ciryon Valandil
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Eldacar
Titles
| Preceded by: Elendil |
2nd King of ArnorII 3441 – III 2
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Followed by: Valandil |
| Preceded by: Elendil |
2nd King of GondorII 3441 – III 2
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Followed by: Meneldil |
| Preceded by: Elendil |
2nd High King of the Two KingdomsII 3441 – III 2
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Followed by: Aragorn II 3,017 years later |
