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Elves of Lindon

2020-07-24T18:34:09Z

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{{people infobox
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| image=[[File:Liz Danforth - Elves of Lindon.jpg|250px]]
| caption=''Elves of Lindon'' by [[Liz Danforth]]
| pronun=
| othernames=[[Eldar]] of [[Lindon]]
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| affiliation=[[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]], [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], [[White Council]]
| rivalry=[[Sauron]]
| language=[[Westron]], [[Sindarin]], [[Quenya]], [[Nandorin]]
| members=[[Cirdan]], [[Gil-galad]], [[Celeborn]], [[Oropher]], [[Elrond]], [[Galdor of the Havens]]
| lifespan=Immortal
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The '''Elves of Lindon''' were those [[Elves]] who dwelt in [[Lindon]] in the west of [[Middle-earth]], between the [[Blue Mountains]] and the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].

==History==
===Rule of Gil-galad===
In {{SA|1}},<ref name=SA/> the [[Elves]] built the [[Grey Havens]] in the newly-formed [[Gulf of Lune]] where the [[Eldar]] sailed the [[Straight Road]], but most of them were unwilling at first to forsake the lands they fought in and preferred to linger there.<ref name=rings/> This was the foundation of [[Lindon]] and its people.<ref name=SA/> Among those that remained were [[Círdan the Shipwright]], [[Celeborn|Celeborn of Doriath]], [[Galadriel]], [[Elrond]], and [[Celebrimbor]].<ref name="Earendil">{{S|Earendil}}</ref> [[Gil-galad]] was the last heir of the [[King of the Noldor|kings of the Noldor]] in exile, and acknowledged as [[High King of the Noldor|High King of the Elves of the West]] and so, he was their king.<ref name=rings/><ref name=SA/>

In the beginning of the [[Second Age]], most of the [[Noldor]] that remained in [[Middle-earth]] dwelt in [[Lindon]] but,<ref name=SA/> many [[Teleri]], survivors of [[Doriath]] and [[Ossiriand]], left [[Lindon]] before {{SA|1000}} to establish realms among the [[Silvan Elves]].<ref name=princes/> [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]] brought many [[Noldor]], [[Sindar]], and [[Green-elves]]<ref name=concerning/> out of Lindon into [[Eriador]] to dwell there for some time.<ref name=concerning>{{UT|Concerning}}</ref> Many of the [[Noldor]] in Lindon lead by [[Celebrimbor]] established the realm of [[Eregion]] in {{SA|750}} near the [[West-gate]] of [[Khazad-Dûm]] due to the recent discovery of [[mithril]] in [[Khazad-Dûm]].<ref name=SA/>

A fair being calling himself [[Annatar]], an emissary of the [[Valar]], came seeking entrance. Gil-galad and Master [[Elrond]] sensed that he was not what he seemed, and denied him. Messengers were sent from [[Lindon]] with warnings; but they were unheeded, and Annatar was received gladly, mostly in [[Eregion]]. However, [[Gil-galad]] and [[Elrond]] were proven correct, as Annatar was indeed [[Sauron]] and later, [[War of the Elves and Sauron|there was war in Eriador]].<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> [[Elrond]] led the Elves of Lindon in [[Sack of Eregion|battle to defend Eregion]]. With them, and other [[Elves of Eregion|Elves]] who fled the destruction of [[Eregion]], he established [[Imladris]] in {{SA|1697}}.<ref name=SA/> In the [[Dark Years]], [[Sauron]] had conquered most of the [[Westlands]], but in {{SA|1700}} [[Tar-Minastir]] sent a fleet to [[Lindon]], aiding the Elves of Lindon to drive [[Sauron]] out of [[Eriador]].<ref name=SA/><ref name=rings/> After those events, the Elves of Lindon were diminished and did not extend their realm east of the [[Blue Mountains]] anymore.<ref>{{PM|XNotes}}, Note 75</ref>

When [[Ar-Pharazôn]] captured Sauron and took him to [[Númenor]], the [[Westlands]] found peace, and Gil-galad was free to extend his power and influence so that the Elves of Lindon controlled most of the [[Westlands]], even to the borders of [[Greenwood the Great]], until the [[Downfall of Númenor]], when Sauron returned to Middle-earth.<ref name=rings/>

At the end of the Age, Gil-galad joined the [[Last Alliance]] and led the Elves of Lindon to the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Some of the [[Silvan Elves]] felt hostility towards the [[Noldor]] of Lindon, and did not cooperate, suffering heavy losses.<ref name=princes/>

===Decline===
[[File:Angelo Montanini - Northern Waste.jpg|thumb|left|''Northern Waste'' by [[Angelo Montanini]]]]
After the fall of Gil-galad (during the time of the [[Kings of Arnor]]), there was still a remnant of his people, the [[Noldor]], who dwelt at the [[Grey Havens]] of further inland in Lindon, who, aside from [[Rivendell]], were most of the remaining Noldor of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=rings/> The Elves of Lindon would often wander into [[Eriador]] but they mostly dwelt by the sea building the elven-ships in which many [[Eldar]] would depart to [[Valinor]].<ref name=rings/> [[Cirdan]] remained the Lord of the Havens and ruled the Elves of Lindon.<ref name=eriador/><ref name=rings/>

During the [[Third Age]], the Elves of Lindon under [[Cirdan]] supported [[Arnor]] in the [[Angmar War]]. They assisted [[Arveleg I]] and [[Cardolan]] drive off the [[Hill-men]] from the [[Weather Hills]].<ref name=eriador/> Later, with [[Círdan]]'s help, [[Arveleg I|Arveleg]]'s young son, [[Araphor]], drove [[Angmar]]'s armies from [[Fornost]] and the [[North Downs]].<ref name=eriador/> Combining forces with [[Rivendell]], and the [[Galadhrim]] who joined them from beyond the [[Misty Mountains]], they subdued [[Angmar]] for some time.<ref name=eriador/> [[Araval]], in coalition with the Elves of Lindon and [[Rivendell]], won a battle with the forces of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1851}}.<ref name=Elendil>{{PM|Elendil}}, pp. 195, 209-210</ref> In {{TA|1975}}, Elves from Lindon brought a ship to [[Forochel]] to rescue the [[Arvedui Last-king]].<ref name=eriador/> The crew endured a perilous journey, but [[Arvedui]] rashly attempted to return that winter, and all aboard perished.<ref name=eriador/> The next year, the Elves of Lindon joined the [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], and were lead to victory in the [[Battle of Fornost]] under the leadership of [[Círdan]].<ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref><ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

During the [[War of the Ring]], [[Galdor of the Havens|Galdor]] was sent to [[Rivendell]] on an errand for [[Círdan]] and he represented the Elves of Lindon at the [[Council of Elrond]].<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>

The [[Last Ship]], carrying [[Círdan]] and [[Celeborn]],<ref>{{FR|Prologue}}</ref> sailed early in the [[Fourth Age]].

==Population==
[[Gil-galad]]'s people were mainly [[Noldor|Noldorin]]<ref>{{PM|XNotes}}, Note 65</ref> (especially from [[Gondolin]], but also from the [[House of Finarfin|Houses of Finarfin]] and [[House of Fëanor|Fëanor]]); early in the [[Second Age]], most of the [[Noldor]] that remained in [[Middle-earth]] lived in Lindon.<ref name=SA/> During this time, the few [[Exiles]] that remained also lived in Lindon.<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> Even in the [[Third Age]], the Elves of Lindon consisted most of the [[Noldor]] that still lingered in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=eriador/>

The original Elves of Lindon in the [[Elder Days]], were [[Laiquendi]], the [[Green-elves|Green-elves of Ossiriand]]. Even after the [[Elder Days]] passed, after they were joined by other [[Elves of Beleriand]], the [[Laiquendi]] remained; some of them removed to [[Eriador]]<ref name=concerning/> and others went to east to live among the [[Silvan Elves]].<ref name=rings/>

The Elves of [[Harlindon]], the people of Lindon south of the [[Gulf of Lhûn]], were mostly [[Sindar]], ruled by [[Celeborn]] for some time.<ref name=SA>{{App|SA}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}, Note 2</ref> Before the building of the [[Barad-dûr]], many [[Sindar]], survivors of [[Doriath]] uneasy living among the [[Noldor]] of [[Gil-galad]], went to east to establish realms among the [[Silvan Elves]].<ref name=princes>{{UT|6b}}</ref><ref name=SA/><ref name=rings/> Some of these [[Sindar]] also removed to the shores of [[Lake Nenuial]].<ref name=concerning/>

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[[Category:Elven peoples]]

Elves of Lindon

2020-07-24T03:50:19Z

Yeyeye: Still not done yet

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The '''Elves of Lindon''' were those [[Elves]] who dwelt in [[Lindon]] in the west of [[Middle-earth]], between the [[Blue Mountains]] and the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].

==History==
===Rule of Gil-galad===
In {{SA|1}},<ref name=SA/> the [[Elves]] built the [[Grey Havens]] in the newly-formed [[Gulf of Lune]] where the [[Eldar]] sailed the [[Straight Road]], but most of them were unwilling at first to forsake the lands they fought in and preferred to linger there.<ref name=rings/> This was the foundation of [[Lindon]] and its people.<ref name=SA/> Among those that remained were [[Círdan the Shipwright]], [[Celeborn|Celeborn of Doriath]], [[Galadriel]], [[Elrond]], and [[Celebrimbor]].<ref name="Earendil">{{S|Earendil}}</ref> [[Gil-galad]] was the last heir of the [[King of the Noldor|kings of the Noldor]] in exile, and acknowledged as [[High King of the Noldor|High King of the Elves of the West]] and so, he was their king.<ref name=rings/><ref name=SA/>

In the beginning of the [[Second Age]], most of the [[Noldor]] that remained in [[Middle-earth]] dwelt in [[Lindon]] but,<ref name=SA/> many [[Teleri]], survivors of [[Doriath]] and [[Ossiriand]], left [[Lindon]] before {{SA|1000}} to establish realms among the [[Silvan Elves]].<ref name=princes/> [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]] brought many [[Noldor]], [[Sindar]], and [[Green-elves]]<ref name=concerning/> out of Lindon into [[Eriador]] to dwell there for some time.<ref name=concerning>{{UT|Concerning}}</ref> Many of the [[Noldor]] in Lindon lead by [[Celebrimbor]] established the realm of [[Eregion]] in {{SA|750}} near the [[West-gate]] of [[Khazad-Dûm]] due to the recent discovery of [[mithril]] in [[Khazad-Dûm]].<ref name=SA/>

A fair being calling himself [[Annatar]], an emissary of the [[Valar]], came seeking entrance. Gil-galad and Master [[Elrond]] sensed that he was not what he seemed, and denied him. Messengers were sent from [[Lindon]] with warnings; but they were unheeded, and Annatar was received gladly, mostly in [[Eregion]]. However, [[Gil-galad]] and [[Elrond]] were proven correct, as Annatar was indeed [[Sauron]] and later, [[War of the Elves and Sauron|there was war in Eriador]].<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> [[Elrond]] led the Elves of Lindon in [[Sack of Eregion|battle to defend Eregion]]. With them, and other [[Elves of Eregion|Elves]] who fled the destruction of [[Eregion]], he established [[Imladris]] in {{SA|1697}}.<ref name=SA/> In the [[Dark Years]], [[Sauron]] had conquered most of the [[Westlands]], but in {{SA|1700}} [[Tar-Minastir]] sent a fleet to [[Lindon]], aiding the Elves of Lindon to drive [[Sauron]] out of [[Eriador]].<ref name=SA/><ref name=rings/> After those events, the Elves of Lindon were diminished and did not extend their realm east of the [[Blue Mountains]] anymore.<ref>{{PM|XNotes}}, Note #75</ref>

When [[Ar-Pharazôn]] captured Sauron and took him to [[Númenor]], the [[Westlands]] found peace, and Gil-galad was free to extend his power and influence so that the Elves of Lindon controlled most of the [[Westlands]], even to the borders of [[Greenwood the Great]], until the [[Downfall of Númenor]], when Sauron returned to Middle-earth.<ref name=rings/>

At the end of the Age, Gil-galad joined the [[Last Alliance]] and led the Elves of Lindon to the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Some of the [[Silvan Elves]] felt hostility towards the Noldor of Lindon, and didn't cooperate, suffering heavy losses.<ref name=princes/>

===Decline===
[[File:Angelo Montanini - Northern Waste.jpg|thumb|left|''Northern Waste'' by [[Angelo Montanini]]]]
After the fall of Gil-galad (during the time of the [[Kings of Arnor]]), there was still a remnant of his people, the [[Noldor]], who dwelt at the [[Grey Havens]] of further inland in Lindon, who, aside from [[Rivendell]], were most of the remaining Noldor of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=rings/> The Elves of Lindon would often wander into [[Eriador]] but they mostly dwelt by the sea building the elven-ships in which many [[Eldar]] would depart to [[Valinor]].<ref name=rings/> [[Cirdan]] remained the Lord of the Havens and ruled the Elves of Lindon.<ref name=eriador/><ref name=rings/>

During the [[Third Age]], the Elves of Lindon under [[Cirdan]] supported [[Arnor]] in the [[Angmar War]]. They assisted [[Arveleg I]] and [[Cardolan]] drive off the [[Hill-men]] from the [[Weather Hills]].<ref name=eriador/> Later, with [[Círdan]]'s help, [[Arveleg I|Arveleg]]'s young son, [[Araphor]], drove [[Angmar]]'s armies from [[Fornost]] and the [[North Downs]].<ref name=eriador/> Combining forces with [[Rivendell]], and the [[Galadhrim]] who joined them from beyond the [[Misty Mountains]], they subdued [[Angmar]] for some time.<ref name=eriador/> [[Araval]], in coalition with the Elves of Lindon and [[Rivendell]], won a battle with the forces of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1851}}.<ref name=Elendil>{{PM|Elendil}}, pp. 195, 209-210</ref> In {{TA|1975}}, Elves from Lindon brought a ship to [[Forochel]] to rescue the [[Arvedui Last-king]].<ref name=eriador/> The crew endured a perilous journey, but [[Arvedui]] rashly attempted to return that winter, and all aboard perished.<ref name=eriador/> The next year, the Elves of Lindon joined the [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], and were lead to victory in the [[Battle of Fornost]] under the leadership of [[Círdan]].<ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref><ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

During the [[War of the Ring]], [[Galdor of the Havens|Galdor]] was sent to [[Rivendell]] on an errand for [[Círdan]] and he represented the Elves of Lindon at the [[Council of Elrond]].<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>

The [[Last Ship]], carrying [[Círdan]] and [[Celeborn]],<ref>{{FR|Prologue}}</ref> sailed early in the [[Fourth Age]].

==Population==
The original Elves of Lindon ([[Ossiriand]]) in the [[First Age]], were [[Laiquendi]], but after the [[Elder Days]] passed, they were joined by other Elves of the former [[Beleriand]]: [[Noldor|Noldorin]] exiles (especially from [[Gondolin]], but also from the [[House of Finarfin|Houses of Finarfin]] and [[House of Fëanor|Fëanor]]), and [[Iathrim|Sindar from Doriath]] and from the [[Elves of the Falas|Falas]].<ref name=princes>{{UT|6b}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Amroth}}</ref>

The Elves of [[Harlindon]], the people of Lindon south of the [[Gulf of Lhûn]], were mostly [[Sindar]], ruled by [[Celeborn]] for some time.<ref name=SA>{{App|SA}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}, Note 2</ref>

Early in the [[Second Age]], Lindon concentrated most of the [[High Elves|High Elven]] population in the [[Westlands]], but many [[Sindar]], who were from [[Doriath]], were uneasy living among the [[Noldor]] under [[Gil-galad]] and left for the east.<ref name=princes/><ref name=SA/> Many [[Laiquendi]] accompanied them.<ref name=rings/>

In the [[Third Age]], the Elves of Lindon consisted most of the [[High-elves]] that still lingered in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=eriador/>

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[[Category:Elven peoples]]

Fingolfin

2020-07-23T17:13:26Z

Yeyeye:

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| name=Fingolfin
| image=[[File:Elena Kukanova - Middle Earth.jpg|250px]]
| caption="Middle Earth" by [[:Category:Images by Elena Kukanova|Elena Kukanova]]
| pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[fiŋˈɡolfin]}}
| othernames=''Ñolofinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]), ''Aracáno'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]])
| titles=[[High King of the Noldor]], King of the North
| position=
| location=[[Tirion]], [[Hithlum]]
| affiliation=
| language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]
| birth={{YT|1190}}
| birthlocation=[[Tirion]]
| rule={{FA|7}} - {{FA|456|n}}
| death={{FA|456}}
| deathlocation=[[Anfauglith]]
| age=3426
| notablefor=
| house=[[House of Finwë]], founded the [[House of Fingolfin]]
| parentage=[[Finwë]] and [[Indis]]
| siblings=[[Fëanor]] (half-brother), [[Findis]], [[Írimë]] and [[Finarfin]]
| spouse=[[Anairë]]
| children=[[Fingon]], [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]] and [[Argon]]
| gender=Male
| height=Tall
| hair=Dark<ref name=Case>{{PM|XI2}}, p. 336</ref>
| eyes=
| clothing=Silver armour, blue shield set with crystals
| weapons=[[Ringil]]
| steed=[[Rochallor]]
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'''Fingolfin''' was the first [[High King of the Noldor]], ruling in [[Beleriand]], eldest son of [[Finwë]] and [[Indis]], younger brother of [[Findis]], older brother of [[Írimë]] and [[Finarfin]], and the younger half-brother of [[Fëanor]]. His wife was [[Anairë]] and his children were [[Fingon]], [[Turgon]], [[Aredhel]], and [[Argon]].

==History==
===Early Life===
Fingolfin was the strongest and most valiant of the sons of Finwë.<ref>{{S|5}}</ref> Having different mothers, he and his older half-brother Fëanor never felt a close bond with each other. This lack of affinity developed into rivalry when [[Morgoth|Melkor]] secretly told each of them that the other was planning on driving them out of [[Tirion]].
[[File:Tuuliky - Half Brothers.jpg|thumb|left|''Half Brothers'' by [[:Category:Images by Tuuliky|Tuuliky]]]]
During the days of the [[Two Trees]] in [[Valinor]], as Melkor's lies were taking root in Noldor minds, a number of the Noldor started to actually believe that the [[Valar]] were somehow restraining them from going back to [[Cuiviénen]] in Middle-earth. Melkor's cunning had caused the suspicions he sowed to outweigh the Noldor's knowledge that the greatest Gift of the Valar was total free will.

Fëanor was the first to speak against the Valar, and [[Finwë]] summoned all of the lords of his house to resolve the issue. As Fingolfin was contending with his father to convince him to restrain Fëanor, the latter arrived fully armed with weapons he had secretly forged. Even though Fingolfin accepted him as his senior, Fëanor threatened Fingolfin, who was unarmed, with his sword, after which Fingolfin bowed to his father Finwë and left, only to be followed by Fëanor and threatened again in public.<ref>{{S|Unrest}}</ref> This threat, in the main square in front of the Mindon, King Finwë's seat, was witnessed by many as Fëanor drew his sword and placed the point to Fingolfin's breast.

In the face of this public humiliation, Fingolfin turned quietly and walked away without a word to Fëanor, in an effort to avoid division and dissention within his father's House, and among the Noldor.

After the escape of Melkor from Valinor, during the feast Manwë held for the reconciliation of the Eldar, Fingolfin publicly forgave Fëanor and called him "Half-brother in blood, full brother in heart".<ref>{{S|8}}</ref>

===Journey to Middle-earth===
After King Finwë died, murdered by Morgoth, Fëanor rallied up the Noldor and gave a passionate speech. Nearly all of the Noldor followed him to [[Exile of the Noldor|Exile]], along with his two half-brothers. Fingolfin led the largest host of the Noldor when they fled [[Aman]] for [[Middle-earth]], even though he thought this unwise; he did not want to abandon his people to Fëanor. As days passed in their exile, more and more of the Noldor started speaking against Fëanor, for their journey was difficult, and they feared the prophecy of [[Mandos]]. After Fëanor's Noldor acquired the ships of the [[Teleri]] following the [[First Kinslaying]], Fëanor and his followers used them to sail across the sea. Fëanor burned the ships after reaching Middle-earth, stranding the others, for he thought the followers of Fingolfin would prove to be useless.<ref>{{S|9}}</ref>

Fingolfin and his people saw the smoke of the ships from afar, and chose to travel through the ice desert, for they were ashamed to go back to Valinor, and were angry at Fëanor. Fingolfin took them across the ice of the [[Helcaraxë]], the journey was hard and many died, yet they were filled with hope when they saw the Moon for the first time. Soon after, at the rising of the Sun, he came to the [[Gates of Angband]] and smote upon them, but [[Morgoth]] stayed hidden inside. Fingolfin and the Noldor, realising they could not be victorious in this way, then came to the northern shores of [[Lake Mithrim]], from which the Fëanorian part of the host had withdrawn.<ref name=Return>{{S|Return}}</ref>

===Kingship===
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Fingolfin Heraldic Device.jpg|left|100px]]
Shortly after Fëanor's death, his oldest son Maedhros was captured by Morgoth. Learning this, Fingolfin's oldest son [[Fingon]] rescued [[Maedhros]], with whom he was a good friend. Maedhros consequently waived his claim to kingship at the council of the [[Noldor]] in [[Mithrim]].<ref name=Return></ref> Thus Fingolfin became the first [[High King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=Return></ref> He ruled from [[Hithlum]], by the northern shores of [[Lake Mithrim]].<ref name=Return></ref>
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Morgoth and the High King of Noldor (1992).jpg|thumb|''Morgoth and the High King of Noldor'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
After defeating the [[Orcs]] in the [[Dagor Aglareb]] ("Glorious Battle"), Fingolfin maintained the [[Siege of Angband]] for nearly four hundred years. But the Siege was ended by the sudden assaults of Morgoth in the [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame"), and many peoples of Beleriand fled. In the end Fingolfin rode to Angband alone to challenge Morgoth to single combat. Those who saw him thought Oromë himself had arrived; for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.<ref name=Ruin>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref>

{{blockquote|In that vast shadow once of yore Fingolfin stood: his shield he bore with field of heaven's blue and star of crystal shining pale afar. In overmastering wrath and hate desperate he smote upon that gate, the [[Gnomes|Gnomish]] king, there standing lone, while endless fortresses of stone engulfed the thin clear ringing keen of silver horn and baldric green.|''[[Lay of Leithian]]'', [[Lay of Leithian Canto XII|Canto XII]], vv. 3538-3547}}

Fingolfin died there after a mighty duel, wounding Morgoth seven times with his sword [[Ringil]], and struck one last punishing blow to Morgoth's foot before he broke the High King. Morgoth's wounds never healed after that battle, and he limped everafter. [[Thorondor]] the King of Eagles then brought Fingolfin's body to a mountaintop overlooking [[Gondolin]], and [[Turgon]] built a [[Fingolfin's Cairn|cairn]] over the remains of his father.<ref name=Ruin></ref>

[[Fingon]] became [[High King of the Noldor]] after his death.

==Etymology==
{{Pronounce|Fingolfin.mp3|Ardamir}}
Fingolfin's [[father-name]] was '''''Ñolofinwë''''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "Wise Finwë", pron. [[Exilic Quenya|EQ]] [ˌŋoloˈfinwe], [[Vanyarin|V]] {{IPA|[ˌŋoloˈɸinwe]}}). His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Aracáno'''''<ref name=Finwe>{{PM|XI4}}</ref>{{rp|345}} ("High Chieftain", pron. {{IPA|[ˌaraˈkaːno]}}). ''Fingolfin'' is the [[Sindarin]] form of his father-name, with the word ''Finwë'' added to the beginning. The addition was done by Fingolfin himself in pursuance of his claim to be [[High King of the Noldor]] after his father's death.<ref name=Finwe></ref>{{rp|344}}

==Genealogy==
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
The first appearance of Fingolfin in the [[Legendarium]] is in a [[Prose Fragments Following the Lost Tales|prose fragment]], in which he is called ''Golfin'' son of [[Gelmir]], carring an emblem with a silver sword upon gold.<ref>{{SM|P2}}, pp. 7-8</ref>

==External links==
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2014/07/14/could-fingolfin-have-defeated-morgoth-in-mortal-combat/ Could Fingolfin Have Defeated Morgoth in Mortal Combat?] by [[Michael Martinez]]

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High King of the Noldor

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[[File:Christopher Tolkien - The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar.jpg|250px|thumb|''The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar'' by [[Christopher Tolkien]]]]
'''High King of the Noldor''' was the title of the head of the [[House of Finwë]] in [[Beleriand]] and [[Middle-earth]], having overlordship over all the [[Noldor]]in realms. The title was mostly nominal; the [[Sons of Fëanor]], in particular, while they acknowledged the Kingship, paid its bearer little heed, following their own agenda under the general leadership of [[Maedhros]].
==History==
===Earlier Kings===
The forefather of the [[House of Finwë]], and first '''[[King of the Noldor]]''' was [[Finwë]], the first lord of the [[Tatyar]] who led his people in the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuiviénen]] into [[Aman|the West]] to dwell in [[Valinor]]. He was slain by [[Morgoth]] at [[Formenos]]. His eldest son [[Fëanor]] claimed the kingship and led the [[Rebellion of the Noldor]] back to Middle-earth to avenge his father's death and recover the [[Silmarils]] from Morgoth.<ref>{{S|Darkening}}</ref>
[[File:Jenny Dolfen - The Rescue of Maedhros.jpg|thumb|''The Rescue of Maedhros'' by [[Jenny Dolfen]]]]
Fëanor died before establishing a realm and the Kingship by right belonged to his eldest son [[Maedhros]] who was captured by Morgoth. After [[Fingon]] saved his life, in gratitude (and regretting that his father had abandoned the other Noldor in [[Araman]]) Maedhros passed his titles to Fingon's father, Fingolfin, being the eldest and wisest of all. Thus the Kingship passed from the [[House of Fëanor]] to the [[House of Fingolfin]] (fulfilling the [[Doom of Mandos]] that the [[Sons of Fëanor]] would become the ''Dispossessed'') and the two Houses made peace.<ref>{{S|Return}}</ref>

===High Kingship in Middle-earth===
====In Beleriand====
'''[[Fingolfin]]''' became the first High King of the Noldor, ruling from [[Hithlum]] with his [[Fingon|son]], mostly during the [[Siege of Angband]]. When Morgoth broke the leaguer in the [[Dagor Bragollach]], he rode in anger to the gates of [[Angband]] and died in single combat with Morgoth. He was succeeded by his eldest son '''[[Fingon]]''' who reigned during an endless war. With Maedhros, he [[Union of Maedhros|prepared]] a [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad|final assault]] on Morgoth, which ended in disaster for the Noldor and Fingon's own death, after a short rule.

Fingon's brother '''[[Turgon]]''' succeeded Fingon nominally, but his kingship was titular at the least, as it was not possible for the "Hidden King" to rule from his [[Gondolin|Hidden City]], the location of which was unknown by even his own kin. That was until Gondolin's location was discovered by Morgoth through the treachery of [[Maeglin]].

Following Turgon's death in the [[Fall of Gondolin]], there were no more extant Noldorin realms in Beleriand; the Kingship passed to the [[House of Finarfin]]. The son of [[Orodreth]], the young '''[[Gil-galad|Ereinon Gil-galad]]''', was named High King at the [[Havens of Sirion]] once news of Turgon's death had spread.<ref>{{S|23}}</ref> Seeing the end of the [[War of the Jewels]], Gil-galad held the Kingship throughout the [[Second Age]], longer than any of his forebears.

====In the Westlands====
After the cataclysmic [[War of Wrath]] that ended the [[First Age]], the surviving [[Noldor]] who did not depart for the [[Undying Lands]] constituted the realms of [[Lindon]] and later [[Eregion]] in northwestern Middle-earth. Gil-galad was acknowledged as "High King of the Elves of the West"<ref>{{App|B}}</ref>, though as in the First Age this title brought little real authority beyond the king's own direct realm.{{fact}} He was the chief enemy of [[Sauron]] in the [[Dark Years]], at the end of which he appointed Elrond as his vice-regent in [[Eriador]].<ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref> He formed the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] with [[Elendil]], being the commander of almost all of the Elven forces who fought in that [[War of the Last Alliance|War]].<ref>{{UT|6b}}</ref> and died during the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]] at the end of the [[Second Age]].

Gil-galad was the last High King; after his time the title is never used,<ref>{{App|A1i}}</ref> as he fathered no children and no heirs of the [[House of Finwe]] remained in [[Middle-earth]]. [[Galadriel]] of the [[House of Finarfin]] perhaps could have some rights.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, entry "High King of the Noldor"</ref> [[Elrond]] was a direct descendant of [[Turgon]], but through his daughter [[Idril]];<ref>{{FR|II2}}</ref> he never made claim to the Kingship but ruled with all its authority.{{fact}} The Noldorin population of Middle-earth was greatly diminished in the Third Age.<ref>{{L|347}}</ref><ref>{{FR|I2}}</ref>

==List of High Kings==

#'''[[Fingolfin]]''' (ruled from {{FA|7}} - {{FA|456|n}})
# '''[[Fingon]]''' (ruled from {{FA|456}} - {{FA|472|n}})
# '''[[Turgon]]''' (ruled from {{FA|472}} - {{FA|510|n}})
# '''[[Gil-galad|Ereinion Gil-galad]]''' (ruled from {{FA|510}} - {{SA|3441}})

==Other versions of the legendarium==
In the published version of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', Gil-galad is said to be the son of Fingon.<ref>{{S|18}}</ref> However, in some of Tolkien's later notes, Gil-galad is said to be the son of Orodreth and thus a junior member of the [[House of Finarfin]],<ref>{{PM|XI5}}</ref> and Turgon's closest living relative in the male line (excluding the dispossessed House of Fëanor).

==See also==
*For other and earlier rulers of the Noldor, see [[King of the Noldor]].

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First Age 7

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*The [[Noldor]] hold a council in [[Mithrim]] to discuss their relations with the [[Sindar]]; [[Angrod]] and [[Caranthir]] have an argument.<ref name=year/><ref name=return>{{S|13}}</ref>
*[[Fingolfin]] is chosen as the first [[High King of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]] after [[Maedhros]] waives his claim.<ref name=year/><ref name=return/>
*The [[Sons of Fëanor]] decide to relocate to [[East Beleriand]].<ref name=year>{{GA|65-71}}</ref>

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[[Category:First Age years|0, First Age 0007]]

First Age 5

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* [[Fingon]], with the help of [[Thorondor]], rescues [[Maedhros]] from [[Thangorodrim]].<ref>{{GA|61}}</ref>
* The feud and hatred between the [[House of Fëanor]] and the [[House of Fingolfin]] was assuaged.<ref>{{S|13}}</ref>

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Elves of Lindon

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The '''Elves of Lindon''' were those [[Elves]] who dwelt in [[Lindon]] in the west of [[Middle-earth]], between the [[Blue Mountains]] and the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].

==Population==
The original Elves of Lindon ([[Ossiriand]]) in the [[First Age]], were [[Laiquendi]], but were joined by other Elves of the former [[Beleriand]]: [[Noldor|Noldorin]] exiles (especially from [[Gondolin]], but also from the [[House of Finarfin|Houses of Finarfin]] and [[House of Fëanor|Fëanor]]), and [[Iathrim|Sindar from Doriath]] and from the [[Elves of the Falas|Falas]].<ref name=princes>{{UT|6b}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Amroth}}</ref>

The Elves of [[Harlindon]], the people of Lindon south of the [[Gulf of Lhûn]], were mostly [[Sindar]], ruled by [[Celeborn]] for some time.<ref name=SA>{{App|SA}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}, Note 2</ref>

Early in the [[Second Age]], Lindon concentrated most of the [[High Elves|High Elven]] population in the [[Westlands]], but many [[Sindar]], who were from [[Doriath]], were uneasy living among the [[Noldor]] under [[Gil-galad]] and left for the east.<ref name=princes/><ref name=SA/> Many [[Laiquendi]] accompanied them.<ref name=rings/>

In the [[Third Age]], the Elves of Lindon consisted most of the [[High-elves]] that still lingered in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=eriador/>

==History==
===Rule of Gil-galad===
In {{SA|1}},<ref name=SA/> the [[Elves]] built the [[Grey Havens]] in the newly-formed [[Gulf of Lune]] where the [[Eldar]] sailed the [[Straight Road]], but most of them were unwilling at first to forsake the lands they fought in and preferred to linger there.<ref name=rings/> This was the foundation of [[Lindon]] and its people.<ref name=SA/> Among those that remained were [[Círdan the Shipwright]], [[Celeborn|Celeborn of Doriath]], [[Galadriel]], [[Elrond]], and [[Celebrimbor]].<ref name="Earendil">{{S|Earendil}}</ref> [[Gil-galad]] was the last heir of the [[King of the Noldor|kings of the Noldor]] in exile, and acknowledged as [[High King of the Noldor|High King of the Elves of the West]] and so, he was their king.<ref name=rings/><ref name=SA/>

In the beginning of the [[Second Age]], most of the [[Noldor]] that remained in [[Middle-earth]] dwelt in [[Lindon]] but,<ref name=SA/> many [[Teleri]], survivors of [[Doriath]] and [[Ossiriand]], left [[Lindon]] before {{SA|1000}} to establish realms among the [[Silvan Elves]].<ref name=princes/> Many of the [[Noldor]] in Lindon lead by [[Celebrimbor]] established the realm of [[Eregion]] in {{SA|750}} near the [[West-gate]] of [[Khazad-Dûm]] due to the recent discovery of [[mithril]] in [[Khazad-Dûm]].<ref name=SA/>

A fair being calling himself [[Annatar]], an emissary of the [[Valar]], came seeking entrance.<ref name=rings/> Gil-galad and Master [[Elrond]] sensed that he was not what he seemed, and denied him.<ref name=rings/> Messengers were sent from [[Lindon]] with warnings; but they were unheeded, and Annatar was received gladly, mostly in [[Eregion]].<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> However, [[Gil-galad]] and [[Elrond]] were proven correct, as Annatar was indeed [[Sauron]] and later, [[War of the Elves and Sauron|there was war in Eriador]].<ref name=rings/> [[Elrond]] led the Elves of Lindon in [[Sack of Eregion|battle to defend Eregion]]. With them, and other [[Elves of Eregion|Elves]] who fled the destruction of [[Eregion]], he established [[Imladris]] in {{SA|1697}}.<ref name=SA/> In the [[Dark Years]], [[Sauron]] had conquered most of the [[Westlands]], but in {{SA|1700}} [[Tar-Minastir]] sent a fleet to [[Lindon]], aiding the Elves of Lindon to drive [[Sauron]] out of [[Eriador]].<ref name=SA/><ref name=rings/> After those events, the Elves of Lindon were diminished and did not extend their realm east of the [[Blue Mountains]] anymore.<ref>{{PM|XNotes}}, Note #75</ref>

When [[Ar-Pharazôn]] captured [[Sauron]] and took him to [[Númenor]], the [[Westlands]] found peace, and [[Gil-galad]] was free to extend his power and influence.<ref name=rings/> Thus, the Elves of Lindon effectively controlled all of [[Eriador]], and beyond the [[Misty Mountains]] and the [[Great River]] even to the borders of [[Greenwood the Great]].<ref name=rings/>

At the end of the Age, [[Gil-galad]] joined the [[Last Alliance]] and led the Elves of Lindon to the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Some of the [[Silvan Elves]] felt hostility towards the [[Noldor]] of Lindon, and those under [[Oropher]] and [[Amdir]] attacked independently, suffering heavy losses.<ref name=princes/>

===Decline===
[[File:Angelo Montanini - Northern Waste.jpg|thumb|left|Angelo Montanini - ''Northern Waste'']]
After the fall of [[Gil-galad]] (during the time of the [[Kings of Arnor]]), most of the [[Noldor]] of [[Middle-earth]] dwelt at the [[Grey Havens]] of further inland in [[Lindon]].<ref name=eriador/> Aside from [[Rivendell]], there was still a remnant of the people of [[Gil-galad]], the [[Noldor]], who dwelt at the [[Grey Havens]] of [[Lindon]].<ref name=rings/> The Elves of Lindon would often wander into [[Eriador]] but they mostly dwelt by the sea building the elven-ships in which many [[Eldar]] would depart to [[Valinor]]. [[Cirdan]] remained the Lord of the Havens and ruled the Elves of Lindon.<ref name=rings/>

During the [[Third Age]], the Elves of Lindon under [[Cirdan]] supported [[Arnor]] in the [[Angmar War]]. They assisted [[Arveleg I]] and [[Cardolan]] drive off the [[Hill-men]] from the [[Weather Hills]].<ref name=eriador/> Later, with [[Círdan]]’s help, [[Arveleg I|Arveleg]]'s young son, [[Araphor]], drove [[Angmar]]'s armies from [[Fornost]] and the [[North Downs]].<ref name=eriador/> Combining forces with [[Rivendell]], and the [[Galadhrim]] who joined them from beyond the [[Misty Mountains]], they subdued [[Angmar]] for some time.<ref name=eriador/> [[Araval]], in coalition with the Elves of Lindon and [[Rivendell]], won a battle with the forces of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1851}}.<ref name=Elendil>{{PM|Elendil}}, pp. 195, 209-210</ref> In {{TA|1975}}, Elves from Lindon brought a ship to [[Forochel]] to rescue the [[Arvedui Last-king]].<ref name=eriador/> The crew endured a perilous journey, but [[Arvedui]] rashly attempted to return that winter, and all aboard perished.<ref name=eriador/> The next year, the Elves of Lindon joined the [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], and were lead to victory in the [[Battle of Fornost]] under the leadership of [[Círdan]].<ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref><ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

During the [[War of the Ring]], [[Galdor of the Havens|Galdor]] was sent to [[Rivendell]] on an errand for [[Círdan]] and he represented the Elves of Lindon at the [[Council of Elrond]].<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>

The [[Last Ship]], carrying [[Cirdan]] and [[Celeborn]],<ref>{{FR|Prologue}}</ref> sailed early in the [[Fourth Age]].

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Talk:Unions of Elves and Men

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== Merge? ==

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Reunited Kingdom

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| towns='''Arnor''' [[Bree]], [[Bywater]], [[Fornost Erain]], [[Hobbiton]], [[Michel Delving]], [[Tuckborough]] '''Gondor''' [[Calembel]], [[Dol Amroth]], [[Erech]], [[Linhir]], [[Pelargir]], [[Umbar]]
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The '''Reunited Kingdom''' was the restored kingdom of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], the twin kingdoms founded at the end of the [[Second Age]] by [[Elendil]] and his sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]]. In the beginning, Elendil was [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] of both realms, but the two were divided after the deaths of his sons. Over 3,000 years later [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]] reunited the kingdoms and ruled as [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] of the newly-founded Reunited Kingdom.

The fate of the kingdoms, especially that of [[Gondor]], would come to dominate the history of the [[Third Age]].

==Geography==
During Aragorn's reign, the Reunited Kingdom expanded to retake all territories that had originally belonged to both [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] at their greatest extents, excluding only [[Rohan]] (the [[Oath of Eorl|grant]] of which he renewed), and [[the Shire]], the [[Drúadan Forest]], and [[Fangorn Forest]] (which became protectorates), under the protection of the [[Sceptre of Annúminas|Sceptre]].<ref name="Appendix A"/>

The Reunited Kingdom included all the lands of [[Arnor]]; all of [[Eriador]], except the [[Lindon|regions]] beyond the [[Lune]], and the lands east of [[Greyflood]] and [[Loudwater]], in which lay [[Rivendell]] and [[Eregion]].<ref name="Eriador">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

In [[Gondor]], the realm extended:<ref name="AppGondor">{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

* North to the [[Field of Celebrant]] and the southern eaves of [[Mirkwood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>
* West to the [[Greyflood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>
* East to the inland [[Sea of Rhûn]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>
* South to the [[River Harnen]], and also along the coast to the peninsula and haven of [[Umbar]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>

==Politics==
The [[Númenórean]] [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] had a [[Council of Gondor|Council]], and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say.<ref name="politics"/> [[Aragorn]] re-established the [[Council of Gondor|Great Council of Gondor]], and in that [[Faramir]], who remained by inheritance the [[Steward]] (or representative of the King during his absence abroad, or sickness, or between his death and the accession of his heir) was his chief counsellor.<ref name="politics"/>

After his accession, [[Aragorn]] established a council in [[Arnor]], because in {{FoA|13}}, he chose three [[Counsellor of the North-kingdom|Counsellors of the North-kingdom]] from the people of [[the Shire]] and [[Buckland]].<ref name="AppBLater">{{App|B5}}</ref> These Counsellors were those appointed to the positions of the [[Thain]] and [[Mayor of the Shire]], and the [[Master of Buckland]].<ref name="AppBLater"/>

==History==
===Background===
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At the end of the [[Second Age]], [[Elendil]] and his sons established two great kingdoms in [[Middle-earth]]: [[Arnor]] in the north and [[Gondor]] in the south. These [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]] were united under a single [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]], [[Elendil]] himself, who ruled the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]] while his sons reigned jointly over the South-kingdom of [[Gondor]].<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref>

In the first years of the [[Third Age]], this union failed. After the loss of [[Isildur]] at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], his nephew [[Meneldil]] took up the [[Kings of Gondor|kingship of Gondor]], and that country remained independent from the [[North-kingdom]] through most of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=rings/>

In the north, the realm of Arnor fell into troubled times. It broke into three separate kingdoms, and in time these too were lost, so that the Dúnedain of the North-kingdom of Elendil were reduced to a wandering people led by a [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain]]. Nonetheless, they were able to maintain Isildur's line in unbroken descent.<ref name=rings/>

There were two attempts to reunite the kingdoms, but only the second of these was successful. The first of these occurred in {{TA|1944}} when [[Arvedui]], [[King of Arthedain]], claimed the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]] of the [[Two Kingdoms]].<ref name="AppGondor"/> His claim was rejected by Steward [[Pelendur]] and the [[Council of Gondor]], who elected to maintain their independence.<ref name="AppGondor"/>

Soon enough, the line of [[King of Gondor|Kings]] failed in [[Gondor]] too; [[Eärnur]] was lost without heirs. Its rule was taken up by the [[Stewards]] of the [[House of Húrin]].<ref name=rings/>

===Reunification===
====Reign of Elessar====
More than a thousand years later, after the [[War of the Ring]], Arvedui's direct descendant, [[Aragorn]], came forward to make the same claim. This time, the people of Gondor accepted a [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]], and the Two Kingdoms were restored and reunited at last.

[[Aragorn]] restored [[Gondor]] and repeopled it, but retained [[Minas Tirith]] as the chief city.<ref name="Elendil"/> He rebuilt [[Annúminas]] and when he went north, would rule from there.<ref name="Eriador"/> He also had the ruins of [[Fornost Erain]] rebuilt and made it a great city where [[Men]] dwelt once again.<ref name="Bound">{{RK|VI7}}</ref> [[The Shire]] was an exception to this, and though it lay within the Reunited Kingdom, Aragorn made a law that Men should not enter it, a law that he observed himself.<ref name="Eriador"/>

During his reign, he, alongside [[King of Rohan|King]] [[Éomer]], led military campaigns beyond the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and on the far fields of the [[South]].<ref name="Appendix A">{{App|Mark}}</ref> As a result, he was able to re-establish his dominance in places which [[Gondor]] initially held at the height of its power. The threat of the [[Corsairs of Umbar|Corsairs]] was finally completely subdued during his reign and [[Umbar]] was finally re-taken.<ref name="AppGondor"/> He also made peace with the [[Haradrim]] after his coronation.<ref name="RK-StewardKing">{{RK|VI5}}</ref>

====Later History====
After Aragorn's death in {{FoA|120}},<ref name="Tale">{{App|Tale}}</ref> his son [[Eldarion]] took up the High Kingship.<ref name="Tale"/> One hundred years into his reign, he encountered a renewal of [[Morgoth]]-worship known as the "[[Dark Tree]]".<ref>{{PM|Shadow}}</ref> In a 1972 letter concerning ''[[The New Shadow]]'', Tolkien mentioned that Eldarion's reign would have lasted for about 100 years after the death of Aragorn.<ref name="L338">{{L|338}}</ref>

Of [[Eldarion]], it was foretold that he should rule a great realm, and that it should endure for a hundred generations of [[Men]] after him, that is until a new age brought in again new things; and from him should come the kings of many realms in long days after.<ref name="Elendil"/> But if this foretelling spoke truly, none now can say, for [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] are no more; and even the chronicles of the [[House of Telcontar|House of Elessar]] and all their deeds and glory are lost.<ref name="Elendil"/>

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| othernames=Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, Númenórean Realms, Two Kingdoms<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 6</ref>
| location=[[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]
| capital=The capital in [[Arnor]] was at [[Annúminas]] and later [[Fornost]]; in [[Gondor]] the capital was at [[Osgiliath]] and later [[Minas Tirith]]
| towns='''Arnor''' [[Bree]], [[Bywater]], [[Fornost Erain]], [[Hobbiton]], [[Michel Delving]], [[Tuckborough]] '''Gondor''' [[Calembel]], [[Dol Amroth]], [[Erech]], [[Linhir]], [[Pelargir]], [[Umbar]]
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| population=[[Men of Arnor]] and [[Gondorians]] (many [[Hobbits]] in [[the Shire]] and [[Bree-land]])
| language=[[Westron]], [[Númenórean Sindarin]], [[Quenya]], [[Hobbitish]]
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| holiday=[[Cormarë]]
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| event2=Divided
| event2date={{TA|2}}
| event3=Attempt to reunify
| event3date={{TA|1944}}
| event4=Reunited
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The '''Realms in Exile''' were the two kingdoms established by [[Elendil]] and his sons after the [[Downfall of Númenor]]. Often called the '''Kingdoms of the Dúnedain''', it was the collective name for [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], the North-Kingdom and South-kingdom of the [[Dúnedain]] in the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]].

==History==
===Foundation===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]] in {{SA|3319}}, the [[Great Sea]] cast up a handful of survivors on the shores of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="SA"/> These were [[Elendil]] and his sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], the last leaders of the [[Faithful]],<ref name=numenor/> who had fled from the port of [[Rómenna]] and were aboard ship when [[Númenor]] was swallowed by the [[Sea]]. The raging waters that followed the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]] had driven their ships eastward until they came to the ruined shores of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=numenor/> There they established in the North-west the Númenorean realms in exile, [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], in {{SA|3320}}.<ref name="SA">{{App|SA}}</ref>

[[Elendil]] and his people landed in [[Lindon]] and from there they spread out across [[Eriador]].<ref name=rings/> Their great cities were at [[Annúminas]] on [[Nenuial]], and [[Fornost]] on the [[North Downs]],<ref name=rings/> and they thus established a realm that came to be known as [[Arnor]], "Land of the King", because [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] [[Elendil]] dwelt there by [[Lake Evendim]].<ref name=numenor>{{App|Numenor}}</ref>

[[Elendil]]'s sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]] were driven southwards by the [[Sea]], and found their way at last up through the [[Mouths of Anduin]] into the [[Great River]] in a region where a great [[Númenórean]] port, [[Pelargir]], had stood for centuries.<ref name=rings/> They founded their own southern realm in this region, named [[Gondor]], "Land of Stone", for the great feats of stonework they performed.<ref name=rings/> Their main city was named [[Osgiliath]], built on the river on which they had entered their new land, but each of the brothers also had a fortress of their own: [[Minas Ithil]] for [[Isildur]] and [[Minas Anor]] for [[Anárion]].<ref name=rings/>

===Division===
The Númenórean Realms formed the [[Last Alliance]] with the [[Elves]] against [[Sauron]]. During that [[War of the Last Alliance|War]], [[Anarion]] and [[Elendil]] were killed.<ref name=rings/> [[Isildur]] succeeded to the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], but his loss at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]] caused a division between the two realms.<ref name=rings/> At that time, [[Isildur]]'s nephew [[Meneldil]] became [[King of Gondor]] in his own right, and the two kingdoms would remain separate until the time of [[Aragorn Elessar]], more than three thousand years later.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref>

===Attempts of Reunification===
It was until the time of [[Araphant]] of [[Arthedain]] and [[Ondoher]] of [[Gondor]] when they took up counsel together after long silence and estrangment.<ref name=gondor/> Then, it was determined that [[Sauron|one single power and will]] was directing attacks against the Realms in Exile.<ref name=gondor/> In {{TA|1940}}, [[Arvedui]] of Arthedain wed [[Fíriel]] of Gondor, thus reuniting the [[House of Isildur]] and the [[House of Anárion]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> However, they could not profit from the new-formed alliance as [[Angmar]] and the [[Wainriders]] reappeared simultaneously.<ref name=gondor/>

[[Ondoher]] would prove to be last in a direct line of kings when he was slain in battle with the [[Wainriders]], alongside his sons.<ref name=gondor/> Hoping to save [[Arnor]] from [[Angmar]], [[Arvedui]] staked his claim to the [[King of Gondor|kingship of Gondor]], by right of his descent from [[Isildur]] and by that of his wife, mentioning also the ancient [[Law of Succession in Númenor]].<ref name=gondor/> The [[Council of Gondor]] refused (to the [[Gondorians]] the [[Arthedain|remnant]] of [[Arnor]] seemed an insignificant despite its great heritage) and gave the crown to [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] instead, the commander of the [[House of Anárion|royal house]] who defeated the [[Wainriders]]; he maintained good relations with [[Arthedain]], promising them aid.<ref name=gondor/> [[Arvedui]] did not press his claim for he had neither the power nor the will to oppose the choice of the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]].<ref name=gondor/>

[[Arnor]]'s strength was fast dwindling when in {{TA|1973}} now-King [[Arvedui]] sent a message to [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] that they were in great straits, and that [[Angmar]] was preparing it final assault. [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]], accordingly, mustered a great army under the command of his son [[Eärnur]]. The [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] force put to sea, but would not arrive before [[Angmar]] destroyed the [[North-kingdom]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> Even so, the descendants of [[Arvedui]] never forgot his claim<ref name=gondor/> and when the line of [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] failed in [[Gondor]], it was rumored that the Northern line still wandered in secrecy.<Ref>{{App|Stewards}}</ref>

===Final Reunification===
{{main|Reunited Kingdom}}
After the ultimate defeat of the [[Dark Lord]] in the [[War of the Ring]], [[Isildur's Heir]] [[Aragorn II Elessar]] came forward and reclaimed the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], once again reuniting the Númenórean Realms after more than three thousand years.<ref name=rings/>

==See also==
*[[Arnor]]
*[[Gondor]]
*[[Dúnedain]]
*[[Exiles of Númenor]]

{{references}}
[[Category:Middle-earth]]
[[Category:Mannish realms]]

[[fi:Maanpaon valtakunnat]]
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/royaumes/royaumes_en_exil]]

Two Kingdoms

2020-07-22T16:46:57Z

Yeyeye: Redirected page to Realms in Exile

#REDIRECT [[Realms in Exile]]

Talk:Twelve houses of the Gondothlim

2020-07-19T19:34:19Z

Yeyeye: /* Founders/Leaders? */

I just noticed that in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondolin Gondolin] article in Wikipedia they have a table of the Seven Houses of the Gondothlim (I took my information directly from the book). Would it be possible to create something like that, perhaps a bit more elaborate? --[[User:Narfil Palùrfalas|Narfil Palùrfalas]] 14:24, 1 June 2006 (EDT)

:It's possible, of course: just a bit of copying and pasting. But is it necessary? We've already this article with the links to the seperate Houses. I think the info on the Houses should be in their own articles, not here. You could add maybe some more general info on the Houses here, if there's any. --[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 16:44, 1 June 2006 (EDT)

== Terminology ==

We are using "Gondothlim" and "Gondolindrim" interchangeably. We should pick one and stick with it. I personally prefer "Gondolindrim" as I think that's what most people would use. --{{User:Mith/sig}} 15:57, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

:Indeed, I'm working on all the articles of the Houses so they are all consistent, but it takes time. I moved this to "Gondothlim" because "Houses of the Gondolindrim" is never mentioned by Tolkien, as the concept was never used beyond TBOLT. If people use other term is because headcanon; TG has a lot of it on the matter of Gondolin, mixing all the stages of the Legendarium (see the [[Ecthelion]] article I cleaned up recently). Thanks for adding the copyright template to the emblems I uploaded, I wasn't sure which one had to be included. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 20:13, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

::OK, but no normal person - no matter how well versed in Tolkien - would use the term "Twelve Houses of the Gondothlim" as that isn't helped. Also, Tolkien used Gondolindrim at the same time and this is more well-known. Also worth noting I don't think "Twelve Houses of..." with capitals is a proper term used by Tolkien; the only reference I can find is one without capitals which means the entire concept is "headcanon" as you put it. I think it's much safer to stick with "Houses of Gondolin" or similar as this also avoids the issues of whether there were eleven or twelve. --{{User:Mith/sig}} 06:28, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

:::No, Tolkien didn't use ''Gondothlim'' and ''Gondolindrim'' at the same time, one is Gnomish and the other is Sindarin, they are separed by decades of development. I agree that 'Houses of Gondolin' sounds like a good middle term, but I think it would be more practical to build on the basis this is a concept from the Lost Tales and then explain the possible developments in the later Legendarium, that are just a few conjectures, as can be read in what I just added in OVOTL. So, the article name 'of the Gondothlim' is a good way to point out this basis and teach people about. The Tale clarily says they were eleven and became twelve; and it is true that the capitals do not belong to the Tale, but isn't it a justified stylistic choice? At least for the article names, as I try to write them uncapitalized in the History sections. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 08:29, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

::::Article names are chosen for the convenience of the reader. "Twelve Houses of the Gondothlim" implies it is a proper name in English so we can't have that title. It's not simply a matter of style. And you acknowledge this isn't a proper noun by Tolkien but a descriptive term. We currently provide it as a proper noun when it isn't, and I'm proposing a different, easier, shorter, and more accessible descriptive term.

::::It is also something no one would ever search for; similarly, the article on the city in the Misty Mountains is at Moria and not Hadhodrond or Khazad-dûm as that is how people think of it.

::::You changed the article name without discussion. I don't dispute we need to educate people but we need to educate people on the terms that exist not the ones we've extrapolated. "Houses of Gondolin" is, as you acknowledge, a good compromise which is helpful for how people think about the concept (both searching within the wiki and on Google), and that is my proposal. It also has the benefit of being shorter and not immediately scaring readers they've clicked on the wrong article (which they do when they see a term they don't recognise).

::::'''Proposal:''' rename article "Houses of Gondolin".--10:25, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

:::::My idea using "Gondothlim" was to change the article to be like the [[Thû]] one, exclusive for a BOLT concept. Now I understand better your position in relation with the wiki, but "Houses of Gondolin" is still a name created by us, while with "of Gondothlim" we are just adding capitals to Tolkien's words and avoiding that people think this concept was used in the later Legendarium. If you are worried about user searchings, which is essential, the wiki has redirects and TG is still the first result when searching "Houses of Gondolin" on Google. But ok, I'll agree with what is voted or you decide. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 12:12, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

:::::I've just realized that the [[:Category:Twelve Houses of the Gondolindrim|category]] and the [[:Template:HousesofGondolin|template]] have the anachronical "of the Gondolindrim". Can we please solve the matter? I still think that "of the Gondothlim" is the best way to avoid people from thinking this is a concept used in later texts. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 10:54, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

::::::You know my view on the matter: I am still of the view that "Houses of Gondolin" would be better. --{{User:Mith/sig}} 09:52, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

== Founders/Leaders? ==

Hey! I was wondering if these people FOUNDED or just simply LEAD these Houses. Please let me know! Thanks!--[[User:Yeyeye|Yeyeye]] 16:02, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

:The lords are always called as chiefs/leaders of their house, but not founders. There are some cases (like the Hammer of Wrath, the Mole and the Wing) in which the house seems to have been gathered at some point, but beyond those we don't know exactly the nature of the organization by groups (is it because consanguinity, professional interests, the charisma of the lord?). In the infoboxes I deliberately put only Tuor as founder and the rest as leaders. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 19:12, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

::Ok thanks! So were these Houses noble families like the House of Hador or just large affiliations?--[[User:Yeyeye|Yeyeye]] 19:34, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Twelve houses of the Gondothlim

2020-07-19T16:02:02Z

Yeyeye: /* Founders/Leaders? */ new section

Talk:Easterlings (First Age)

2020-07-14T22:52:56Z

Yeyeye: Problem with two "Easterlings"

== Problem with two "Easterlings" ==

Hey guys I just wanna launch an idea at you guys! So let's think about this... in the Third Age, numerous Easterling tribes from the East (Rhun) attacked Gondor most notably the Wainriders and the Balchoth. Interestingly enough, the term "Easterlings" is used as a synonym occasionaly for these groups. So if you think about it... the term "Swarthy Men" is used to describe a confederacy/group of Easterlings of the First Age. If you look at this quote, it implies that those of both Ages may be derived from the same people:

:{{blockquote|For Sauron had acquired dominion over many savage tribes in the East (of old corrupted by Morgoth).|{{PM|X}}}}

What do y'all think of this?--[[User:Yeyeye|Yeyeye]] 22:52, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Barahir (grandson of Faramir)

2020-07-12T21:27:09Z

Yeyeye:

{{disambig-more|Barahir|[[Barahir (disambiguation)]]}}
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'''Barahir''' was the grandson of [[Faramir]] and [[Éowyn]].

==History==
Barahir wrote ''[[The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen]]'' at some point during the second century of the [[Fourth Age]], after the death of King [[Aragorn II Elessar]].<ref name=prologue/> His work survived in abbreviated form in the [[Thain's Book]].<ref name=prologue>{{FR|Records}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Barahir'' is a [[Sindarin]] word and consists of ''[[bara]]'' ("fiery; eager") + ''[[hîr]]'' ("master, lord").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 351, 364</ref>

{{references}}

[[Category:Fourth Age characters]]
[[de:Barahir (Enkel von Éowyn)]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hommes:4a:gondoriens:barahir_ii]]
[[fi:Barahir (Faramirin pojanpoika)]]

Barahir (grandson of Faramir)

2020-07-12T21:26:37Z

Yeyeye:

{{disambig-more|Barahir|[[Barahir (disambiguation)]]}}
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'''Barahir''' was the grandson of [[Faramir]] and [[Éowyn]].

==History==
Barahir wrote ''[[The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen]]'' at some point during the second century of the [[Fourth Age]], after the death of King [[Aragorn II Elessar]].<ref name=prologue/> His work survived in abbreviated form in the [[Thain's Book]].<ref name=prologue>{{FR|Records}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Barahir'' is a [[Sindarin]] word and consists of ''[[bara]]'' ("fiery; eager") + ''[[hîr]]'' ("master, lord").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 351, 364</ref>

{{references}}

{{title}}
[[Category:Fourth Age characters]]
[[Category:Stewards]]
[[de:Barahir (Enkel von Éowyn)]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hommes:4a:gondoriens:barahir_ii]]
[[fi:Barahir (Faramirin pojanpoika)]]

Council of Gondor

2020-07-12T21:12:22Z

Yeyeye:

The '''Council of Gondor''', also known as the '''Great Council of Gondor''', was composed of the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces in [[Gondor]], the advisors to the ruler of [[Gondor]] who were the [[Kings of Gondor]] and later the [[Ruling Stewards]].<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Númenórean]] [[King of Gondor]] governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the lawmaker. He consulted the Council in debatable matters of importance domestic, or external.<ref name="politics"/>

The Council took authority over the realm after the loss of [[Ondoher]] left it kingless in {{TA|1944}},<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> and it acted under the control of [[Steward]] [[Pelendur]]. In {{TA|1945|n}}, [[Arvedui]] of [[Arthedain]], whose wife was [[Fíriel|Ondoher's daughter]], invoked the [[Law of Succession in Númenor]] to claim the throne of [[Gondor]]; the Council voted against his claim, in favour of [[Ondoher]]'s distant relative, [[Eärnil II]].<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] held Council, and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say.<ref name="politics"/> As the [[Siege of Gondor]] approached, [[Denethor|Denethor II]] called the Council together on [[11 March]], {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> and it advised him to make no stroke of war against the enemy due to the threat from the south.<ref>{{RK|V4}}</ref>

[[Aragorn]] re-established the Great Council of Gondor,<ref group="note">The fact that [[Aragorn]] re-established the "Great Council of Gondor" during his reign as [[King of Gondor and Arnor]] implies that there would have been a "Great Council of Gondor" during the time of the last [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] [[Isildur]] or during the time of the last [[King of Gondor]] [[Eärnur]]. More cannot be said of the matter.</ref> and in that [[Faramir]], who remained by inheritance the [[Steward]] (or representative of the King during his absence abroad, or sickness, or between his death and the accession of his heir) was his chief counsellor.<ref name="politics"/>

==See Also==
*[[Counsellor of the North-kingdom]]

{{notes}}
{{references}}
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[category:Gondor]]
[[de:Rat von Gondor]]
[[fi:Gondorin neuvosto]]

Woodland Realm

2020-07-12T20:46:42Z

Yeyeye: I cleaned this up alot and removed irrelevant information.

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| image=[[File:Alan Lee - Gandalf's Farewell.jpg|250px]]
| name=Woodland Realm
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| othernames=Northern Mirkwood<ref group="note">Though geographically "Northern Mirkwood" might refer to a wide tract of the [[Greenwood|Forest]], as a proper name it is always used as synonym for [[Thranduil]]'s Woodland Realm in the northeast near to the [[Long Lake]].
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| location=Various locations within [[Greenwood the Great]] (later called [[Mirkwood]]); by the end of the [[Third Age]], they had settled in the far northeast of the [[Greenwood the Great|Forest]]
| capital=The [[Elvenking's Halls]] from the early [[Third Age]]
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The '''Woodland Realm'''<ref name="Ride">{{RK|Ride}}</ref> was the great kingdom of the [[Silvan Elves]] in [[Mirkwood]].

== History ==
=== Second Age ===
The Woodland Realm was established by [[Oropher]] in {{SA|750}}, a [[Sindar|Sindarin]] [[Iathrim|Elf of Doriath]], after the [[War of Wrath]].<ref name=date>{{PM|Second}}, p. 174</ref> Unlike most [[Sindar]], [[Oropher]] and his household declined the [[Valar]]'s offer to depart from [[Middle-earth]] for [[Valinor]]. Instead, he migrated eastward from [[Lindon]] and became the King of the [[Silvan Elves]] east of [[Anduin]].<ref name="Note 14"/> The few [[Sindar]] who had come with him were soon merged with the [[Silvan Elves]], adopting their customs and language and taking names of [[Silvan Elvish|Silvan form and style]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> [[Oropher]] and his household wished to return to a simple existence natural to the [[Elves]] before they had been disturbed by the [[Valar]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes">{{UT|6b}}</ref>

Originally, [[Oropher]]'s realm encompassed the south of [[Greenwood]],<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> with dwellings about the hill of [[Amon Lanc]].<ref name="Note 14"/> However, throughout the [[Second Age]], he and his people migrated north three times.<ref name="Note 14">{{UT|Gladden}}, note 14</ref> According to one tradition, the first movement was northward beyond the [[Gladden Fields]], due to [[Oropher]]'s desire to distance himself from the increasing encroachments of the [[Dwarves of Khazad-dûm]] and his resentment of the intrusions of [[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]] in [[Lothlórien]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> However, his people did maintain constant intercourse with their [[Galadhrim|kin]] west of the [[Anduin]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/>

[[Oropher]] was also disturbed by the reports of [[Sauron]]'s rising power and by the end of the [[Second Age]], he dwelt in the western glens of the [[Mountains of Mirkwood|Emyn Duir]] and his numerous people lived and roamed in the woods and vales westward as far as [[Anduin]], north of the ancient [[Men-i-Naugrim|Dwarf-Road]].<ref name="Note 14"/>

In {{SA|3430}}, [[Oropher]] led the forces of the Woodland Realm against [[Sauron]] as part of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/>

=== Third Age ===
[[File:Anke Eißmann - Thranduil.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Anke Eißmann]] - ''Thranduil''|left]]
[[Oropher]]'s son, [[Thranduil]], succeeded him as the lord of the Woodland Realm<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> and ruled the Woodland Realm in peace for many years.

Around {{TA|1100}}, an evil entity known as the [[Necromancer#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] (later identified as [[Sauron]]) had created a stronghold on [[Amon Lanc]] called [[Dol Guldur]].<ref name="TA">{{App|TA}}</ref> As the [[Shadow]] fell upon [[Greenwood the Great]], [[Thranduil]]'s realm retreated before it as it spread ever northward, until at last, [[Thranduil]] established his realm in the north-east of the forest and delved there a [[Elvenking's Halls|fortress and great halls underground]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> His realm was also protected by the [[Enchanted River]]<ref>{{H|Queer}}</ref>, which could cause one to sleep and dream deeply, whilst the [[Elvenking's Halls]] served as the chief fortress of the realm.<ref name=Flies/>

[[Thranduil]]'s realm is said to have extended into the woods surrounding the [[Lonely Mountain]] and growing along the west shores of the [[Long Lake]], before the coming of the [[Dwarves of Moria|Dwarves exiled from Moria]] and the invasion of the [[Smaug|Dragon]].<ref name="Sindarin Princes"/> The Woodland Realm did trade with the neighbouring realms of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and imported wine from [[Dorwinion]] via the [[River Running]]. The former traffic came to an end upon with the destruction of [[Erebor]] by the [[Dragons|dragon]] [[Smaug]] in {{TA|2770}}<ref name="TA"/> but again resumed after the [[Battle of Five Armies]].<ref>{{H|19}}</ref>

In {{TA|2941}},<ref name="TA"/> [[Thorin and Company|Thorin's band of Dwarves]] intruded in the Woodland Realm and were held prisoner in the [[Elvenking's Halls]].<ref name=Flies>{{H|Flies}}</ref> Upon hearing the death of Smaug, Thranduil immediately assembled the army of the Woodland Realm and marched towards [[Erebor]]. In the ensuing [[Battle of Five Armies]], many [[Wood-elves]] were slain <ref>{{H|Burst}}</ref> and many of the [[Orcs]] that survived wandered into the Woodland Realm were slain or lost in the trackless dark of [[Mirkwood]].<ref>{{H|18}}</ref>
[[File:Capucine Mazille - The Battle of Five Armies.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Capucine Mazille]] - ''The Battle of Five Armies'']]
On [[20 June]] {{TA|3018|n}} a force of [[Orcs]] attacked the Woodland Realm (orchestrated by [[Sauron]]),<ref name="UT"/> the purpose of this raid being to provide a distraction and facilitate the escape of [[Gollum]]<ref name=great/> who had been entrusted to [[Thranduil]]'s care by the [[Rangers of the North|Ranger]] [[Aragorn]].<ref name="UT">{{UT|Hunt}}</ref>

In the wake of this, [[Thranduil]] sent his son, [[Legolas|Legolas Greenleaf]], to deliver news of [[Gollum]]'s escape to Aragorn and [[Elrond]] in [[Rivendell]]. Upon arriving, [[Legolas]] participated in the [[Council of Elrond]] as an ambassador of the Woodland Realm where the full details of [[Sauron]]'s resurgence were revealed.<ref name=council>{{FR|II2}}</ref>

Meanwhile, on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019|n}}, [[Sauron]]'s forces invaded the Woodland Realm in force and there was long battle under the trees and great ruin of fire; but in the end [[Thranduil]] had the victory.<ref name=great>{{App|Great}}</ref> On the [[Elven New Year]], he met [[Celeborn]], [[Lord of Lórien]], and the two agreed to rename the forest [[Eryn Lasgalen]].<ref name=great/> [[Thranduil]] took all the northern region of [[Eryn Lasgalen]] as far as [[Emyn Duir]] for the Woodland Realm.<ref name=great/>

=== Later History ===
After the [[War of the Ring]], the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Silvan Elves of the Greenwood]], including those of the Woodland Realm, remained untroubled.<ref name=great/> Many folk of the realm removed south to [[Gondor]] to restore the beauty of the [[South-kingdom]], especially [[Minas Tirith]] and [[Ithilien]].<ref name=durin>{{App|Durin}}</ref><ref name="RK-MinasTirith">{{RK|V1}}</ref>

The eventual fate of the Woodland Realm is unknown.

==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2018: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Thranduil's realm is called [[Eryn Lasgalen]] and is accessible after the fall of Dol Guldur. In addition to "Felegoth", the Halls of the Elvenking, there is the [[Raft-elves|Raft-elf]] settlement of "Loeglond" near the [[Long Lake]]; and the haunted ruins of "Caras Tilion", the former capital in the Mountains of Mirkwood. The quests in the area involve bringing stability to the realm so that trade may resume.

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Counsellor of the North-kingdom

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The '''Counsellor of the North-kingdom''' was a member of the royal council of [[Arnor]] established after the [[War of the Ring]].

==History==
After his accession, [[Aragorn]] established a council in [[Arnor]], because in {{FoA|13}}, he chose three Counsellors of the North-kingdom from the people of [[the Shire]] and [[Buckland]].<ref name="AppBLater">{{App|B5}}</ref> These Counsellors were those appointed to the positions of the [[Thain]] and [[Mayor of the Shire]], and the [[Master of Buckland]].<ref name="AppBLater"/>

At the time of the appointment, these offices were held by [[Peregrin Took]]1, [[Samwise Gamgee]], and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]], and they would remain in these posts for the nearly fifty years until {{FoA|61}}, when [[Sam Gamgee]] was said to have passed over the [[Sea]].<ref name="AppBLater"/> Two years later, [[Merry]] and [[Pippin]] resigned their offices to their sons and removed to the south.<ref name="AppBLater"/> It is unknown if they were succeded as Counsellors by their heirs.<ref group="note">[[Faramir Took I]] succeeded [[Peregrin I Took|Peregrin]] as [[Thain of the Shire]]. [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Meriadoc]] had at least one son to succeed him as [[Master of Buckland]], but that son's name is not recorded. [[Sam Gamgee]]'s successor as [[Mayor]] would have been elected by the [[Shire-hobbits]]. It is not known if they specifically inherited the Counsellor position though it seems likely that they did.</ref>

==See Also==
*[[Council of Gondor]]

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Council of Gondor

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The '''Council of Gondor''', also known as the '''Great Council of Gondor''', was composed of the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces in [[Gondor]], the advisors to the ruler of [[Gondor]] who were the [[Kings of Gondor]] and later the [[Ruling Stewards]].

==History==
The [[Númenórean]] [[King of Gondor]] governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref> In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] had a Council, and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say.<ref name="politics"/>

The Council took authority over the realm after the loss of [[Ondoher]] left it kingless in {{TA|1944}},<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> and it acted under the control of [[Steward]] [[Pelendur]]. In {{TA|1945|n}}, [[Arvedui]] of [[Arthedain]], whose wife was [[Fíriel|Ondoher's daughter]], invoked the [[Law of Succession in Númenor]] to claim the throne of [[Gondor]]; the Council voted against his claim, in favour of [[Ondoher]]'s distant relative, [[Eärnil II]].<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] held Council, and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say.<ref name="politics"/> As the [[Siege of Gondor]] approached, [[Denethor|Denethor II]] called the Council together on [[11 March]], {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> and it advised him to make no stroke of war against the enemy due to the threat from the south.<ref>{{RK|V4}}</ref>

[[Aragorn]] re-established the Great Council of Gondor,<ref group="note">The fact that [[Aragorn]] re-established the "Great Council of Gondor" during his reign as [[King of Gondor and Arnor]] implies that there would have been a "Great Council of Gondor" during the time of the last [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] [[Isildur]] or during the time of the last [[King of Gondor]] [[Eärnur]]. More cannot be said of the matter.</ref> and in that [[Faramir]], who remained by inheritance the [[Steward]] (or representative of the King during his absence abroad, or sickness, or between his death and the accession of his heir) was his chief counsellor.<ref name="politics"/>

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Reunited Kingdom

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The '''Reunited Kingdom''' (also called the '''Two Kingdoms'''<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 6</ref>) was the restored kingdom of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], the twin kingdoms founded at the end of the [[Second Age]] by [[Elendil]] and his sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]]. In the beginning, Elendil was [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] of both realms, but the two were divided after the deaths of his sons. Over 3,000 years later [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]] reunited the kingdoms and ruled as [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] of the newly-founded Reunited Kingdom.

The fate of the kingdoms, especially that of [[Gondor]], would come to dominate the history of the [[Third Age]].

==Geography==
During Aragorn's reign, the Reunited Kingdom expanded to retake all territories that had originally belonged to both [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] at their greatest extents, excluding only [[Rohan]] (the [[Oath of Eorl|grant]] of which he renewed), and [[the Shire]], the [[Drúadan Forest]], and [[Fangorn Forest]] (which became protectorates), under the protection of the [[Sceptre of Annúminas|Sceptre]].<ref name="Appendix A"/>

The Reunited Kingdom included all the lands of [[Arnor]]; all of [[Eriador]], except the [[Lindon|regions]] beyond the [[Lune]], and the lands east of [[Greyflood]] and [[Loudwater]], in which lay [[Rivendell]] and [[Eregion]].<ref name="Eriador">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

In [[Gondor]], the realm extended:<ref name="AppGondor">{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

* North to the [[Field of Celebrant]] and the southern eaves of [[Mirkwood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>
* West to the [[Greyflood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>
* East to the inland [[Sea of Rhûn]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>
* South to the [[River Harnen]], and also along the coast to the peninsula and haven of [[Umbar]]<ref name="AppGondor"/>

==Politics==
The [[Númenórean]] [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] had a [[Council of Gondor|Council]], and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say.<ref name="politics"/> [[Aragorn]] re-established the [[Council of Gondor|Great Council of Gondor]], and in that [[Faramir]], who remained by inheritance the [[Steward]] (or representative of the King during his absence abroad, or sickness, or between his death and the accession of his heir) was his chief counsellor.<ref name="politics"/>

After his accession, [[Aragorn]] established a council in [[Arnor]], because in {{FoA|13}}, he chose three [[Counsellor of the North-kingdom|Counsellors of the North-kingdom]] from the people of [[the Shire]] and [[Buckland]].<ref name="AppBLater">{{App|B5}}</ref> These Counsellors were those appointed to the positions of the [[Thain]] and [[Mayor of the Shire]], and the [[Master of Buckland]].<ref name="AppBLater"/>

==History==
===Background===
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At the end of the [[Second Age]], [[Elendil]] and his sons established two great kingdoms in [[Middle-earth]]: [[Arnor]] in the north and [[Gondor]] in the south. These [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]] were united under a single [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]], [[Elendil]] himself, who ruled the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]] while his sons reigned jointly over the South-kingdom of [[Gondor]].<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref>

In the first years of the [[Third Age]], this union failed. After the loss of [[Isildur]] at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], his nephew [[Meneldil]] took up the [[Kings of Gondor|kingship of Gondor]], and that country remained independent from the [[North-kingdom]] through most of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=rings/>

In the north, the realm of Arnor fell into troubled times. It broke into three separate kingdoms, and in time these too were lost, so that the Dúnedain of the North-kingdom of Elendil were reduced to a wandering people led by a [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain]]. Nonetheless, they were able to maintain Isildur's line in unbroken descent.<ref name=rings/>

There were two attempts to reunite the kingdoms, but only the second of these was successful. The first of these occurred in {{TA|1944}} when [[Arvedui]], [[King of Arthedain]], claimed the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]] of the [[Two Kingdoms]].<ref name="AppGondor"/> His claim was rejected by Steward [[Pelendur]] and the [[Council of Gondor]], who elected to maintain their independence.<ref name="AppGondor"/>

Soon enough, the line of [[King of Gondor|Kings]] failed in [[Gondor]] too; [[Eärnur]] was lost without heirs. Its rule was taken up by the [[Stewards]] of the [[House of Húrin]].<ref name=rings/>

===Reunification===
====Reign of Elessar====
More than a thousand years later, after the [[War of the Ring]], Arvedui's direct descendant, [[Aragorn]], came forward to make the same claim. This time, the people of Gondor accepted a [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]], and the Two Kingdoms were restored and reunited at last.

[[Aragorn]] restored [[Gondor]] and repeopled it, but retained [[Minas Tirith]] as the chief city.<ref name="Elendil"/> He rebuilt [[Annúminas]] and when he went north, would rule from there.<ref name="Eriador"/> He also had the ruins of [[Fornost Erain]] rebuilt and made it a great city where [[Men]] dwelt once again.<ref name="Bound">{{RK|VI7}}</ref> [[The Shire]] was an exception to this, and though it lay within the Reunited Kingdom, Aragorn made a law that Men should not enter it, a law that he observed himself.<ref name="Eriador"/>

During his reign, he, alongside [[King of Rohan|King]] [[Éomer]], led military campaigns beyond the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and on the far fields of the [[South]].<ref name="Appendix A">{{App|Mark}}</ref> As a result, he was able to re-establish his dominance in places which [[Gondor]] initially held at the height of its power. The threat of the [[Corsairs of Umbar|Corsairs]] was finally completely subdued during his reign and [[Umbar]] was finally re-taken.<ref name="AppGondor"/> He also made peace with the [[Haradrim]] after his coronation.<ref name="RK-StewardKing">{{RK|VI5}}</ref>

====Later History====
After Aragorn's death in {{FoA|120}},<ref name="Tale">{{App|Tale}}</ref> his son [[Eldarion]] took up the High Kingship.<ref name="Tale"/> One hundred years into his reign, he encountered a renewal of [[Morgoth]]-worship known as the "[[Dark Tree]]".<ref>{{PM|Shadow}}</ref> In a 1972 letter concerning ''[[The New Shadow]]'', Tolkien mentioned that Eldarion's reign would have lasted for about 100 years after the death of Aragorn.<ref name="L338">{{L|338}}</ref>

Of [[Eldarion]], it was foretold that he should rule a great realm, and that it should endure for a hundred generations of [[Men]] after him, that is until a new age brought in again new things; and from him should come the kings of many realms in long days after.<ref name="Elendil"/> But if this foretelling spoke truly, none now can say, for [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] are no more; and even the chronicles of the [[House of Telcontar|House of Elessar]] and all their deeds and glory are lost.<ref name="Elendil"/>

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Dúnedain

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The '''Dúnedain''' ([[Sindarin|S]]: "west-men", pron. {{IPA|[ˈduːnedaɪn]}}), singular '''Dúnadan''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈduːnadan]}}), were the [[Men of Númenor]] and (especially) their descendants who peopled [[Middle-earth]] in the [[Second Age|Second]] and [[Third Age|Third Ages]].

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref>

Not all the Dúnedain in [[Middle-earth]] were descended from the followers of [[Elendil]]. Others had settled there independently before the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], and later allied themselves with the founders of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]]. The ancestors of the [[Princes of Dol Amroth]] were among the most prominent of these.<ref name="Cirion">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref>

Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], they were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

===Division===
====Dúnedain of Arnor====
:See also: ''[[Dúnedain of Arnor]]''.
[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and of the [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into petty realms and lordships, and the witch-realm of [[Angmar]] destroyed them one by one.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

The remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were also heavily affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

After the [[Angmar War]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] were reduced to [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

====Dúnedain of Gondor====
:See also: ''[[Dúnedain of Gondor]]''.
In the south, the realm of [[Gondor]] endured, and for a time the splendour of the [[Dúnedain of the South]] grew, until it recalled the wealth and majesty of [[Númenor]] during the reign of [[Hyarmendacil I]] by {{TA|1050}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref><ref name="AppB"/>

Yet at the last, in the later [[Third Age]], the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] waned for their blood became much mingled with that of other men, especially the [[Northmen]] of [[Rhovanion]].<ref name=gondor/> King [[Eldacar (King of Gondor)|Eldacar]], who himself had [[Northmen|Northmannish]] blood, showed favour to the [[Northmen]] who supported him.<ref name=gondor/> This led to the [[Kin-strife]], when many of the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] were slain.<ref name=gondor/> After his return from exile, many noble houses, including the royal [[House of Anárion]], became more mingled with the blood of [[Middle Men|"lesser" Men]].<ref name=gondor/>

The [[Great Plague]] decimated the [[Gondorians]] with many, including King [[Telemnar]], his kin, as well as many others of the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]], being killed.<ref name=rings/><ref name=gondor/>

After the reign of King [[Eärnur]], royal descendants among the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] had become few and no claimant for the throne could be found of pure [[Númenórean]] blood, or whose claim all would accept, and people were afraid of a new [[Kin-strife]] that would devastate the kingdom.<ref name=gondor/> Thus, by default, [[Mardil]] began the line of [[Ruling Stewards of Gondor]].<ref name=rings/><ref name=gondor/>

After the [[Stewards]] picked up the southern rule, the remnant of the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] still defended the passage of the [[Anduin]] against the terrors of [[Minas Morgul]] and against all the enemies of the West.<ref name=rings/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] lived in [[Minas Tirith]] and the adjacent townlands, as well as the tributary fiefs and royal lands of [[Anórien]], [[Ithilien]], and [[Belfalas]].<ref name=languages/><ref name="Language">{{PM|Languages}}</ref>

===Reunification===
Upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]] after the [[War of the Ring]], the Dúnedain were [[Reunited Kingdom|reunited]] under [[Aragorn II Elessar]], [[Isildur's Heir]], and their the might and dignity was lifted up and their glory renewed.<ref name=rings/>

==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
The Dúnedain were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/> They were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Herbs">{{TT|Herbs}}</ref><ref name="Minas Tirith">{{RK|V1}}</ref><ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref>

===Languages===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], [[Sindarin]] was the regular spoken tongue of the [[Exiles of Númenor]].<ref>{{UT|7}}, note 16</ref> When they arrived on the coasts of [[Middle-earth]], few among the colonists on the coasts remembered [[Sindarin]] since the neglected [[Adûnaic]] was used as a ''lingua franca'' among the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]], which developed into the [[Westron]] tongue.<ref name=Atani>{{PM|Atani}}</ref><ref name=languages/> They used therefore the [[Common Speech]] intheir dealing with other folk and in the government of their wide realms; but they enlarged the language and enriched it with many words drawn from the Elven-tongues.<ref name=languages/> In the days of the Númenorean kings, [[Westron]] became used more and more by the Dúnedain themselves.<ref name=languages/>

Among the Dúnedain, "the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] blood in any degree," for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin|Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}, p. 34</ref> Many of the [[Men of Gondor]] could also speak the [[Elvish]] tongues, a notable distinction and characteristic among the Dúnedain there.<ref name=languages/> [[Sindarin]] had long ceased to be a "first language" in [[Gondor]], but was learned in early youth (by the Dúnedain) from loremasters, and used by them as a mark of rank and high-blood.<ref name="Elendil"/> For example, the [[Stewards of Gondor]] belonged to a [[House of Húrin|noble family of Dúnedain]] of the ancient [[Faithful]] who used (beside the [[Common Speech]]) the [[Númenórean Sindarin]] tongue after the fashion of [[Gondor]].<ref name="Elendil"/> It had changed very little since the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and though the [[Men of Gondor]] altered some of the sounds, they could still understand the [[Elves]] and be understood by them.<ref name="Elendil"/> [[Westron]] became used more and more by the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] themselves, so that at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Sindarin]] was known to only a small part of the peoples of [[Gondor]] (and spoken daily by fewer); they dwelt mostly in [[Minas Tirith]] and the adjacent townlands, and in the land of the tributary princes of [[Dol Amroth]].<ref name=languages/>

[[Quenya]] was used by the Dúnedain, a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name="quenya">{{L|347}}</ref><ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Gondor]] as well as all the [[Stewards]] until [[Mardil Voronwë]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=languages/><ref>{{App|South}}</ref> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/> At the end of the [[Third Age]], there were more Dúnedain that knew [[Quenya]] or spoke [[Sindarin]] than there were [[Elves]] (those of [[Lindon]], [[Rivendell]], and [[Lórien]]) who did either.<ref name="quenya"/>

===Waning of the Dúnedain===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/>

In the beginning of their history, the Dúnedain were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> "More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the Dúnedain became ever less".<ref>{{PM|Third}}, p. 227</ref> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}, p. 263</ref>

After [[Gondor]]'s numbers were replenished by lesser [[Northmen]] after the [[Kin-Strife]], the mingling did not at first hasten the waning of the Dúnedain, as had been feared, but it still proceeded little by little as it had before.<ref name=gondor/> However, after the fall of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]], the waning was much swifter in [[Gondor]] than in [[Arnor]].<ref name=eriador/> In fact, [[Hador (Steward of Gondor)|Hador]] the seventh [[Ruling Steward]] of [[Gondor]] was the last [[Gondorian]] to live 150 years and after his time the life-span of those with [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] blood waned more rapidly.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref> By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], few among the [[Gondorians]] passed 100 years with vigour, except in the more pure and noble houses.<ref>{{RK|Houses}}</ref>

Upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the might and dignity of the Dúnedain was lifted up and their glory was renewed.<ref name=rings/> Greatest among them was their [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] [[Aragorn II Elessar]] who lived up to 210 years (the longest since King [[Arvegil]]),<ref name=eriador/> and he received in some measure their former gifts.<ref name="Elendil"/> He wedded [[Arwen Undomiel]], daughter of [[Elrond]], brother of [[Elros]] first [[King of Númenor|King of Númenór]], and so restored the majesty and high lineage of the royal [[House of Telcontar]], but their life-span was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil"/>

==Etymology==
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{{quote|I thought you knew enough [[Elvish]] at least to know ''[[dûn|dún]]-[[adan]]'': Man of the West, Númenórean.|[[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref>{{FR|Meetings}}</ref>}}

They are also called the ''Men of the West'' and the ''Men of Westernesse'' (direct translations of the [[Sindarin]] term) and comes from ''[[dûn]]'' and ''[[adan]]''.

The [[Quenya]] name was '''Núnatan''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈnuːnatan]}}), pl. '''Núnatani''' (pron. {{IPA|[nuːˈnatani]}}).

The [[Westron]] name for ''Dúnadan'' was simply '''[[Adûn]]''', "westerner", but this name was seldom used.

''[[The Silmarillion]]'' is explicit in noting that "Númenoreans" and "Dúnedain" are synonymous terms, meaning the same thing. Nevertheless, it seems more usual to call those born in [[Númenor]] "'''Númenoreans'''" and those living in [[Middle-earth]] post-[[Akallabêth]] "'''Dúnedain'''" .

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Dior

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{{disambig-two|the son of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]|the [[Stewards of Gondor|Steward of Gondor]]|[[Dior (Steward of Gondor)]]}}
{{half-elf infobox
| name=Dior
| image=[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Descendants of Thingol 2.jpg|250px]]
| caption="Descendants of Thingol" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
| pronun=
| othernames=
| titles=Aranel, Eluchíl, [[King of Doriath]], [[Peredhil]], Thingol's Heir
| position=
| location=[[Ossiriand]], [[Doriath]]
| affiliation=
| language=[[Sindarin]] ([[Doriathrin]])
| birth={{FA|470}}
| birthlocation=[[Tol Galen]]
| rule={{FA|503}} - {{FA|506|n}}
| death={{FA|506}}
| deathlocation=[[Menegroth]], during the [[Second Kinslaying]]
| age=36
| notablefor=
| house=[[House of Bëor]]
| heritage=[[Men|Mannish]] father, half-[[Elves|Elf]]/half-[[Maia]] mother
| parentage=[[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]
| siblings=
| spouse=[[Nimloth]]
| children=[[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], [[Elurín]]
| gender=Male
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| weapons=Presumably [[Aranrúth]]<ref name="NumenorUT">{{UT|3}}, note 2</ref>
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}}'''Dior''' was the son of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], and the grandson and heir to the throne of [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]], [[King of Doriath]]. Dior was the first of the [[Peredhil]].<ref>{{PM|Finwe}}</ref><ref>{{PM|Ros}}</ref>

==History==
Dior was born on the island of [[Tol Galen]] in [[East Beleriand]].<ref name=Fifth>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> When he was 27, he married [[Nimloth of Doriath]],<ref group=note>[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth's]] parentage is uncertain. She may have been the daughter of [[Galathil]] and a descendant of [[Elmo]], the younger brother of [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]].</ref> and took her back to live by the [[Lanthir Lamath]] waterfall at the base of the [[Blue Mountains]]. There they had three children: [[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], and [[Elurín]].

After [[Thingol]] was slain by the [[Dwarves]] who coveted the [[Nauglamír]], Dior with his father and a host of [[Green-elves]] of [[Ossiriand]] journeyed swiftly north to the river [[Ascar]] and fought the [[Dwarves of Nogrod]] in the [[Battle of Sarn Athrad]].<ref name=Doriath>{{S|Doriath}}</ref>

In {{FA|503}}, he and his family went to [[Menegroth]] and restored the realm of [[Doriath]].<ref name=Doriath/> After the death of his parents, a lord of the [[Laiquendi]] came to [[Doriath]] bringing the [[Nauglamir]], which was worn by his mother.<ref name=Doriath/> After mourning, he decided to wear it himself.<ref name=Doriath/> When he placed the [[Nauglamir]] on himself, it sat lightly and he appeared as the fairest of three living races: [[Maiar]], [[Elves|Elven]], and [[Men|Human]].<ref name=Doriath/> This news came to the [[Sons of Feanor]], who came to [[Doriath]] with their followers, consumed by the [[Oath of Feanor]].<ref name=Doriath/>

Dior managed to kill [[Celegorm]], and [[Caranthir]] and [[Curufin]] were also slain, but the kingdom of [[Doriath]] was destroyed.<ref name=Doriath/> So Dior and [[Nimloth]] were slain, during the [[Second Kinslaying]], along with anyone preventing the [[Sons of Fëanor]] from gaining the [[Silmaril]].<ref name=Doriath/>

After the attack, the servants of [[Celegorm]] left [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]] in the forest to die.<ref name=Doriath/> [[Elwing]], however, carrying the [[Nauglamir]], escaped with the remnant of the [[Iathrim|Elves of Doriath]] to the [[Havens of Sirion]].<ref name=Doriath></ref> Years later, she would wed [[Eärendil]] and together they would seek aid from [[Valinor]].<ref>{{S|Earendil}}</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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{{familytree | | | | | | | DIO |y| NIM | | |DIO='''DIOR'''|NIM=[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]1}}
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{{familytree | EAR |y| ELW | | ELD | | ELN |EAR=[[Eärendil]]|ELW=[[Elwing]]|ELD=[[Eluréd]]|ELN=[[Elurín]]}}
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{{familytree | ELD | | ELS | | | | | | | | |ELD=[[Elrond]]|ELS=[[Elros]]}}
{{familytree/end}}

==Etymology==
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], the name ''Dior'' is said to mean "successor" in [[Doriathrin]]. The name derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''ndeuro'' ("follower, successor"), from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[NDEW]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 375</ref>

==Other names and titles==
Dior was also titled '''''Eluchíl''''' ("Heir of Elu")<ref name="Index">{{S|Index}}</ref> and '''''Aranel''''' ("Noble Elf" or "King of Elves").<ref name="Index"/><ref name=Fifth/>

==Other versions of the Legendarium==
In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two|The Book of Lost Tales]]'', a name of Dior was '''''[[Ausir (disambiguation)|Ausir]]''''' ([[Gnomish|Gn.]] "The Wealthy").<ref>{{LT2|V}}, pp. 240, 244, 251</ref><ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 20</ref>
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Realms in Exile

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{{quote| Et Earello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.|[[Elendil's Oath]]}}
{{kingdom
| image=
| name=Realms in Exile
| pronun=
| othernames=Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, Númenórean Realms, Two Kingdoms
| location=[[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]
| capital=The capital in [[Arnor]] was at [[Annúminas]] and later [[Fornost]]; in [[Gondor]] the capital was at [[Osgiliath]] and later [[Minas Tirith]]
| towns='''Arnor''' [[Bree]], [[Bywater]], [[Fornost Erain]], [[Hobbiton]], [[Michel Delving]], [[Tuckborough]] '''Gondor''' [[Calembel]], [[Dol Amroth]], [[Erech]], [[Linhir]], [[Pelargir]], [[Umbar]]
| regions='''Arnor''' [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], [[Rhudaur]] '''Gondor''' [[Anfalas]], [[Anórien]], [[Belfalas]], [[Dorwinion]], [[Enedwaith]] (shared with [[Arnor]]), [[Ithilien]], [[Lamedon]], [[Lebennin]], [[Lossarnach]], [[South Gondor]]
| population=[[Men of Arnor]] and [[Gondorians]] (many [[Hobbits]] in [[the Shire]] and [[Bree-land]])
| language=[[Westron]], [[Númenórean Sindarin]], [[Quenya]], [[Hobbitish]]
| govern1=[[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]]
| govern2=
| govern3=
| currency=[[tharni]], [[castar]]<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref>
| holiday=[[Cormarë]]
| precededby=[[Númenor]]
| event1=Established
| event1date={{SA|3320}}
| event2=Divided
| event2date={{TA|2}}
| event3=Attempt to reunify
| event3date={{TA|1944}}
| event4=Reunited
| event4date=[[1 May]], {{TA|3019}}
| event5=
| event5date=
| followedby=
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The '''Realms in Exile''' were the two kingdoms established by [[Elendil]] and his sons after the [[Downfall of Númenor]]. Often called the '''Kingdoms of the Dúnedain''', it was the collective name for [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], the North-Kingdom and South-kingdom of the [[Dúnedain]] in the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]].

==History==
===Foundation===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]] in {{SA|3319}}, the [[Great Sea]] cast up a handful of survivors on the shores of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="SA"/> These were [[Elendil]] and his sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], the last leaders of the [[Faithful]],<ref name=numenor/> who had fled from the port of [[Rómenna]] and were aboard ship when [[Númenor]] was swallowed by the [[Sea]]. The raging waters that followed the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]] had driven their ships eastward until they came to the ruined shores of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=numenor/> There they established in the North-west the Númenorean realms in exile, [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], in {{SA|3320}}.<ref name="SA">{{App|SA}}</ref>

[[Elendil]] and his people landed in [[Lindon]] and from there they spread out across [[Eriador]].<ref name=rings/> Their great cities were at [[Annúminas]] on [[Nenuial]], and [[Fornost]] on the [[North Downs]],<ref name=rings/> and they thus established a realm that came to be known as [[Arnor]], "Land of the King", because [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] [[Elendil]] dwelt there by [[Lake Evendim]].<ref name=numenor>{{App|Numenor}}</ref>

[[Elendil]]'s sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]] were driven southwards by the [[Sea]], and found their way at last up through the [[Mouths of Anduin]] into the [[Great River]] in a region where a great [[Númenórean]] port, [[Pelargir]], had stood for centuries.<ref name=rings/> They founded their own southern realm in this region, named [[Gondor]], "Land of Stone", for the great feats of stonework they performed.<ref name=rings/> Their main city was named [[Osgiliath]], built on the river on which they had entered their new land, but each of the brothers also had a fortress of their own: [[Minas Ithil]] for [[Isildur]] and [[Minas Anor]] for [[Anárion]].<ref name=rings/>

===Division===
The Númenórean Realms formed the [[Last Alliance]] with the [[Elves]] against [[Sauron]]. During that [[War of the Last Alliance|War]], [[Anarion]] and [[Elendil]] were killed.<ref name=rings/> [[Isildur]] succeeded to the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], but his loss at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]] caused a division between the two realms.<ref name=rings/> At that time, [[Isildur]]'s nephew [[Meneldil]] became [[King of Gondor]] in his own right, and the two kingdoms would remain separate until the time of [[Aragorn Elessar]], more than three thousand years later.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref>

===Attempts of Reunification===
It was until the time of [[Araphant]] of [[Arthedain]] and [[Ondoher]] of [[Gondor]] when they took up counsel together after long silence and estrangment.<ref name=gondor/> Then, it was determined that [[Sauron|one single power and will]] was directing attacks against the Realms in Exile.<ref name=gondor/> In {{TA|1940}}, [[Arvedui]] of Arthedain wed [[Fíriel]] of Gondor, thus reuniting the [[House of Isildur]] and the [[House of Anárion]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> However, they could not profit from the new-formed alliance as [[Angmar]] and the [[Wainriders]] reappeared simultaneously.<ref name=gondor/>

[[Ondoher]] would prove to be last in a direct line of kings when he was slain in battle with the [[Wainriders]], alongside his sons.<ref name=gondor/> Hoping to save [[Arnor]] from [[Angmar]], [[Arvedui]] staked his claim to the [[King of Gondor|kingship of Gondor]], by right of his descent from [[Isildur]] and by that of his wife, mentioning also the ancient [[Law of Succession in Númenor]].<ref name=gondor/> The [[Council of Gondor]] refused (to the [[Gondorians]] the [[Arthedain|remnant]] of [[Arnor]] seemed an insignificant despite its great heritage) and gave the crown to [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] instead, the commander of the [[House of Anárion|royal house]] who defeated the [[Wainriders]]; he maintained good relations with [[Arthedain]], promising them aid.<ref name=gondor/> [[Arvedui]] did not press his claim for he had neither the power nor the will to oppose the choice of the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]].<ref name=gondor/>

[[Arnor]]'s strength was fast dwindling when in {{TA|1973}} now-King [[Arvedui]] sent a message to [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] that they were in great straits, and that [[Angmar]] was preparing it final assault. [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]], accordingly, mustered a great army under the command of his son [[Eärnur]]. The [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] force put to sea, but would not arrive before [[Angmar]] destroyed the [[North-kingdom]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> Even so, the descendants of [[Arvedui]] never forgot his claim<ref name=gondor/> and when the line of [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] failed in [[Gondor]], it was rumored that the Northern line still wandered in secrecy.<Ref>{{App|Stewards}}</ref>

===Final Reunification===
{{main|Reunited Kingdom}}
After the ultimate defeat of the [[Dark Lord]] in the [[War of the Ring]], [[Isildur's Heir]] [[Aragorn II Elessar]] came forward and reclaimed the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], once again reuniting the Númenórean Realms after more than three thousand years.<ref name=rings/>

==See also==
*[[Arnor]]
*[[Gondor]]
*[[Dúnedain]]
*[[Exiles of Númenor]]

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[[Category:Mannish realms]]

[[fi:Maanpaon valtakunnat]]
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/royaumes/royaumes_en_exil]]

Realms in Exile

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{{quote| Et Earello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.|[[Elendil's Oath]]}}
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| image=[[File:Sage - Reunited Kingdom.png|250px]]
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| pronun=
| othernames=Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, Númenórean Realms, Two Kingdoms
| location=[[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]
| capital=The capital in [[Arnor]] was at [[Annúminas]] and later [[Fornost]]; in [[Gondor]] the capital was at [[Osgiliath]] and later [[Minas Tirith]]
| towns='''Arnor''' [[Bree]], [[Bywater]], [[Fornost Erain]], [[Hobbiton]], [[Michel Delving]], [[Tuckborough]] '''Gondor''' [[Calembel]], [[Dol Amroth]], [[Erech]], [[Linhir]], [[Pelargir]], [[Umbar]]
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| population=[[Men of Arnor]] and [[Gondorians]] (many [[Hobbits]] in [[the Shire]] and [[Bree-land]])
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| govern1=[[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]]
| govern2=
| govern3=
| currency=[[tharni]], [[castar]]<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref>
| holiday=[[Cormarë]]
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| event1=Established
| event1date={{SA|3320}}
| event2=Divided
| event2date={{TA|2}}
| event3=Attempt to reunify
| event3date={{TA|1944}}
| event4=Reunited
| event4date=[[1 May]], {{TA|3019}}
| event5=
| event5date=
| followedby=
}}
The '''Realms in Exile''' were the two kingdoms established by [[Elendil]] and his sons after the [[Downfall of Númenor]]. Often called the '''Kingdoms of the Dúnedain''', it was the collective name for [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], the North-Kingdom and South-kingdom of the [[Dúnedain]] in the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]].

==History==
===Foundation===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]] in {{SA|3319}}, the [[Great Sea]] cast up a handful of survivors on the shores of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="SA"/> These were [[Elendil]] and his sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], the last leaders of the [[Faithful]],<ref name=numenor/> who had fled from the port of [[Rómenna]] and were aboard ship when [[Númenor]] was swallowed by the [[Sea]]. The raging waters that followed the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]] had driven their ships eastward until they came to the ruined shores of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=numenor/> There they established in the North-west the Númenorean realms in exile, [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], in {{SA|3320}}.<ref name="SA">{{App|SA}}</ref>

[[Elendil]] and his people landed in [[Lindon]] and from there they spread out across [[Eriador]].<ref name=rings/> Their great cities were at [[Annúminas]] on [[Nenuial]], and [[Fornost]] on the [[North Downs]],<ref name=rings/> and they thus established a realm that came to be known as [[Arnor]], "Land of the King", because [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] [[Elendil]] dwelt there by [[Lake Evendim]].<ref name=numenor>{{App|Numenor}}</ref>

[[Elendil]]'s sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]] were driven southwards by the [[Sea]], and found their way at last up through the [[Mouths of Anduin]] into the [[Great River]] in a region where a great [[Númenórean]] port, [[Pelargir]], had stood for centuries.<ref name=rings/> They founded their own southern realm in this region, named [[Gondor]], "Land of Stone", for the great feats of stonework they performed.<ref name=rings/> Their main city was named [[Osgiliath]], built on the river on which they had entered their new land, but each of the brothers also had a fortress of their own: [[Minas Ithil]] for [[Isildur]] and [[Minas Anor]] for [[Anárion]].<ref name=rings/>

===Division===
The Númenórean Realms formed the [[Last Alliance]] with the [[Elves]] against [[Sauron]]. During that [[War of the Last Alliance|War]], [[Anarion]] and [[Elendil]] were killed.<ref name=rings/> [[Isildur]] succeeded to the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], but his loss at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]] caused a division between the two realms.<ref name=rings/> At that time, [[Isildur]]'s nephew [[Meneldil]] became [[King of Gondor]] in his own right, and the two kingdoms would remain separate until the time of [[Aragorn Elessar]], more than three thousand years later.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref>

===Attempts of Reunification===
It was until the time of [[Araphant]] of [[Arthedain]] and [[Ondoher]] of [[Gondor]] when they took up counsel together after long silence and estrangment.<ref name=gondor/> Then, it was determined that [[Sauron|one single power and will]] was directing attacks against the Realms in Exile.<ref name=gondor/> In {{TA|1940}}, [[Arvedui]] of Arthedain wed [[Fíriel]] of Gondor, thus reuniting the [[House of Isildur]] and the [[House of Anárion]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> However, they could not profit from the new-formed alliance as [[Angmar]] and the [[Wainriders]] reappeared simultaneously.<ref name=gondor/>

[[Ondoher]] would prove to be last in a direct line of kings when he was slain in battle with the [[Wainriders]], alongside his sons.<ref name=gondor/> Hoping to save [[Arnor]] from [[Angmar]], [[Arvedui]] staked his claim to the [[King of Gondor|kingship of Gondor]], by right of his descent from [[Isildur]] and by that of his wife, mentioning also the ancient [[Law of Succession in Númenor]].<ref name=gondor/> The [[Council of Gondor]] refused (to the [[Gondorians]] the [[Arthedain|remnant]] of [[Arnor]] seemed an insignificant despite its great heritage) and gave the crown to [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] instead, the commander of the [[House of Anárion|royal house]] who defeated the [[Wainriders]]; he maintained good relations with [[Arthedain]], promising them aid.<ref name=gondor/> [[Arvedui]] did not press his claim for he had neither the power nor the will to oppose the choice of the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]].<ref name=gondor/>

[[Arnor]]'s strength was fast dwindling when in {{TA|1973}} now-King [[Arvedui]] sent a message to [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] that they were in great straits, and that [[Angmar]] was preparing it final assault. [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]], accordingly, mustered a great army under the command of his son [[Eärnur]]. The [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] force put to sea, but would not arrive before [[Angmar]] destroyed the [[North-kingdom]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> Even so, the descendants of [[Arvedui]] never forgot his claim<ref name=gondor/> and when the line of [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] failed in [[Gondor]], it was rumored that the Northern line still wandered in secrecy.<Ref>{{App|Stewards}}</ref>

===Final Reunification===
{{main|Reunited Kingdom}}
After the ultimate defeat of the [[Dark Lord]] in the [[War of the Ring]], [[Isildur's Heir]] [[Aragorn II Elessar]] came forward and reclaimed the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], once again reuniting the Númenórean Realms after more than three thousand years.<ref name=rings/>

==See also==
*[[Arnor]]
*[[Gondor]]
*[[Dúnedain]]
*[[Exiles of Númenor]]

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[[Category:Middle-earth]]
[[Category:Mannish realms]]

[[fi:Maanpaon valtakunnat]]
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/royaumes/royaumes_en_exil]]

Talk:Galdor (elf of Gondolin)

2020-07-08T23:32:57Z

Yeyeye:

Should this be renamed to "Galdor (elf of Gondolin)"? The title "of the Tree" is used a couple of times in the narrative, but the naming policy says to avoid having titles. Same with "[[Galdor of the Havens]]". --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 18:25, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

:Yes, I would say so as well. [[User:Gaetano|Gaetano]] 18:40, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

::Nice work! Also, if you could rename the page to be "Galdor (Elf of Gondolin)" for the sake of capitilization. I think it would look better. Just something to think about.--[[User:Yeyeye|Yeyeye]] 23:32, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Anárion

2020-07-08T17:20:08Z

Yeyeye: /* Portrayal in adaptations */

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'''Anárion''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "[[sun]]-son", pron. {{IPA|[aˈnaːri.on]}}, stem ''Anáriond-'') was the second son of [[Elendil]] and the brother of [[Isildur]].<ref name="Rings">{{S|Rings}}</ref> His son [[Meneldil]] was the last man born in [[Númenor]] before its [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]].<ref name="Gladden">{{UT|Gladden}}, Note 10</ref>

==History==
Anárion, together with his father and brother, were the leaders of the [[Faithful]], the small minority of [[Númenóreans]] that resisted the dark rule of [[Ar-Pharazôn]] and his councilor [[Sauron]]. In {{SA|3319}}, when [[Ar-Pharazôn]] assailed the land of [[Aman]],<ref name="SA">{{App|SA}}</ref> nine ships of the Faithful escaped to the east (four for Elendil, three for Isildur, and two for Anárion).<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> They were separated by the great storm that arose during the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]]. Elendil landed in northern [[Middle-earth]] near [[Lindon]] and there established the realm of [[Arnor]]. Isildur and Anárion, however, landed in the south and founded the realm of [[Gondor]] in {{SA|3320|n}} about the [[Mouths of Anduin]].<ref name="Rings"/>

Together, Anárion and Isildur were chiefly responsible for the early ordering of Gondor, and their thrones were set side by side in the Great Hall of [[Osgiliath]]. In the city of [[Minas Anor]], Anárion established his house while Isildur set up his in [[Minas Ithil]].

Sauron also survived the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and reentered [[Mordor]] in {{SA|3320|n}}. In {{SA|3429|n}}, Sauron attacked Gondor with a force great enough to [[Fall of Minas Ithil|take Minas Ithil]] and force Isildur to flee. Whilst Isildur, his wife, and his sons sailed from Gondor seeking Elendil’s aid, Anárion defended Osgiliath and was able to drive his forces back into the mountains. Yet Sauron gathered greater strength and Anárion knew that without succor Gondor would fall.<ref name="SA"/><ref name="Rings"/>

Aid did arrive when Elendil, Isildur, and the [[Men of Arnor]], in league with the [[High King of the Noldor]], [[Gil-galad]], formed the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]] and marched south. Anárion led the [[Gondorians]] to the [[Dagorlad|plain]] between [[Cirith Gorgor]] and the [[Dead Marshes]] and fought in the [[Battle of Dagorlad]] alongside the alliance. The allies entered [[Mordor]] and laid the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]], but Anárion was slain by a thrown rock in {{SA|3440|n}}.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Anárion had four children, the youngest of whom was a son, [[Meneldil]].<ref group="note">The records only state that Meneldil was Anárion's "4th child"; these would either be daughters or sons who died before Meneldil succeeded his uncle.</ref> It is said that he was well-pleased at the departure of Isildur and his sons.<ref name="Gladden"/> After the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], Meneldil became the first independent [[King of Gondor]] and the two realms in exile were estranged.

Anárion's war-helm, which was also used as a crown, was crushed when he was killed. The war-helm of [[Isildur]] was used for the [[Crown of Gondor|crowning]] of the [[Kings of Gondor]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

The Line of Anárion lasted over two thousand years. In honor of the founding co-rulers, when [[Rómendacil II]] built the [[Argonath]] he had the Pillars of the Kings carved in the likenesses of Anárion and Isildur.<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> Yet the line of Anárion dwindled and finally disappeared when King [[Eärnur]] died childless. From that time forth the [[Stewards of Gondor|Ruling Stewards]] ruled in the name of the [[House of Anárion]].<ref>{{RK|V7}}</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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== Other versions of the legendarium ==

In ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', in Section VII "[[The Heirs of Elendil]]", [[Christopher Tolkien]] explained that there were three manuscripts in the textual history of this section. Manuscript A contained the information about the Southern Line of Gondor, and from its condition it appeared to be the first stage of composition. Manuscript B added the Northern Line, and began as a fair copy of A for the Southern line but became heavily emended. Manuscript B led to Manuscript C, a fine copy (but with later emendations), which led to a final typescript D. In the earlier Manuscripts A and B, Anárion's date of birth was {{SA|3209}} instead of {{SA|3219}}. It was Isildur who was born in 3219 instead of 3209 and thus Anárion was the ''older'' of Elendil's two sons.<ref name="Elendil"/>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
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|File:Anarion decipher.jpg|Anárion in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]''
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'''2001-2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'':'''
:Although Anárion does not appear in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film series]], Decipher produced a card for the character.

'''2019: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Anárion appears during an extended flashback set during the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]] in the year [[Second Age 3440|S.A. 3440]], shortly before his death.

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Isildur

2020-07-08T17:19:24Z

Yeyeye: /* Portrayal in adaptations */

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| caption="Isildur" by [[Liz Danforth]]
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}}{{Pronounce|Isildur.mp3|Ardamir}}
'''Isildur''' was the eldest son and heir of [[Elendil]], the first [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] of the [[Realms in Exile]].

== History ==
===Early Years in Númenor===
Isildur was born in Númenor in {{SA|3209}}. He was the elder son of Elendil, son of [[Amandil]], the last [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]]. His younger brother was [[Anárion]]. While living in the island realm he married and his first son, [[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Elendur]] was born in {{SA|3299|n}}.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

Isildur learned from Amandil that King [[Ar-Pharazôn]], under the influence of [[Sauron]], purposed to cut down [[Nimloth of Númenor|Nimloth]]. One night Isildur went in disguise to [[Armenelos]] and from the courts of the King stole a fruit from the tree before it was cut down, thus preserving the line of the [[White Tree of Gondor|White Tree]]. It is said that he received grievous wounds from the King's guards before escaping but that they all healed when a leaf first appeared on the sapling that grew from the fruit he had taken.<ref name="Akallabeth">{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>

When Ar-Pharazôn ordered the [[Great Armament]] to assail the land of [[Aman]], Elendil and his sons prepared ships to escape from Númenor. In the ship of Isildur was guarded the young White Tree.<ref name="Akallabeth"/> When the [[Downfall of Númenor]] came in {{SA|3319|n}}<ref name="SA">{{App|SA}}</ref> Elendil and his son escaped in nine ships – four for Elendil, three for Isildur, and two for Anárion.<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

===Joint Rule of Gondor===
In the great storm that came with the drowning of Númenor the nine ships of the Exiles were borne to the east and scattered. Elendil was cast up in the land of [[Lindon]], passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and founded the realm of [[Arnor]]. Isildur and Anárion were carried to the south. Arriving at the mouths of the [[Anduin]], they ascended the great river and founded the realm of [[Gondor]].<ref name="Rings">{{S|Rings}}</ref> While the Exiles were establishing their [[Realms in Exile]] in {{SA|3320}} however, Sauron had also escaped and re-established his power in [[Mordor]] .<ref name="SA"/>

Isildur set up his house in [[Minas Ithil]], where he planted the White Tree, while Anárion established his household in [[Minas Anor]]. However, they jointly ruled the kingdom and set up thrones side by side in the Great Hall of [[Osgiliath]].<ref name="Rings"/> Isildur and his wife had two more sons, [[Aratan]] (in {{SA|3339|n}}) and [[Ciryon]] (in {{SA|3379|n}}), while living in Gondor.<ref name="Elendil"/>

In {{SA|3429|n}} [[Sauron]] captured Minas Ithil and burnt the White Tree. Yet Isildur escaped with his wife and sons, and a seedling of the White Tree. While Anárion held Osgiliath, Isildur and his family sailed down the Anduin, then northwest his father in [[Arnor]] and to [[Gil-galad]] in [[Lindon]].<ref name="Rings"/><ref name="SA"/>

===The War of the Last Alliance===
In {{SA|3430}}, the same year that Isildur's fourth son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] was born, Isildur's father Elendil and Gil-galad formed the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. The army of the Alliance marched to [[Rivendell|Imladris]] in {{SA|3431|n}}, where Isildur left his wife and Valandil before the host moved on. In {{SA|3434|n}} the combined armies of Elves and Men crossed the [[Misty Mountains]] and marched on to the [[Dagorlad]]. There the forces of Sauron were defeated and he retreated into the [[Barad-dûr]] to withstand a siege.<ref name="SA"/>

The siege lasted seven years, but finally Elendil and Gil-galad threw down Sauron, thus winning the battle though both were slain and Elendil's sword [[Narsil]] broke under him as he fell. Isildur took the hilt shard of his father's sword and cut [[the One Ring]] from Sauron's finger. Ignoring the advice of [[Elrond]] and [[Círdan]], lieutenant of Gil-galad, Isildur did not destroy the Ring; instead he claimed it as a weregild for the deaths of his father and brother, and an heirloom for his House. <ref name="Rings"/>

===Triumph and Disaster===
After the fall of Sauron, Isildur returned to Gondor and assumed the [[Elendilmir]], proclaiming his Kingship in Arnor and sovereign lordship over the [[Dúnedain]] in both the North and the South. <ref name="Gladden">{{UT|Gladden}}</ref><ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> He remained for a year in the South, planted the seedling of the White Tree in Minas Anor in memory of his brother [[Anárion]], put the realm to order, and instructed his nephew [[Meneldil]], son of Anárion, in the governance of the land.<ref name=ta>{{App|TA}}</ref> With Meneldil and a company of trusted friends, Isildur rode about the boundaries of Gondor and in [[Anórien]] created the [[Tomb of Elendil|tomb]] and memorial of Elendil upon the hill of [[Eilenaer]], thereafter called [[Amon Anwar]].<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> While he remained there, he wrote an [[Scroll of Isildur|account]] on how he acquired the Ring, its significance to his [[House of Isildur|House]] and where he transcribed a [[Ring Verse|verse]] around the Ring while it was still hot.<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>

When Isildur finally felt free to leave he committed the rule of Gondor to Meneldil and with his three sons<ref name=ta/> departed on [[5 September|5]] [[Ivanneth]], {{TA|2}}. Instead of heading west and then north they journeyed northwards along the Anduin in order to first come to Imladris where his wife and little son Valandil were.<ref name="Rings"/> On the thirtieth day of the journey, [[5 October|5]] [[Narbeleth]], the King, his sons, and his Guard of two hundred knights and soldiers reached the northern borders of the [[Gladden Fields]]. Isildur believed that all soldiers of the Enemy perished so his camp was unguarded.<ref name="Rings"/> There they were ambushed by a band of [[Orcs]] said to be ten times their number.

As the Orcs closed in, Isildur sent his esquire [[Ohtar]] with one companion to fly with the shards of Narsil. The enemy charged and charged again. One by one Isildur's sons died about him;<ref name=ta/> Elendur was the last and he insisted that Isildur leave with the One Ring. Isildur placed the Ring upon his finger and vanished from the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields|battle]].

The Orcs could still sense his smell<ref name="Rings"/> and Isildur ran to the Anduin and swam across the river. It was during this effort that the One Ring slipped from his finger. As he struggled to escape the reeds and rushes on the shore a small party of Orcs spotted him and shot him. He fell back into the water and no trace of him was found by Elves or Men.<ref name="Gladden"/>

===Legacy===
The [[House of Isildur|line of Isildur]] continued, for Valandil became king of Arnor. Isildur's line continued unbroken throughout the [[Third Age]] until it formed the basis for [[Aragorn]]'s claim to the kingship of Arnor and Gondor after the downfall of Sauron.<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref>

In the riddling rhyme "''Seek for the Sword that was Broken''" the Ring is referred to cryptically as ''Isildur's Bane''.<ref>{{FR|II2}}</ref>

After the [[War of the Ring]] the tower of [[Orthanc]] was opened, for King Elessar desired its restoration. Behind a hidden door in a steel closet was found Isildur's [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]]. It was surmised that [[Saruman]] had found the bones of the long-lost king and had taken the ''[[mithril]]'' fillet with its jewel for his own, possibly destroying the king's remains afterwards.<ref name="Gladden"/>

==Etymology==

''Isildur'' is a [[Quenya]] name, meaning "Servant of the Moon" (''[[Ithil]]'' "Moon" + ''[[-dur]]'' "servant").<ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 28</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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==Portrayal in adaptations==
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|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Isildur.jpg|[[Harry Sinclair]] as Isildur in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Isildur.jpg|Isildur in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
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'''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:'''
:Prince Isildur is mentioned in the [[Prologue: A Ring's Tale (1978 scene)|prologue]], and he is shown to cut the Ring off Sauron's hand in battle, rather than from a defeated Sauron.

'''2001-2002: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''
:Isildur briefly appears in the first scenes of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|the first film]], as well as an extended flashback scene. Isildur is played by [[Harry Sinclair]]. Sinclair, a friend of [[Peter Jackson]], was asked because he was the most corrupt looking person Jackson knew. Sinclair had only one line, "No!", which was dubbed by [[Hugo Weaving]].

:In the movie, Isildur apparently is the last king of Gondor; Anárion and heirs and Arnor do not appear at all. 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, 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 book).

'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)]]'':'''
:In the game starts with a prologue, where you control Isildur on the slopes of Mount Doom. After you complete the mission you see how Isildur defeats Sauron. By completing the Tower of Orthanc bonus level, Isildur becomes a playable character in the other stages, where he takes the place of his descendant Aragorn. Strangely, Isildur's version of the "Tower of Orthanc" level has the same script as Aragorn's, leading to Saruman referring to the ancient King of Gondor as a "ragtag Ranger".

'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':'''
:Isildur appears only in cinematics battling [[Sauron]]. However, in the [[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king|expansion pack ''The Rise of the Witch-king'']], Isildur is mentioned more detailed in the [[Angmar]] campaign.

'''2007-2019: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Isildur makes an appearance in a flashback scene titles "At the Stone of Erech". It covers the oath gives to Isildur by the men of [[Dunharrow]], subsequent return of Sauron several years later, the betrayal of the Dunharrow men and the curse that Isildur lays upon them. He also appears during the [[Battle of Dagorlad]], during the High Elf introduction, as well as in a flashback of the battle.

:With Update 24.2, it is revealed that the Shade of Isildur was saved by Gultháva, the River-maiden of the Gladden, who kept the lost king secluded within a secret grotto in order to protect him from harm. He is encountered after the [[War of the Ring]], in an abandoned dwarf-hold situated above the [[Gladden Fields]].
'''2017: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of War]]'':'''
:In the videogame Isildur is voiced by [[Nolan North]]. After his death the Orcs brought Isildur's body to the diminished and vengeful [[Sauron]], who put a Ring of Power on his finger, reviving him as one of his servants and eventually turning him into a ringwraith. As one of the nine Nazgûl, Isildur was forced to serve the Dark Lord for all time until he was defeated and freed by [[Talion]]. The ranger later claimed his ring to survive after [[Celebrimbor]] abandoned him and eventually took Isildur's place among the Nazgûl after holding back Sauron's forces for decades.
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Inzilbêth

2020-07-08T17:16:55Z

Yeyeye:

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}}'''Inzilbêth''' was a queen (though not a [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]]) of [[Númenor]]. She was the daughter of [[Lindórië]], the niece of [[Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)|Eärendur]], fifteenth Lord of Andúnië, and a descendant of [[Tar-Calmacil]]. Though she was taken to wife by [[Ar-Gimilzôr]], Inzilbêth was secretly a member of the [[Faithful]], whom her husband strongly opposed. Her elder son [[Inziladûn]], who would take the royal title of [[Tar-Palantir]], followed her teachings rather than his father's when he became King of Númenor. Her younger son would follow in the footsteps of his father.<ref name=ar>{{UT|Kings}}, Ar-Gimilzôr</ref>
== Genealogy ==
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{{References}}
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Lindórië

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__NOTOC__
{{numenorean infobox
| name=Lindórië
| image=[[File:Juliana Pinho - Faithful Family - Lindorie and Inzilbeth.png|250px]]
| caption="Faithful Family - Lindorie and Inzilbeth" by [[:Category:Images by Juliana Pinho|Juliana Pinho]]
| pronun=
| othernames=
| titles=
| position=
| location=[[Andúnië]], [[Númenor]]
| affiliation=[[Faithful]]
| language=[[Adûnaic]], [[Sindarin]], [[Quenya]]
| birth=Late [[Second Age]], perhaps 31st century<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, entry "Lindórië"</ref>
| birthlocation=
| rule=
| death=
| deathlocation=
| age=
| notablefor=
| house=[[House of the Lords of Andúnië]]
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}}'''Lindórië''' was one of the [[Faithful]] of [[Númenor]], being the daughter of the fourteenth [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]] (and the sister of [[Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)|Eärendur]], the fifteenth Lord of that line).

Lindórië was born during the dark times of Númenor when the Númenorians, led by their [[Kings of Númenor|Kings]] were turning against the [[Valar]]. However she belonged to the [[Faithful]] and instilled her beliefs in her daughter [[Inzilbêth]], who passed these beliefs on to her elder son [[Inziladûn]]. Due to this upbringing, when Lindórië's grandson took the [[Sceptre of Númenor]], he adopted the name [[Tar-Palantir]] in [[Quenya]] and attempted to reverse the influences of the [[King's Men]].<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Tar-Palantir</ref>
== Genealogy ==
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==Etymology==
Lindórië's name is [[Quenya]], but its meaning is hard to deduce with certainty. It may come from the roots ''[[linda]]'' 'fair', ''-[[órë]]'' 'rising'; or perhaps ''[[rië]]'' 'crown' and ''-[[ië]]'', a suffix verb form used as an adjective; "Rising Beauty" or "High Crown of Fair Beauty" (i.e. 'golden-haired').{{fact}}
{{References}}
==External link==
*[http://www.taibu.net/familytree Family-Tree of the Eldar and Atani]

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Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)

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{{disambig-more|Valandil|[[Valandil (disambiguation)]]}}
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| name=Valandil
| image=
| caption=
| pronun=
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| affiliation=[[Council of the Sceptre]]
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}}'''Valandil''' was the son of [[Elatan]] of [[Andúnië]] and [[Silmariën]], the eldest daughter of [[Tar-Elendil]], the fourth [[King of Númenor]].<ref name="Wife">{{UT|Wife}}</ref><ref>{{UT|earlier}}</ref>

However, when it came time for Tar-Elendi to relinquish the [[Sceptre of Númenor]] it did not pass on to Silmariën or her sister [[Isilmë]]; instead it went to Tar-Elendil's third child [[Tar-Meneldur|Meneldur]].<ref group=note>The royal law of succession at that time (actually an unquestioned inherited custom) stated that the Sceptre was to be inherited by the Ruler's eldest son. In ''[[Aldarion and Erendis]]'' we learn that later, Tar-Meneldur's son [[Tar-Aldarion]] altered the law so that the eldest ''child'' of the King, whether man or woman, would receive the Sceptre. Had this law existed when Tar-Elendil relinquished the Sceptre, Silmariën would have been the first [[Ruling Queen]] and Valandil and his descendants would have been the rulers of Númenor.</ref>

As Silmarien or Valandil could not become Kings of Númenor, Tar-Elendil instead made Valandil the first of the [[Lords of Andúnië]], who ruled the city in [[Andustar]] in western [[Númenor]] and were held in the highest honor after the Kings.<ref>{{UT|IMap}}</ref><ref name="Akallabeth"/> As a ruler of one of the divisions of Númenor Valandil was also a member of the [[Council of the Sceptre]],<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, Note 23</ref> a position that was inherited by his descendants.<ref name="Akallabeth">{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>

Valandil was a close cousin of [[Tar-Aldarion|Aldarion]] and twice hosted feasts for him in Andúnië, on the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the [[Guild of Venturers]] and again in midsummer of {{SA|870}} when the newly wedded Aldarion and [[Erendis]] visited.<ref name="Wife"/>

In time, one of the descendants of Valandil was [[Elendil]],<ref>{{UT|Kings}}</ref> the first [[High King of the Dúnedain]] in [[Middle-earth]]. Elendil's son was [[Isildur]] and from his line, many generations later, came [[Aragorn]].
==Etymology==
''Valandil'' means "Devoted to the [[Valar]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''Vala'' and the suffix ''[[-ndil]]'', 'friend of', 'devoted to').

== Genealogy ==
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==Notes==
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|born={{SA|630}}
|died=after {{SA|870}}
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Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)

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{{disambig-more|Eärendur|[[Eärendur (disambiguation)]]}}
{{numenorean infobox
| name=Eärendur
| image=
| caption=
| pronun=
| othernames=
| titles=[[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]]
| position=
| location=[[Andúnië]]
| affiliation=[[Faithful]]
| language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]
| birth=Late [[Second Age]]
| birthlocation=
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}}'''Eärendur''' ([[Quenya|Q]] "sea-servant", pron. {{IPA|[ˌe.aˈrendur]}}) was the fifteenth [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]] in [[Númenor]] and lived during the reign of King [[Ar-Sakalthôr]]. He was a leader of the [[Faithful]] during the time when the [[King's Men]] were growing in influence. Eärendur was the brother of [[Lindórië]], who would be the grandmother of the wise King [[Tar-Palantir]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Tar-Palantir</ref>

As Lord of [[Andúnië]], Eärendur was also the ancestor of the Kings of the [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] in [[Middle-earth]]. [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] was his direct descendant through no less than forty-four generations.

==Etymology==
''Eärendur'' means "Servant of the [[Belegaer|Sea]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''[[eär]]'' , "sea" and ''-[[ndur]]'', meaning "servant").

== Genealogy ==
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Númendil

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__NOTOC__
{{numenorean infobox
| name=Númendil
| image=
| caption=
| pronun=
| othernames=
| titles=[[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]]
| position=
| location=[[Andúnië]]
| affiliation=[[Faithful]]
| language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]
| birth=Late [[Second Age]]
| birthlocation=
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| death=
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}}'''Númendil''' was the seventeenth [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]], succeeding his father upon his death. He was a leader of the [[Faithful]], and was a friend of [[Tar-Palantir]], the last [[King of Númenor]] to abide by the will of the [[Valar]]. Though the name of his father is not known, his grandfather was [[Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)|Eärendur]], the fifteenth [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Tar-Palantir</ref>

Nùmendil was the father of [[Amandil]], who succeeded him as [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]]. Amandil would later become the father of [[Elendil]], the founder of the kingdoms of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]].

==Etymology==
''Númendil'' means "Devoted to the [[Aman|West]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''[[númen]]'', 'west', and the suffix ''[[-ndil]]'', meaning 'devoted to').

== Genealogy ==
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== Other versions of the legendarium ==
[[Elentir]], intended to be another son of Númendil, was a character developed but never fully adapted into the formal history of Númenor. In one version of the story of [[Ar-Pharazôn]], his future wife [[Tar-Míriel|Míriel]], the daughter of the current king, was betrothed to Elentir. However, she fell desperately in love with Pharazôn and chose to become his queen when he took up the [[Sceptre of Númenor]]. This story is very different than the tale in the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', where Ar-Pharazôn takes Míriel very much against her will in order to claim the Sceptre. In either case, Elentir disappeared before Númendil died, leaving Amandil as the [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]].<ref>{{PM|Akallabeth}}</ref>

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Amandil

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{{disambig-two|the father of [[Elendil]]|the third [[King of Númenor|King]] of [[Númenor]]|[[Tar-Amandil]]}}
{{numenorean infobox
| name=Amandil
| image=[[File:Turner Mohan - The Last Hunt.jpg|250px]]
| caption="The Last Hunt ''(Amandil in the middle)''" by [[:Category:Images by Turner Mohan|Turner Mohan]]
| pronun=
| othernames=''Aphanuzîr'' ([[Adunaic|A]])
| titles=[[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]]
| position=
| location=[[Númenor]]
| affiliation=[[Council of the Sceptre]], [[Faithful]]
| language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]
| birth=Before {{SA|3119}}
| birthlocation=
| rule=
| sailedwest={{SA|3316}}
| sailedfrom=[[Rómenna]]
| age=
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| house=[[House of the Lords of Andúnië]]
| parentage=[[Númendil]]
| siblings=
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'''Amandil''' was the eighteenth and last [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]] in [[Númenor]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Tar-Elendil</ref> In common with his ancestors, Amandil was the leader of the [[Faithful]], those [[Númenóreans]] who still revered the [[Valar]] in opposition to the [[King's Men]]. After the Downfall of Númenor, Amandil's son [[Elendil]] would found the Númenórean [[Realms in Exile]].

== History ==
When he was young Amandil was a great friend of [[Ar-Pharazôn]], who as King kept Amandil in his Council even though he was an Elf-friend. Amandil also gained early fame as a mighty sea-captain, and was held in honour by many due to the high nobility of his house.

However, after Ar-Pharazôn sailed to [[Middle-earth]] and took [[Sauron]] prisoner, the supposed captive gradually turned the King to his will. Seeing the favour bestowed upon Sauron, all of the King's counselors save Amandil began to fawn upon the former captive, who induced the King and his followers to begin worshiping [[Morgoth|Melkor]]. Amandil was dismissed from the Council and he withdrew to [[Rómenna]], where he secretly gathered all of the Faithful.

When Amandil became aware of the purpose of the King to assault [[Aman]] he was filled with dread. He called his son Elendil to him and revealed his plan to sail into the West to seek aid from [[Manwë]]. Amandil made his preparations in secret lest dire punishment fall upon his house. He counseled his son to prepare ships to lie in the haven of Rómenna to escape when they saw their time. Upon his departure Amandil pretended to sail east before circling about to head west. He took with him three trusted servants but he and they were never heard from again.<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>

== Etymology==
''Amandil'' means "Devoted to [[Aman]]" in [[Quenya]] (from ''-[[dil]]'' = "friend, lover, devoted to").

The [[Adûnaic]] version of his name is ''Aphanuzîr'',<ref>{{SD|3iiic}}, p. 389</ref> probably meaning "Bliss-friend".<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2313573009.html|articlename=Ad. ''Aphanuzîr'' m.|website=[http://eldamo.org/index.html Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon]|accessed=5 October 2019}}</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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== Other versions of the legendarium ==
[[Elentir]], intended to be a brother of Amandil, was a character developed but never fully adapted into the formal history of Númenor. In one version of the story of [[Ar-Pharazôn]], his future wife [[Tar-Míriel|Míriel]], the daughter of the current king, was betrothed to Elentir. However, she fell desperately in love with Pharazôn and chose to become his queen when he took up the [[Sceptre of Númenor]]. This story is very different than the tale in the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', where Ar-Pharazôn takes Míriel very much against her will in order to claim the Sceptre. In either case, Elentir disappeared before Nùmendil died, leaving Amandil as the [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]].<ref>{{PM|Akallabeth}}</ref>
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Elendil

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{{disambig-two|the [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]]|earlier [[King of Númenor|King]] of [[Númenor]]|[[Tar-Elendil]]}}
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| image=[[File:Kimberly - Elendil.jpg|250px]]
| caption="Elendil" by [[:Category:Images by Kimberly|Kimberly]]
| pronun=
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| titles=The Fair, Great King, [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], King of all the Dúnedain, [[King of Arnor]], [[King of Gondor]], King of the Southern Realm, Lord of Arnor and Gondor, The Tall, Voronda
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| death={{SA|3441}}
| deathlocation=During [[Siege of Barad-dûr]]
| age=322
| notablefor=Founded the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]] and later the [[Last Alliance]] with [[Gil-Galad]]
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| parentage=[[Amandil]]
| siblings=
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| children=[[Isildur]] & [[Anárion]]
| gender=Male
| height=7'11" (2.41 m)
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'''Elendil''' was the father of [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], a survivor of the [[Downfall of Númenor]], and the founder and first [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] of the [[Dúnedain]] in [[Middle-earth]].

Elendil was also known as '''Elendil the Tall''', being the tallest of Men who escaped the Downfall (mentioned to be almost 2.5 [[Ranga|rangar]] tall, 7'11" or 2.41 m).<ref>{{UT|Linear}}</ref>

==History==
Elendil was born in [[Númenor]]. He was the son of [[Amandil]], the last [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]] and leader of the [[Faithful]]. He was probably named after his ancestor, [[Tar-Elendil]], an ancient [[King of Númenor]]; his name also signified his and his family's devotion and friendship to the [[Elves]] as [[Elf-friend]]s, preserving the old beliefs in [[Ilúvatar]] and reverence for the [[Valar]]. Like his father, he stood against the barbarous practices of [[Ar-Pharazôn]] the King and [[Sauron]] his advisor.
[[File:Abe Papakhian - Elendil and Sons.jpg|thumb|left|Abe Papakhian - ''Elendil and Sons'']]
On the advice of his father, who foresaw the coming destruction of Númenor, Elendil put nine ships off the eastern coast and loaded all his people and possessions aboard them. Amandil then followed the actions of their ancestor, [[Eärendil]] and left Númenor attempting to warn the Valar of their King's folly.<ref name="Akallabeth">{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>

When the catastrophic [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]] occurred in {{SA|3319}}, Elendil, his sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], and their supporters fled to [[Middle-earth]],<ref name="SA">{{App|SA}}</ref> sailing east in the nine ships. With them they took the ''[[palantíri]]'', the "Seeing Stones" that were given to the Lords of Andúnië by the Elves of [[Tol Eressëa]], the [[Sceptre of Annúminas]], the [[Ring of Barahir]], [[Narsil]] which Elendil kept as his sword, and a seedling of [[White Tree of Númenor|Nimloth]], the White Tree of Númenor.<ref name="Akallabeth"/>
[[File:Ted Nasmith - The Ships of the Faithful.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''The Ships of the Faithful'']]
The ships became separated during the tumultuous voyage to Middle-earth; while Isildur and Anárion landed in the more southerly lands near the haven of the Faithful at [[Pelargir]], Elendil and his people arrived at the northwest near [[Lindon]]. For this reason there were two kingdoms of the Númenóreans in exile, [[Arnor]] in the north and [[Gondor]] in the south.<ref name="Rings">{{S|Rings}}</ref> After Elendil finally landed in Middle-earth, he proclaimed an [[Elendil's Oath|oath]] in [[Quenya]]: "''Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta''" ("Out of the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]] to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world"). His heir and great-grandson by 39 generations [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] spoke these words again when he took up the crown of Gondor as King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] at the beginning of the [[Fourth Age]].<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref>

Elendil founded the city of [[Annúminas]] in Arnor. His son Anárion established the city of [[Minas Anor]] in [[Anórien]], and Isildur founded [[Minas Ithil]] in [[Ithilien]]. Elendil, however, ruled as [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]]. In both realms were built towers for the ''palantíri'', with which the lords kept contact.<ref name="Rings"/>

[[Sauron]], having lost his shape in the [[Downfall of Númenor]], returned to Middle-earth as a shadow and a black wind over the sea. It came to [[Mordor]], next to Gondor, where Sauron wrought a new guise.<ref name="Akallabeth"/> In {{SA|3429}} Sauron attacked, seizing [[Minas Ithil]]. Isildur fled north to his father, leaving Anárion in charge of Gondor. In response, Elendil formed an [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|alliance]] with [[Gil-galad]], the [[High King of the Noldor]], to repel Sauron's assault.<ref name="SA"/> It is said that Elendil bound the [[Last Alliance]] with an oath and invoked the name of [[Eru]] to witness it.<ref name=Cirion>{{UT|Cirion}}</ref>

The combined forces marched east to [[Imladris]] in {{SA|3431}}. In {{SA|3434|n}}, they passed the [[Misty Mountains]] and south together and fought in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] of Elves and Men. Elendil fought valiantly at the [[Battle of Dagorlad]].<ref name="SA"/>
[[File:Abe Papakhian - I Behold (colour).jpg|thumb|left|Abe Papakhian ''I Behold'']]
At the end of the long [[Siege of Barad-dûr]], in the year {{SA|3441}}, Sauron came out to personally do battle. Gil-galad and Elendil fought Sauron and cast him down, but were both slain,<ref name="SA"/> and Elendil's sword [[Narsil]] was broken when he fell. Isildur used the broken sword to cut [[the One Ring]] from Sauron's hand. However, despite the urgings of [[Elrond]] and [[Cirdan]], Isildur chose not to destroy the Ring at [[Mount Doom]] and was eventually betrayed by the Ring in the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], slain by [[Orcs]].<ref name="Rings"/>

==Legacy==
Elendil was a great warrior, a wise king, and a heroic figure among the [[Dúnedain]]. Isildur built a hidden [[Tomb of Elendil|tomb for his father]] on the summit of the beacon hill that was named [[Amon Anwar]] ("hill of awe" in [[Sindarin]]). Its presence was considered great enough to hallow the entire hill, even to the [[Rohirrim]], who called it Halifirien ("holy mountain" in [[Rohirric]]).<ref name="Cirion">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref>

After the founding of [[Rohan]], the [[Steward]] [[Cirion]] moved Elendil's remains to the [[Hallows]] of [[Minas Tirith]].<ref name="Cirion"/>

Millennia after Elendil's death, [[Aragorn]], the [[Heir of Isildur]], invoked the name of Elendil as a battle cry during the [[War of the Ring]].<ref>{{HM|FR}}</ref><ref>{{HM|TT}}</ref>

==Genealogy==
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==Etymology==
{{Pronounce|Elendil.mp3|Ardamir}}
''Elendil'' actually means "Lover of the Stars" in [[Quenya]].<ref>{{WJ|Author}}, p. 410</ref>

For the [[Edain]] it was intended to signify "[[Elf-friends|Elf-friend]]" ([[Adûnaic]] ''[[Nimruzîrim|Nimruzîr]]''),<ref>{{SD|67}}, p. 247</ref> since they tended to confuse the Quenya element [[EL]] for both "Elf" and "star".

==Other versions of the legendarium==
The chieftain of the alliance against [[Thû]] (Sauron) is named ''Amroth'' both in the outline<ref>{{LR|P1II1}}, p. 12</ref> and the first version of [[The Fall of Númenor]].<ref>{{LR|P1II2}}, p. 18</ref> The name ''Elendil'' is given for first time in the second version.<ref>{{LR|P1II3}}, pp. 28-29</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
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|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Elendil.jpg|Elendil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Elendil.jpg|Elendil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
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'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:In the film's prologue, Elendil is played by [[Peter McKenzie]]. Unlike in the books, Elendil is killed by a blow of [[Sauron]] instead of having a part in destroying him with [[Gil-galad]]. Instead, [[Isildur]] deals the fatal blow to the still-living Sauron by cutting off his fingers with the broken blade of [[Narsil]], and, with them, the [[The One Ring|ring of power]].

'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Elendil appears in several flashbacks depicting the the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. His ultimate fate is more accurate to the books than the film version, showing Elendil and [[Gil-galad]] both battling and defeating [[Sauron]] at the cost of their lives, with Elendil dealing the killing blow.

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Númenóreans

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{{disambig-two|the inhabitants of Númenor|descendants they had on [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Third Age]]|[[Dúnedain]]}}
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| name=Númenóreans
| image=[[File:Liz Danforth - Isildur.png|250px]]
| caption="[[:File:Liz Danforth - Isildur.png|Isildur]]" by Liz Danforth
| pronun={{respell|noo|meh|nor|ee-ans}}
| othernames=''Adûnâim'' ([[Adûnaic|A]]), Kings of Men, Men of Númenor, Men of the Sea, Men of Westernesse, Mighty of the West, Sea-kings, Tall Men
| origin=[[Edain]] of [[Beleriand]] granted a new homeland by the [[Valar]] after the [[War of Wrath]]
| location=[[Númenor]], [[Eriador]], [[Harad]], [[Umbar]], [[Pelargir]], later [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]
| affiliation=[[Faithful]], [[King's Men]], [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]
| rivalry=[[Sauron]]
| language=[[Adûnaic]], [[Númenórean Sindarin]], [[Quenya]]
| members=[[Elros]], [[Tar-Aldarion]], [[Ar-Pharazôn]], [[Elendil]], [[Isildur]]
| lifespan=Númenóreans - c. 200+ years<ref name=Line>{{UT|Kings}}</ref>[[Kings of Númenor]] - c. 400 years (later diminished)<ref name=Line/> ''[[#Characteristics|See below]]''
| distinctions=The mightiest of [[Men]] in both nobility and body
| height=Tall, typically 7 feet.<ref name=Dwarves>{{PM|X}}</ref>
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<center>{{quote|So great was the might and splendour of the Númenóreans that Sauron's own servants deserted him.|''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Appendix A]]}}</center>
'''Númenóreans''' were the [[Men]] of [[Númenor]], descendants of the [[Edain]] of the [[First Age]], who were granted the island of [[Elenna]] as a dwelling place. Eventually, they turned against the [[Valar]], and their island home was destroyed in the last years of the [[Second Age]].

==History==
===Origins===
The Númenóreans were descendants of the [[Edain]] of the [[First Age]], who proved themselves great allies of the [[Elves]], from whom they gathered knowledge of all things surrounding them. The two races fought together against [[Morgoth]].

During that Age, unions of Elves and Men were made; [[Lúthien]] and [[Beren]] whose son, [[Dior|Dior Eluchíl]], married [[Nimloth of Doriath]] and [[Elwing]] was born. [[Idril]] and [[Tuor]], the second couple, were parents of [[Eärendil]]. Elwing and Eärendil met at the [[Havens of Sirion]] and from their union twins were born: [[Elros]] and [[Elrond]]. To the two [[Half-elven|half-elves]], the Valar gave a choice: Elros chose to join the race of men, whereas Elrond chose to join the elves.

After the [[War of Wrath]], the Edain were honoured and blessed by [[Eönwë]] in body and mind. They were granted the island of [[Númenor]] by the [[Valar]] as a gift for their fight during the [[Wars of Beleriand]], their loyalty to the Elves and their suffering.<ref name=akallabeth>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> Halfway between [[Endor]] and [[Aman]], the descendants from the [[Three Houses]] established Númenor in {{SA|32}}. Those of the Folk of Hador settled most of the island, while those of Bëor settled mostly to the western part, maintaining their Sindarin tongue.<ref name=atani>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>{{rp|329}}<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref> Few (if any) of the dwindling Folk of Haleth had survived the ruin of Beleriand.<ref>{{PM|Ros}}, n.2 and n.17</ref> Thus the Edain's descendants became a race far greater than all other men in Middle-earth, living within sight of the blessed realm. Elros became the first [[King of Númenor]].<ref name=akallabeth/>

At the foundation of Númenor, all the people held the Eldar in friendship. White ships from [[Tol Eressëa]] brought many gifts to the [[Bay of Andúnië]]: birds, flowers, and healing herbs, and a branch from [[Celeborn, White Tree|Celeborn]], the White Tree of Tol Eressëa, which grew at the court of the king of [[Armenelos]].

As the fear of death crept into the hearts of the Númenóreans, the Firstborn became envied for their immortality. [[Tar-Atanamir]] was the first to speak against the Eldar and the Ban of the Valar. Little by little the Númenóreans abandoned the use of the [[Eldarin]] tongues. It was during the time of his son, King [[Tar-Ancalimon]], that the two parties were formed, the [[Elf-friends]] and the [[King's Men]]. Ar-Adûnakhôr was the first to choose an Adûnaic name and began to persecute the Faithful, punishing all those who would speak the Elven tongues openly. In the end, the Eldar came no more to the land of Númenor.

===Dominion over the Men of Middle-earth===

[[Image:Paula DiSante - Ar-Pharazon Defies.JPG|thumb|right|[[Paula DiSante]] - ''Ar-Pharazon Defies'']]
Due to the fact that the Ban of the Valar restricted them from sailing [[Undying Lands|West]], the Númenóreans began to explore the eastern part of the [[Arda|world]], reaching the shores of Middle-earth in {{SA|600}} in [[Lindon]] and met with [[Gil-galad]]. The news spread swiftly and the [[Middle Men]] in [[Eriador]] were filled with wonder. The sailors met with twelve messengers on the [[Tower Hills]].<ref name=Aldarion>{{UT|Aldarion}}</ref>{{rp|213}}

The Númenóreans began to cultivate their new friends who were into their [[Dark Years]], grown weak and fearful, and taught them agriculture, stonecraft, smithying and their language [[Adûnaic]] but failed to recognize the [[Pre-Númenórean]] forest-folk of [[Minhiriath]] as ‘kinsmen’, and confused them with [[Men of Shadow]] because it was not related to theirs.<ref name=Dwarves>{{PM|X}}</ref>{{rp|313-314}}

The Middle Men were comforted, populated the western shores. They revered the memory of the tall Sea-kings whom they remembered as gods hoping each time for their return.<ref name=akallabeth/>

More and more Númenor became a great naval power, and the [[Guild of Venturers]] established [[Vinyalondë]] (early 9th century).<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> The Pre-Númenóreans were patient until the tree-felling by [[Aldarion]] became devastating;<ref name="GC">{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref> slowly, hostility was growing, and the dark men out of the mountains were thrusting into [[Enedwaith]] in support of their kinsmen.<ref name=Aldarion></ref>{{rp|206}}

Around that time, the Númenórean [[Drúedain]] became uneasy and urged Aldarion not to go, foreseeing the mischief to come. They did not succeed and one after another they took ships towards Middle-earth.<ref>{{UT|Druedain}}</ref>

In {{SA|820}} Vinyalondë was overthrown by great seas and plundered by hostile men. Men near the coasts were growing afraid of the Númenóreans or were openly hostile and Aldarion heard rumours of some lord in Middle-earth who hated them. As Gil-galad warned [[Tar-Meneldur]] that this instigator was a servant of the [[Sauron|Enemy]].<ref name=Aldarion></ref>{{rp|199-200}}

Aldarion's successors continued his works and even fought with the pre-Númenóreans until they attacked and ambushed the Númenóreans when they could.<ref name=Description></ref> They became their enemies giving no thought to husbandry or replanting. The Númenóreans wrecked the banks, the shorelines, great tracks and roads whom they drove into the forests northwards and southwards from the [[Gwathló]]<ref name="GC"/> and continued battling and destroying what lied ahead of them, pushing into [[Minhiriath]] and [[Enedwaith]], establishing themselves inland as far as the river [[Glanduin]] (the southern boundary of [[Eregion]]), beyond which pre-Númenóreans and hostile peoples lived, a remnant of the peoples that had dwelt in the vales of the White Mountains in ages past<ref name=Appendices>{{App|Men}}</ref><ref name="GC"/> The natives overcame their fear of the Elves and fled from Minhiriath into the dark woods of the great [[Eryn Vorn|Cape of Eryn Vorn]] (south of the mouth of [[Baranduin]]). Those from Enedwaith took refuge in the eastern mountains ([[Dunland]]).<ref name="GC"/>

[[Sauron]] recruited pre-Númenóreans and in the early second millennium he increased pressure on the West, left his stronghold in [[Rhûn]] and relocated in [[Mordor]], drawing closer to the Númenórean sphere of influence. Sauron welcomed by the natives and used the haters of Númenor as spies and guides for his raiders who caused havoc and burned their settlements. He had not enough force to assault the forts at the Haven or along the banks of the [[Gwathló]]. However his regular troops attempted to conquest Eriador, hunting and killing Middle Men and the Elves and by {{SA|1700}} had mastered all Eriador, up to the River [[Lhûn]] and besieged [[Rivendell]].<ref name="GC"/>

Eriador was already ruined by the time the Númenórean fleet was sent by king [[Tar-Minastir]]. They caught Mordor's troops in the rear and defeated them, bringing peace to the Westlands.<ref name="GC"/>

They explored the coasts of Middle-earth far southward establishing landing and trading posts that grew into cruel vice-kingdoms which left many rumours in the legends of Men, although the Eldar did not know about them<ref>{{PM|Akallabeth}}</ref> In the south they found a useful natural haven already called [[Umbar]] by the natives.

The Númenóreans founded [[Pelargir]] in {{SA|2350}} and discovered the pre-Númenóreans [[Oathbreakers|Men of the Mountains]] near [[Dunharrow]] who eventually repented when Sauron left from Mordor and the power of Gil-galad had grown great.<ref name="Rings">{{S|Rings}}</ref>

As the shadow spread over Númenor, [[Tar-Ciryatan]] sailed to Middle-earth, bringing numerous treasures back to Númenor. Later more lands were occupied, plundered or forced to pay heavy tribute in return for the lives of their inhabitants. Towards the end of the kingdom, when their religion had changed and human sacrifices were made towards [[Morgoth|Melkor]], many of the victims were people of Middle-earth taken as prisoners. Because of these acts they were looked upon in fear, called the "Death" itself and the Men of Middle-earth trembled at the sight of a mighty Númenórean ship on the waters of [[Belegaer]]. However, the Faithful shared not the behaviour of the King's Men and though they also built a port in Middle-earth, named Pelargir, it was not for the sake of plundering but meant to be a haven far from those of the opposing party.

When the [[Elendili]] established the [[Realms in Exile]], many Men turned from evil and became subject to them even though the pre-Númenóreans were not friendly to them and never learned to distinguish between the [[King's Men]] and the [[Faithful]].<ref name="Rings"/> During this time the [[King of the Dead|King of the Mountains]] first swore allegiance to [[Isildur]] even though he and many other men were still influenced by their old allegiance to Sauron.

When Sauron returned Isildur summoned the Men of the Mountains to fulfil their oath, but they would not because they still feared Sauron. They hid in the mountains, isolated until slowly dwindling in the barren hills they became the [[Oathbreakers|Dead Men of Dunharrow]].

===Sauron's Influence===
The only daughter of the king [[Tar-Palantir]], a friend of the Eldar who tried to restore the old ways, was [[Tar-Míriel]]. According to the [[Law of Succession in Númenor|New Law]], she had the right to inherit the throne, but her cousin Pharazôn forced her into marriage, and took the Sceptre for himself, becoming known as Ar-Pharazôn the Golden, the most proud and powerful of all the kings. He desired not only immortality as the ones before he had, but also the dominion over the entire world. For this, he gathered a great fleet and opposed the greatest opponent in the path of his task: Sauron.

So mighty were the Númenóreans that the servants of Sauron fled even before the battle began and their leader was taken as a prisoner back to the island of Elenna. Through numerous lies he poisoned the mind of the king and became master of his council, changing even the religion of the Númenóreans and turning them into servants of the dark [[Morgoth]]. And because he assured Ar-Pharazôn that if he ever reached Aman he would become immortal, the last king gathered once more a great host of ships and sailed to break the Ban of the Valar.

===Downfall===
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Queen Tar-Míriel and the Great Wave.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Queen Tar-Miriel and the Great Wave'']]

Pharazôn's attempt to reach Valinor and his previous preparations for war with the Eldar raised the anger of [[Manwë]] who sent his eagle-shaped storm clouds to Númenor. Lightning struck the land, including the temple of Melkor, where human sacrifices were made. Because Sauron himself stood in their path and was not hurt by them, the Númenóreans were deceived even more into thinking he was their rightful god.

Ar-Pharazôn sailed at the head of his fleet known as the [[Great Armament]], led by the flagship [[Alcarondas]], set course towards Valinor and reached Tol Eressëa. His pride fooled him into thinking that the inhabitants of Aman would not stand in his way, because the land was quiet and peaceful, and thus he set camp near the [[Túna]] hill. But Manwë, the Elder King, was aware of what transpired, and the Valar then laid down the Guardianship of Arda. Ilúvatar responded by catastrophically changing the shape of Arda. The Númenóreans present in Valinor were buried under the hills which fell upon them, and on the great island, fire erupted from the top of Meneltarma. The land crumbled into pieces and a great wave swept over it and buried the island at the bottom of the sea. Its people were taken by the waters, and this tragedy brought an end to the Númenórean realm, in {{SA|3319}}.

===Legacy===
[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Elendil.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Elendil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'']]
The only ones to survive the Downfall of Númenor were Elendil and his sons, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], along with the few people of the Elendili. They escaped the [[Akallabêth]] with nine ships, a seedling of [[Nimloth of Númenor|Nimloth]], which Isildur had rescued the night before its destruction and the Seven [[Seeing-stones]]. Cast ashore by the storm on the western lands of Middle-earth, they founded the Númenórean realms in exile: [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. Their war with Sauron continued in the lands of Middle-earth. Fighting side by side with the Elves and the [[Dwarves]] they opposed and defeated him during the [[War of the Last Alliance]].

Long after the Fall, there was a belief among those who survived it that the Holy Mountain Meneltarma was not swallowed by the waters but instead raised to be a new island of its own. The heirs of Elendil built great ships once more and set on its search, not only because they yearned for their home, but also because from that point, the top of Meneltarma, Tol Eressëa could be spotted and their hearts still desired to reach the West, against all warnings. But they never found the top of Meneltarma and their voyages served only to discover that Arda was a round world.

==Culture==
===Politics===
Númenor was a monarchy. The King held the power of decision over the affairs of the state. However, there was an advisory body, the [[Council of the Sceptre]], which consisted of the Heir of the King and lords from the six regions of Númenor: [[Forostar]] (''Northlands''), [[Andustar]] (''Westlands''), [[Hyarnustar]] (''Southwestlands''), [[Hyarrostar]] (''Southeastlands''), [[Orrostar]] (''Eastlands'') and [[Mittalmar]] (''Inlands'').

There were two main political parties: Elendili or the [[Faithful]], led by the Lords of Andúnië, always loyal to the Elves. In the later years, they were a small group, oppressed by the opposing [[King's Men]] who rebelled against the Valar and their ban and set dominions among the Men of Middle-earth and laid heavy tribute upon them. As their number and power increased, they forced the Elendili to move from [[Andúnië]] to the eastern side of the island, at [[Rómenna]]. [[Pelargir]] was a harbour built where the river [[Sirith]] met [[Anduin]] and it was founded by the Faithful in {{SA|2350}}.

Respected as a law was the [[Ban of the Valar]], which stated that Númenóreans should never sail West more than the limit of their sight when looking after their shores. As the fear of death filled more and more the hearts of the Númenóreans, they sailed further away from the island, until finally the last king, Ar-Pharazôn, broke the Ban in his attempt to reach [[Tol Eressëa]] out of the false belief that dwelling in that place granted immortality.

====Rulership====
{{main|Line of Elros}}
Númenóreans from the [[Line of Elros]] had the right to inherit the [[Sceptre]] and thus become Rulers of Númenor. 25 [[King of Númenor|Kings]] and [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Queens]] descendants of Elros ascended the throne. While the Númenóreans lived around 200 years, royal kindred had a double life span.

Of great importance was the [[Law of Succession in Númenor]] which established the heir to the throne. It started out as an inherited custom, which gave exclusive rights to the male descendants of Elros. Tar-Aldarion, the sixth ruler of Númenor, only had one daughter and replaced the principle of exclusive male heir with that of eldest progeny, of any gender; in {{SA|1075}} Tar-Ancalimë became the first ruling queen in the history of Númenor.

Númenóreans from the Line of Elros influenced their era in various ways:

*[[Tar-Aldarion]], a great mariner and Middle-earth explorer
*[[Tar-Ancalimë]], the first Ruling Queen of Númenor
*[[Tar-Minastir]], defeated [[Sauron]] alongside [[Gil-galad|Ereinion Gil-galad]]
*[[Ar-Belzagar]], the first ruler to take an Adûnaic name
*[[Ar-Adûnakhôr]], banned the speaking of Quenya and severed relationships with the Eldar
*[[Ar-Pharazôn]], last in the line of rulers, whose kingship led directly to the [[Akallabêth|Downfall of Númenor]]

====Lords of Andúnië====
{{seealso|Lords of Andúnië}}
During the time of princess [[Silmariën]], the law of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnatic_primogeniture agnatic primogeniture] existed. She could not succeed her father as his eldest child, and her [[Tar-Meneldur|brother]] took up the [[Sceptre]]. In her honour was created the title "[[Lords of Andúnië]]", which was set upon [[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]] her first son and his 18 descendants; the last one was [[Amandil]], father of [[Elendil]]. During the dark times of Númenor, the Lords were renowned for their friendship with the Eldar, and leaders of the [[Elendili]].
The Númenóreans were extremely skilled in arts and craft, with the forging of weapons and armour; although they were a peaceful people, their weapons, armour, and horse-riding skills could not be contested anywhere else in [[Arda]], save for the [[Valar]]. But the Númenóreans were not warmongers, hence the chief art on the island became that of ship-building and sea-craft. The Númenóreans became great mariners, exploring the world in all directions save for the westward, where the [[Ban of the Valar]] was in force. They often travelled to the shores of Middle-earth, teaching the men there the art and craft, and introduced farming as to improve their everyday lives.

===Language===
The Númenóreans spoke [[Adunaic]], a [[Mannish]] language that descended from the Mannish languages spoken in [[Beleriand]]. However, their forefathers, the Edain, had learned [[Sindarin]] which was passed on to Númenor. As a language of lore, it changed only a little with the millennia. Educated Númenóreans also studied [[Quenya]], having a prestige above all other tongues.<ref name=Appendices></ref>

===Religion and Tradition===
Towards the middle of Mittalmar stood the Mountain [[Meneltarma]], the sacred place on which [[Ilúvatar|Eru]] was worshipped. Its flattened top was wide enough to contain a great crowd during the three yearly ceremonies ([[Erukyermë]], [[Erulaitalë]] and [[Eruhantalë]]). These took place in absolute silence while climbing its slopes. Soon after {{SA|3262}} these religious beliefs were abandoned and the worshipping of [[Morgoth|Melkor]] began. It was done in a cylindrical temple near the city of Armenelos built especially for this, and it involved sacrificing men and women over a great fire, whose first flames were lit from the [[White Tree of Tol Eressëa]].

Whenever ships sailed from Númenor, the custom of the [[Green Bough of Return]] took place. A branch from the [[Fragrant Trees|Fragrant Tree]] [[Oiolairë]] was set at the prow as a symbol of good fortune by a Númenórean woman, close relative to the captain of the ship. [[Erendis]], wife of Tar-Aldarion, refused to do so in disagreement with her husband's frequent voyages towards Middle-earth, breaking this tradition for the first time.

===Daily Life===
[[File:Ivan Ulicny - The Age of Númenor.jpg|thumb|Ivan Ulicny - ''The Age of Númenor'']]
Many of the inhabitants of Númenor were fishermen. Along with the grains cultivated in Orrostar, fish was the main food source for the Númenóreans.

The Dúnedain were skilled in riding and loved horses. They could even call them in their thoughts if bound by friendship. Númenor had no paved roads so that the carriages could move on them more easily. From the [[Noldor]] they learned the art of forging swords, axes, spears, knives, but mostly bows; their arrows resembled dark clouds falling upon the enemies.

The Númenóreans, were skilled in the art of husbandry, breeding great horses that roamed across the open plains in Mittalmar.

The greatest love of the Númenóreans was the sea and the building of the largest ships. Most were built at the command of Tar-Aldarion, who also established the [[Guild of Venturers]]. The ship ''[[Eämbar]]'' was their headquarters.

==Characteristics==
The average Númenórean was taller than two [[Ranga]]r or 6'4". Elendil was the tallest of Men who escaped the Downfall, mentioned to be almost 2.5 [[rangar]] tall, 7'11" or 2.41 m.<ref>{{UT|Linear}}</ref>

[[Christopher Tolkien]] noted that Tolkien developed his thinking on the longevity of Númenóreans: originally he suggested that Númenóreans not of the [[Line of Elros]] lived for 200 years - or three times normal men - with royal kindred living 400 years. However, in later writings this was changed to a smaller difference between royals and non-royals, with Númenóreans living "five times" that of normal men, or 300-350 years. Those of the House of Elros were consistenly at c. 400 years, although this was later diminished due to their rebellion.<ref name=Line/> This longer lifespan resulted in an older age of adulthood: 25 years.<ref name=Aldarion></ref>{{rp|174}}

==Names==
In their own language, the Númenóreans were named '''''Adûnâim'''''.<ref>{{SD|66}}, p. 247</ref>

The Númenóreans were also known as '''High Men'''.<ref name=Dwarves>
</ref>{{rp|312, 427}}<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 101</ref> (Cf. [[Middle Men]]). They were also known as "Sea-kings", "Men of the Sea" and "Lords of the Sea".<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 297</ref>

==See also==
*[[King of Númenor]]
*[[Black Númenóreans]]
*[[Dúnedain]]
*[[Akallabêth]]
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==External links==
*[http://www.stephenwigmore.com/2016/09/the-population-of-numenor-through-2nd.html The population of Númenor] - A theory about the Númenóreans's population numbers on Númenor and Middle-earth during the Second Age, by Stephen Wigmore
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House of the Lords of Andúnië

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Lord of Andúnië

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The '''Lords of Andúnië''' were the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] lords who ruled the shoreland region of [[Andustar]] in western [[Númenor]] from the great city of [[Andúnië]].<ref>{{UT|IMap}}</ref>

The '''House of the Lords of Andúnië'''<ref name="note">{{UT|Numenor}}, Note 2</ref> was the noble cadet branch of the [[House of Elros]] descended from [[Silmariën]], the eldest child - a daughter - of [[Tar-Elendil]]. [[Silmariën]] married [[Elatan|Elatan of Andúnië]], and their son was [[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]], who became the first of the Lords of Andúnië and the first member of the house.

==Description==
As rulers of one of the major regions of [[Númenor]], the Lords of Andúnië were members of the [[Council of the Sceptre]]. Being the chief councellors of the [[Kings of Númenor]], they were the second most honourable lords in the kingdom.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, Note 23</ref><ref name="Akallabeth">{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> From their beginning, these lords revered and were ever-loyal to the [[Kings of Númenor]]; in addition to this, they had great love for the [[Eldar]] and the [[Valar]].<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

Their symbol of office was a [[Sceptre of Annúminas|silver sceptre]] which was afterwards held by the [[Kings of Arnor]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> The house inherited the [[Ring of Barahir]] (given by [[Tar-Elendil]] to his daughter [[Silmarien]]),<ref name="note"/> the original [[Elendilmir]] from [[Silmariën]],<ref name="Gladden">{{UT|Gladden}}</ref> and the [[palantíri]] of [[Amandil]] (gifted by the [[Eldar]]).<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref>

==History==
[[Tar-Elendil]], the fourth [[King of Númenor]], was the first King whose eldest child was a daughter. [[Silmariën]], as a woman, could not receive the [[Sceptre of Númenor]] at the time because of the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] law of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnatic_primogeniture agnatic primogeniture] that then existed in the realm; she could not succeed her father as [[Queen of Númenor]] and instead her younger brother, [[Tar-Meneldur]], took up the [[Sceptre]].<ref name="UTWife">{{UT|Wife}}</ref> Instead, [[Silmariën]] married [[Elatan|Elatan of Andúnië]] and their son was [[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]], who became the first of the Lords of Andúnië.<ref name="UTWife"/>

When the [[Shadow]] fell on [[Númenor]], the Lords remained [[Faithful]] and helped them as they could, but still retained their office during those dark times.<ref name="Akallabeth"/> They could not declare their true allegiance openly but they instead attempted to dissuade the [[Kings of Númenor]] with wiser counsel.<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

[[Inzilbêth]], a lady of noble descent (descended from [[Tar-Calmacil]] and whose mother was [[Lindórië]] of the House of the Lords of Andûnië), was wed to [[Ar-Gimilzôr]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Ar-Gimilzôr</ref> Her [[Faithful]] ways were passed onto her elder son [[Tar-Palantir]] who was the last [[Faithful]] [[King of Númenor]].<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

[[Amandil]], the last Lord of Andúnië and dear friend of [[Ar-Pharazôn]], was stripped of his titles for supporting the [[Faithful]] during [[Sauron]]'s sojourn in [[Númenor]].<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

Shortly before the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], a family of [[Faithful]] akin to [[Elendil]] (and thus akin to the Lords of Andúnië) colonized [[Belfalas]].<ref name="prince">{{UT|Cirion}}, Note 39</ref> From that ancient family arose the [[House of Dol Amroth]] and its hereditary [[Princes of Dol Amroth|Princes]] who could claim descent from the House of the Lords of Andúnië.<ref name="prince"/>

The last of this line and house was [[Elendil]], son of [[Amandil]], who led his sons away from [[Númenor]] in time to escape its [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], and founded the kingdoms of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="note"/>

==List of Lords==
*1. [[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]] ({{SA|630}} – c. {{SA|870|n}})
*2-14. Unknown (''dates unknown'')
*15. [[Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)|Eärendur]] (''dates unknown'')
*16. Unknown (''dates unknown'')
*17. [[Númendil]] (''dates unknown'')
*18. [[Amandil]] (sailed West {{SA|3316|n}})

{{references}}
[[Category:Mannish Titles]]
[[Category:Rulers of Númenor]]
[[fi:Andúniën ruhtinaat]]

Lord of Andúnië

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The '''Lords of Andúnië''' were the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] lords who ruled the shoreland region of [[Andustar]] in western [[Númenor]] from the great city of [[Andúnië]].<ref>{{UT|IMap}}</ref>

The '''House of the Lords of Andúnië'''<ref name="note">{{UT|Numenor}}, Note 2</ref> was the noble cadet branch of the [[House of Elros]] descended from [[Silmariën]], the eldest child - a daughter - of [[Tar-Elendil]]. [[Silmariën]] married [[Elatan|Elatan of Andúnië]], and their son was [[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]], who became the first of the Lords of Andúnië and the first member of the house.

==Description==
As rulers of one of the major regions of [[Númenor]], the Lords of Andúnië were members of the [[Council of the Sceptre]], and also were the chief councellors of the [[Kings of Númenor]] and so they were the second most honourable lords in the kingdom.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}, Note 23</ref><ref name="Akallabeth">{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> From their beginning, these lords revered and were ever-loyal to the [[Kings of Númenor]]; in addition to this, they had great love for the [[Eldar]] and the [[Valar]].<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

Their symbol of office was a [[Sceptre of Annúminas|silver sceptre]] which was afterwards held by the [[Kings of Arnor]]. The House also had inherited the [[Ring of Barahir]] (given by [[Tar-Elendil]] to his daughter [[Silmarien]]),<ref name="note"/> the original [[Elendilmir]] from [[Silmariën]],<ref name="Gladden">{{UT|Gladden}}</ref> and the [[Palantíri]] of [[Amandil]] (gifted by the [[Eldar]]).<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref>

==History==
[[Tar-Elendil]], the fourth [[King of Númenor]], was the first King whose eldest child was a daughter. [[Silmariën]], as a woman, could not receive the [[Sceptre of Númenor]] at the time because of the [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] law of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnatic_primogeniture agnatic primogeniture] that then existed in the realm; she could not succeed her father as [[Queen of Númenor]] and instead her younger brother, [[Tar-Meneldur]], took up the [[Sceptre]].<ref name="UTWife">{{UT|Wife}}</ref> Instead, [[Silmariën]] married [[Elatan|Elatan of Andúnië]], and their son was [[Valandil]], who became the first of the Lords of Andúnië.<ref name="UTWife"/>

When the [[Shadow]] fell on [[Númenor]], the Lords remained [[Faithful]] and helped them as they could, but still retained their office during those dark times.<ref name="Akallabeth"/> They could not declare their true allegiance openly but they instead attempted to dissuade the [[Kings of Númenor]] with wiser counsel.<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

[[Inzilbêth]], a lady of noble descent (descended from [[Tar-Calmacil]] and whose mother was [[Lindórië]] of the House of the Lords of Andûnië), was wed to [[Ar-Gimilzôr]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Ar-Gimilzôr</ref> Her [[Faithful]] ways were passed onto her elder son [[Tar-Palantir]] who was the last [[Faithful]] [[King of Númenor]].<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

[[Amandil]], the last Lord of Andúnië and dear friend of [[Ar-Pharazôn]], was stripped of his titles for supporting the [[Faithful]] during [[Sauron]]'s sojourn in [[Númenor]].<ref name="Akallabeth"/>

Shortly before the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], a family of [[Faithful]] akin to [[Elendil]] (and thus akin to the Lords of Andúnië) colonized [[Belfalas]].<ref name="prince">{{UT|Cirion}}, Note 39</ref> From that ancient family arose the [[House of Dol Amroth]] and its hereditary [[Princes of Dol Amroth|Princes]] who could claim descent from the House of the Lords of Andúnië.<ref name="prince"/>

The last of this line and house was [[Elendil]], son of [[Amandil]], who led his sons away from [[Númenor]] in time to escape its [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], and founded the kingdoms of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="note"/>

==List of Lords==
*1. [[Valandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Valandil]] ({{SA|630}} – c. {{SA|870|n}})
*2-14. Unknown (''dates unknown'')
*15. [[Eärendur (Lord of Andúnië)|Eärendur]] (''dates unknown'')
*16. Unknown (''dates unknown'')
*17. [[Númendil]] (''dates unknown'')
*18. [[Amandil]] (sailed West {{SA|3316|n}})

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Black Númenóreans

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The '''Black Númenóreans''' emerged from the [[King's Men]] party;<ref name=Gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> they were cruel oppressors and overlords over the primitive [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]]. Since they were colonising the continent, they survived the [[Downfall of Númenor]] but swiftly diminished.
==History==
===Background===
{{main|King's Men}}
The [[Númenóreans]]' power and knowledge had grown throughout the course of the [[Second Age]], and became increasingly preoccupied with the limits placed on their happiness—and eventually their power—by mortality, the purpose of which they began to question.<ref name=akallabeth>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> They started fearing the [[Gift of Men]] and attempted to delay it or recall life.<ref name=akallabeth/> This growing wish to escape death, made most of the Númenoreans envious of the immortal [[Eldar]], who they had come to physically resemble.<ref name=akallabeth/> The Eldar sought ever to remind the [[Men of Númenor]] however, that death was a gift of the One God, [[Ilúvatar]], to all men, and the will of Ilúvatar could not be gainsaid.<ref name=akallabeth/>

Nevertheless, after {{SA|2221}}, when [[Tar-Ancalimon]] became [[King of Númenor]], the [[Númenóreans]] became divided. The [[King's Men]] who turned away from the [[Valar]] and the [[Eldar]], and eventually became vulnerable to the corruption of [[Sauron]], who dominated the minds and wills of most of the [[Númenóreans]] with the [[One Ring]].<ref>{{L|211}}</ref>

Three of the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]] were powerful [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] lords corrupted by [[Sauron]].<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref><ref name=letter/> 1000 years before the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], they served [[Sauron]], being enslaved to his will, having become so because of their lust for power or knowledge.

Some indigenous people of [[Middle-earth]] were afraid of those [[Númenóreans]], whom they called "[[Go-hilleg]]" in their language. The "[[Go-hilleg]]" terrified those people with their ships and intended at some point to conquer the land of [[Agar]] and slay its people.<ref>{{PM|Elmar}}</ref>

===Second Age===
====Origin====
Many of the [[King's Men]] sailed to the shores and seaward regions of the [[Westlands]] during [[Sauron]]'s sojourn in [[Númenor]].<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> These became the Black Númenóreans who submitted to [[Sauron]] and served him gladly in [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=rings/> These evil lords made their fortresses and dwellings in the [[South]], because of the power of [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/><ref name=window>{{TT|Window}}</ref> Before the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], their settlements beyond [[Umbar]] had been absorbed or had been made by the [[King's Men]] and had become hostile and parts of [[Sauron|Sauron's]] dominions.<ref>{{UT|Istari}}</ref>

====After the Downfall====
Even after the Downfall, the Black Númenóreans held control of the [[Haven of Umbar]], initially a stronghold of the [[King's Men]], the most famous of their realms.<ref name=Gondor/> They hated, above all, the [[Exiles of Númenor]].<ref name=Gondor/>

Two early Black Númenórean lords, both mighty and evil, from the late [[Second Age]] were [[Herumor]] and [[Fuinur]] who desired power over men of other, lesser races, and they "rose to power amongst the [[Haradrim]]", the peoples neighbouring [[Umbar]].<ref name=rings/>

As [[Sauron]] was preparing to go to war against the [[Elves]] and [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]], he gathered great strength of his servants, including many Black Númenóreans.<ref name=rings/>

The triumph of the [[Last Alliance]] marked the decline of the Black Númenórean race and the end of their racial superiority.<ref name=Gondor/> They dwindled swiftly or became merged with the [[Men]] of [[Middle-earth]].<ref name=Gondor/> Although their ethnic purity declined, they inherited, without lessening, their hatred of [[Gondor]].<ref name=Gondor/>

===Later History: Decline===
Although they had dwindled, few notable figures still claimed to be of the Black Númenórean race in later times. One of these was [[Berúthiel|Queen Berúthiel]], the "nefarious, solitary, and loveless" wife of [[Gondor|Gondor's]] King [[Tarannon Falastur]].<ref name=Interview>{{webcite|author=[[Daphne Castell]]|articleurl=http://www.festivalintheshire.com/journal1bdx/inttolkien.html|articlename=The Realms of Tolkien|dated=|website=[http://www.festivalintheshire.com/journal1bdx/index.html ''Festival in the Shire Journal'', Issue 1]|accessed=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref>[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[The Inklings (book)|The Inklings]]'', "Thursday evenings", pp. 137-8</ref><ref>{{UT|Istari}}, note 7</ref>

In {{TA|933}}, [[Kings of Gondor|King]] [[Eärnil I]] captured [[Umbar]], driving the lords of [[Umbar]] into exile.<ref name=Gondor/> 82 years later, in {{TA|1015}}, these lords lead the [[Haradrim]] to re-take the fortress and slew [[Kings of Gondor|King]] [[Ciryandil]], son of [[Eärnil I]].<ref name=Gondor/> Whether or not these lords were indeed Black Númenóreans is not known but due to their somewhat longevity (they ruled [[Umbar]] for some time before their 82 year long exile), it seems plausible. No more can be said about this matter.

Another more notable "renegade" of great stature was the [[Mouth of Sauron]]: "he entered the service of the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] when it first rose again".<ref name="Gate">{{RK|V10}}</ref><ref group=note>It has been noted that this reference is difficult to interpret; according to [[Appendix B]] the [[Dark Tower]] arose first some time after {{SA|3320}} and again in {{TA|2951}}. If the Mouth lived in the [[Second Age]], he would be one of the [[King's Men]] of [[Númenor]], and probably prolonged his life with sorcery (cf. {{HM|Guide}}, p. 274); in the second interpretation he would serve [[Sauron]] only for 68 years, and this would make him a Black Númenórean of [[Umbar]] or [[Harad]]. The second interpretation is more feasible (and supported by [[Michael Martinez]]) but both have been considered.</ref> He mocked the army of [[Aragorn|King Elessar]] in front of the [[Morannon]].<ref name="Gate"/>

==Culture==
In [[Middle-earth]], the Black Númenóreans became "enamoured of evil knowledge"<ref name="Gate"/> and some "learned great sorcery" under [[Sauron|Sauron's]] tuleage.<ref name="Gate"/> Some, like the [[Mouth of Sauron]], had the potential to be more cruel than any [[Orc]].<ref name="Gate"/>

Some of these lords were idle and lazy; they used to fight amongst themselves, until they became conquered by the wild men whom they ruled over.<ref name=window/>

The Black Númenóreans did not use [[Westron]], but probably retained their old tongue [[Adûnaic]], speaking a dialect of it. (In [[The Notion Club Papers]], part of ''[[Sauron Defeated]]'', Arundel Lowdham cited two descendants of classical Adûnaic. One of these must have been Westron, the other the tongue of the Black Númenóreans).

==Portrayal in adaptations==
[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Black Númenórean.jpg|thumb|A typical Black Númenórean in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:The Black Númenóreans are portrayed in service of the different Lieutenants of the Enemy. The ''Angmarim'' inhabit the lands surrounding [[Carn Dum]] in [[Angmar]] and serve [[Mordirith]] and later [[Amarthiel]]. Much later, Umbarrim Númenóreans make appearance in [[Dol Guldur]] of [[Mirkwood]].

'''2011: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]]'':'''
:[[Agandaûr]], the game's main antagonist, is a Black Númenórean<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.warinthenorth.com/index.php/the-game/enemies|articlename=Enemies|dated=|website=www.warinthenorth.com|accessed=15 February 2012}}</ref> as is the minor character [[Wulfrun]], lieutenant of [[Carn Dûm]].

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Dúnedain of Arnor

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The '''Men of Arnor''' were the inhabitants of Arnor and its successor kingdoms. The '''Dúnedain of Arnor''', also known as the '''Dúnedain of the North''' or the '''Northern Dúnedain''', constituted the ruling class and nobility of [[Arnor]] being descendants of the [[Exiles of Númenor]] who established the North-Kingdom. The history of the Men of Arnor is extensively dominated by the actions of the Dúnedain of the North.

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. [[Elendil]] was cast up by the waves in the land of [[Lindon]], and he was befriended by [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/> He then passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and beyond [[Ered Luin]], he established the realm of [[Arnor]].<ref name=rings/>

The [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]] and later the Northern Dúnedain dwelt in many places in [[Eriador]] about the courses of the [[Lhûn]] and the [[Baranduin]]; but their chief city was at [[Annúminas]] beside Lake [[Nenuial]].<ref name=rings/> At [[Fornost]] upon the [[North Downs]] also the Northern Dúnedain dwelt, and in [[Cardolan]], and in the hills of [[Rhudaur]]; and towers they raised upon [[Emyn Beraid]] and upon [[Amon Sûl]].<ref name=rings/> The Men of Arnor were, from the beginnning of their history, always less powerful and populous than their southern counterparts, the [[Gondorians]].<ref>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> In [[Arnor]], these [[Men of Eriador]] accepted the new kingdom of [[Elendil]] and helped to people and maintain the many places that the Northern Dúnedain built.<ref name=rings/> When [[Elendil]] led his people into the south to battle against [[Sauron]], these [[Men of Eriador]] marched alongside the [[Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/> The [[Men of Bree]] also became subjects of the [[North-kingdom]].<ref name=languages/>

===Decline and Division===
Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], the Dúnedain were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of the South|Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into the petty realms and lordships of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]], owing to dissensions among his sons.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

===Conflicts with Angmar===
{{main|Angmar War}}
In the beginning of the reign of [[Malvegil]] of [[Arthedain]], the realm of [[Angmar]], lead by the [[Witch-King]], arose in the North beyond the [[Ettenmoors]]; the [[Witch-king]] was indeed the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] who came north with the purpose of destroying the Northern Dúnedain in disunion.<ref name=eriador/>

In the days of [[Argeleb I]], son of [[Malvegil]], the line of [[Isildur]] had failed in the other kingdoms and so, the [[Kings of Arthedain]] laid claim to the lordship of all the Northern Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> This claim was resisted in [[Rhudaur]], where the [[Dúnedain]] there were few, and a lord of the [[Hill-men]], whose allegiance lay with [[Angmar]] in secret, seized power.<ref name=eriador/>

A great host came out of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1409}} and entered [[Cardolan]], besiegeing the [[Tower of Amon Sûl]]. The Northern Dúnedain were defeated and [[Arveleg I]] as well as the last prince of [[Cardolan]] were slain.<ref name=eriador/> From that time onward, [[Rhudaur]] was occupied by evil Men subject to [[Angmar]], and the Northern Dúnedain that remained were slain of fled west.<ref name=eriador/> Although [[Cardolan]] was ravaged, a remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in [[Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]), or took refuge in the [[Old Forest]].<ref name=eriador/>

Although the northern parts of [[Arthedain]] were little affected, the remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

In {{TA|1974}}, the [[Witch-king]], with his host from [[Angmar]], invaded [[Arthedain]] and captured [[Fornost Erain]], driving most of the Northern Dúnedain there over the [[Lune]],<ref name=eriador/> including the sons of [[Arvedui Last-king]],<ref name=eriador/> who later perished in a shipwreck. The remnants of the Men of Arnor later joined the great [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], lead by [[Cirdan|Cirdan the Shipwright]] and [[Eärnur]], [[Captain of Gondor]], in which, also with the help of [[Elves]] from [[Rivendell]] lead by [[Glorfindel]], overthrew [[Angmar]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

===Later History===
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After the [[Angmar War]], all the people of [[Arnor]] were diminished.<ref name=eriador/> The Dúnedain of the North were reduced to a few [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halbarad]], kinsman of [[Aragorn]], mustered 30 Northern Dúnedain (all that could be gathered in haste),<ref name="Grey"/> and this [[Grey Company]] rode to the aid of [[Aragorn]] in [[Rohan]].<ref name="Grey"/>

In the [[Fourth Age]], the Dúnedain of Arnor and Gondor were [[Reunited Kingdom|reunited]] under King [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]] (who was the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] at that time) so that the Men of Arnor became a part of a great [[Reunited Kingdom]] that spanned western [[Middle-earth]].

==Culture==
===Skills and Customs===
The Northern Dúnedain were a martial folk, even considered great warriors in their decline as [[Théoden]] remarked that the skill of the [[Grey Company]] could not be counted by their numbers.<ref name="Grey">{{RK|V2}}</ref>

The Rangers were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the language of beasts and birds.<ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Númenórean]] monarch of the Men of Arnor governed the realm and its people with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]], being men of long life, were not accustomed to wed until they had laboured long and journeyed in the world.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}</ref> For women, the age of 22 is considered too early, according to the customs of the Northern Dúnedain, to be wed.<ref name="Av">{{App|Tale}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the native language of the people of [[Arnor]].<ref name=lang>{{App|F1}}</ref> Among the [[Dúnedain]] however, including those of [[Arnor]], the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenorean]] blood in any degree, for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> [[Quenya]] was known to the learned of [[Arnor]], a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/>

==Characteristics==
===Physical Description===
The Men of Arnor, at least those of [[Númenorean]] descent, were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref> They were taller and darker than the [[Men of Bree]].<ref name="Sign"/> They were described as being stout and lordly men; the [[Rohirrim]] looked like boys beside them.<ref name="Grey"/> Despite being stern, grim-faced and silent for the most part, they were a courteous people if moved to speak.<ref name="Grey"/><ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Dúnedain]], including those of [[Arnor]], were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/>

===Lifespan===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, including the Northern ones, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/> More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the [[Dúnedain]] became ever less.<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref>

In the beginning of their history, the [[Dúnedain]] were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale/>

Even upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the life-span of all Dúnedain, even those of [[Arnor]], was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

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Rangers of the North

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[[File:Angelo Montanini - Rangers of the North.jpg|thumb|[[Angelo Montanini]] - ''Rangers of the North'']]
'''Rangers of the North''', or simply '''the Rangers''', were the northern wandering people of [[Eriador]], the last remnant of the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] who had once peopled the North Kingdom of [[Arnor]]. They protected the lands they wandered although their secretiveness made other peoples consider them dangerous and distrustful in [[Bree]] and [[the Shire]], where they were known as "Watchers".

They were grim in appearance and were usually dressed in grey or dark green, with a cloak-clasp shaped like a 6-pointed star.

The term 'Rangers of the North' was used most often by those who lived in the southern lands of [[Rohan]] and [[Gondor]], perhaps to distinguish this people from their distant cousins, the [[Rangers of Ithilien]]. Like the Rangers of the North, these were also Dúnedain, but they belonged to the South-kingdom of Gondor, and their ancestors had been divided from the Northern Dúnedain for some three thousand years.
==Background==
{{main|Men of Arnor}}
The Dúnedain of Arnor dwindled after the breaking of Arnor into three kingdoms and the wars with [[Angmar]]. [[Cardolan]] and [[Rhudaur]] soon fell and only the petty-kingdom of [[Arthedain]] maintained the noble line of [[Isildur]]. Finally, that too was destroyed in the [[Battle of Fornost]] and [[Arvedui]], the last King of Arthedain was lost in the sea.

Arvedui's son and heir, [[Aranarth]] claimed the title of the [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain]], who would rule the remnants of his people. [[Elrond]] had in his keeping the heirlooms of the house of [[Isildur]]: the shards of [[Narsil]], the [[Star of Elendil]], the [[Sceptre of Annúminas]] and later the [[Ring of Barahir]], ransomed from the [[Lossoth]].

Each of Aranarth's heirs (who, like him, could trace his descent back to Isildur himself) would be secretly born and raised in [[Rivendell]].

The Rangers became a secretive wandering and nomadic people around [[Eriador]], far from Sauron's spies, little known or remembered, and their deeds were seldom recorded.

==History==
The [[Watchful Peace]] followed the loss of Arnor and after its end, the enemies concentrated mostly against [[Rhovanion]] and [[Gondor]]. During that time, the Rangers fought minor battles and skirmishes against [[orcs]] and [[wolves]] in order to keep the region safe. The [[hobbits]] of [[the Shire]] flourished under their protection.

During the rule of [[Arassuil]], the [[Orcs of the Misty Mountains]] became more bold, daring to invade Eriador. The Rangers fought many battles trying to hold them back, but one party managed to reach the Shire, and were fought off by a party of brave Hobbits under [[Bandobras Took]] in {{TA|2747}}. Soon after, the [[Long Winter]] arrived and many lives were lost, and [[Gandalf]] had to help the Hobbits of the Shire survive.<ref name=ta/>

In {{TA|2911|n}}, during [[Argonui]]'s rule, the [[Fell Winter (Third Age)|Fell Winter]] began with the [[Brandywine]] freezing over. This was a catalyst for [[White Wolves]] invading Eriador from the North. In the last year of his reign, great floods devastated [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] leaving [[Tharbad]] ruined and deserted.<ref name=ta>{{App|TA}}</ref> The following years were peaceful although [[Arador]] was killed by [[hill-trolls]] and his son [[Arathorn II]] was killed while hunting orcs.<ref name=tale>{{App|Tale}}</ref>

Arathorn's son, [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] succeeded him, who between {{TA|2957|n}} to {{TA|2980|n}} took great journeys, serving in the armies of King [[Thengel]] of [[Rohan]], and Steward [[Ecthelion II]] of Gondor. Many of his tasks weakened [[Sauron]] and his allies, and the West endured him during the [[War of the Ring]].<ref name=ta/><ref>{{App|stewards}}</ref>

[[Saruman]] followed Gandalf's interest for the Hobbits and put spiets in Bree and Southfarthing. In the years leading up to the [[War of the Ring]], his spies saw that the Shire was closely guarded by the Rangers. When Gandalf suspected that Bilbo Baggins possessed the [[One Ring]] the guard was doubled (perhaps at his request to Chieftain [[Aragorn]]). He also asked Aragorn to locate [[Gollum]].<ref name=ta/>

At that time Aragorn's Rangers were scattered and diminished. When [[Halbarad]] led a troop of the Rangers into the south to Aragorn's aid in the War, in haste he could muster no more than thirty in this company who fought in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields|Battle of Pelennor Fields]].

Aragorn eventually became King Elessar of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] and the Rangers became once more a united people under the line of [[Elendil]] in the [[Fourth Age]].

== Portrayal in adaptations ==
[[File:The Lord of the Rings War in the North - Rangers of the North.jpg|300px|thumb|Rangers of the North in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]]''.]]'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:The Rangers of the North are called simply Rangers in the game. There were some scattered about Middle-earth, but there were also many who were organized. There was a group that [[Aragorn]] led to keep track of the Enemy's movement during ''[[Stirrings in the Darkness]]''. The main Ranger factions in the game are the Rangers of Esteldín, the Wardens of [[Annúminas]], and the [[Grey Company]].

'''2011: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]]'':'''
:The Rangers of the North first appear in the Prologue of the game. They have set up several barricades at [[Sarn Ford]] to prevent the [[Nazgûl]] from entering [[the Shire]]. They, however, fail to maintain their positions and are defeated.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]], ''Prologue''</ref> Many Rangers are killed, some have reorganized their camp at Sarn Ford while others are patrolling and scoutring the surrounding lands.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]], Chapter 2: Barrow-downs, ''Prologue''</ref>

==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of the Rangers of the North|Images of the Rangers of the North]]

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[[Category:Dúnedain of the North]]

Dúnedain of Arnor

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The '''Men of Arnor''' were the inhabitants of Arnor and its successor kingdoms. The '''Dúnedain of Arnor''', also known as the '''Dúnedain of the North''' or the '''Northern Dúnedain''', constituted the ruling class and nobility of [[Arnor]] being descendants of the [[Exiles of Númenor]] who established the North-Kingdom. The history of the Men of Arnor is extensively dominated by the actions of the Dúnedain of the North.

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. [[Elendil]] was cast up by the waves in the land of [[Lindon]], and he was befriended by [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/> He then passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and beyond [[Ered Luin]], he established the realm of [[Arnor]].<ref name=rings/>

The [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]] and later the Northern Dúnedain dwelt in many places in [[Eriador]] about the courses of the [[Lhûn]] and the [[Baranduin]]; but their chief city was at [[Annúminas]] beside Lake [[Nenuial]].<ref name=rings/> At [[Fornost]] upon the [[North Downs]] also the Northern Dúnedain dwelt, and in [[Cardolan]], and in the hills of [[Rhudaur]]; and towers they raised upon [[Emyn Beraid]] and upon [[Amon Sûl]].<ref name=rings/> The Men of Arnor were, from the beginnning of their history, always less powerful and populous than their southern counterparts, the [[Gondorians]].<ref>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> In [[Arnor]], these [[Men of Eriador]] accepted the new kingdom of [[Elendil]] and helped to people and maintain the many places that the Northern Dúnedain built.<ref name=rings/> When [[Elendil]] led his people into the south to battle against [[Sauron]], these [[Men of Eriador]] marched alongside the [[Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/>

===Decline and Division===
Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], the Dúnedain were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of the South|Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into the petty realms and lordships of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]], owing to dissensions among his sons.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

===Conflicts with Angmar===
{{main|Angmar War}}
In the beginning of the reign of [[Malvegil]] of [[Arthedain]], the realm of [[Angmar]], lead by the [[Witch-King]], arose in the North beyond the [[Ettenmoors]]; the [[Witch-king]] was indeed the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] who came north with the purpose of destroying the Northern Dúnedain in disunion.<ref name=eriador/>

In the days of [[Argeleb I]], son of [[Malvegil]], the line of [[Isildur]] had failed in the other kingdoms and so, the [[Kings of Arthedain]] laid claim to the lordship of all the Northern Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> This claim was resisted in [[Rhudaur]], where the [[Dúnedain]] there were few, and a lord of the [[Hill-men]], whose allegiance lay with [[Angmar]] in secret, seized power.<ref name=eriador/>

A great host came out of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1409}} and entered [[Cardolan]], besiegeing the [[Tower of Amon Sûl]]. The Northern Dúnedain were defeated and [[Arveleg I]] as well as the last prince of [[Cardolan]] were slain.<ref name=eriador/> From that time onward, [[Rhudaur]] was occupied by evil Men subject to [[Angmar]], and the Northern Dúnedain that remained were slain of fled west.<ref name=eriador/> Although [[Cardolan]] was ravaged, a remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in [[Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]), or took refuge in the [[Old Forest]].<ref name=eriador/>

Although the northern parts of [[Arthedain]] were little affected, the remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

In {{TA|1974}}, the [[Witch-king]], with his host from [[Angmar]], invaded [[Arthedain]] and captured [[Fornost Erain]], driving most of the Northern Dúnedain there over the [[Lune]],<ref name=eriador/> including the sons of [[Arvedui Last-king]],<ref name=eriador/> who later perished in a shipwreck. The remnants of the Men of Arnor later joined the great [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], lead by [[Cirdan|Cirdan the Shipwright]] and [[Eärnur]], [[Captain of Gondor]], in which, also with the help of [[Elves]] from [[Rivendell]] lead by [[Glorfindel]], overthrew [[Angmar]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

===Later History===
{{main|Rangers of the North}}
After the [[Angmar War]], all the people of [[Arnor]] were diminished.<ref name=eriador/> The Dúnedain of the North were reduced to a few [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halbarad]], kinsman of [[Aragorn]], mustered 30 Northern Dúnedain (all that could be gathered in haste),<ref name="Grey"/> and this [[Grey Company]] rode to the aid of [[Aragorn]] in [[Rohan]].<ref name="Grey"/>

In the [[Fourth Age]], the Dúnedain of Arnor and Gondor were [[Reunited Kingdom|reunited]] under King [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]] (who was the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] at that time) so that the Men of Arnor became a part of a great [[Reunited Kingdom]] that spanned western [[Middle-earth]].

==Culture==
===Skills and Customs===
The Northern Dúnedain were a martial folk, even considered great warriors in their decline as [[Théoden]] remarked that the skill of the [[Grey Company]] could not be counted by their numbers.<ref name="Grey">{{RK|V2}}</ref>

The Rangers were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the language of beasts and birds.<ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Númenórean]] monarch of the Men of Arnor governed the realm and its people with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]], being men of long life, were not accustomed to wed until they had laboured long and journeyed in the world.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}</ref> For women, the age of 22 is considered too early, according to the customs of the Northern Dúnedain, to be wed.<ref name="Av">{{App|Tale}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the native language of the people of [[Arnor]].<ref name=lang>{{App|F1}}</ref> Among the [[Dúnedain]] however, including those of [[Arnor]], the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenorean]] blood in any degree, for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> [[Quenya]] was known to the learned of [[Arnor]], a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/>

==Characteristics==
===Physical Description===
The Men of Arnor, at least those of [[Númenorean]] descent, were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref> They were taller and darker than the [[Men of Bree]].<ref name="Sign"/> They were described as being stout and lordly men; the [[Rohirrim]] looked like boys beside them.<ref name="Grey"/> Despite being stern, grim-faced and silent for the most part, they were a courteous people if moved to speak.<ref name="Grey"/><ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Dúnedain]], including those of [[Arnor]], were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/>

===Lifespan===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, including the Northern ones, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/> More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the [[Dúnedain]] became ever less.<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref>

In the beginning of their history, the [[Dúnedain]] were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale/>

Even upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the life-span of all Dúnedain, even those of [[Arnor]], was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

{{references}}

[[Category:Dúnedain of the North]]
[[fr:encyclo:peuples:hommes:dunedain_du_nord]]
[[fi:Pohjoisen dúnedain]]

Dúnedain of Arnor

2020-06-14T15:07:25Z

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The '''Men of Arnor''' were the inhabitants of Arnor and its successor kingdoms. The '''Dúnedain of Arnor''', also known as the '''Dúnedain of the North''' or the '''Northern Dúnedain''', constituted the ruling class and nobility of [[Arnor]] being descendants of the [[Exiles of Númenor]] who established the North-Kingdom. The history of the Men of Arnor is extensively dominated by the actions of the Dúnedain of the North.

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. [[Elendil]] was cast up by the waves in the land of [[Lindon]], and he was befriended by [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/> He then passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and beyond [[Ered Luin]], he established the realm of [[Arnor]].<ref name=rings/>

The [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]] and later the Northern Dúnedain dwelt in many places in [[Eriador]] about the courses of the [[Lhûn]] and the [[Baranduin]]; but their chief city was at [[Annúminas]] beside Lake [[Nenuial]].<ref name=rings/> At [[Fornost]] upon the [[North Downs]] also the Northern Dúnedain dwelt, and in [[Cardolan]], and in the hills of [[Rhudaur]]; and towers they raised upon [[Emyn Beraid]] and upon [[Amon Sûl]].<ref name=rings/> The Men of Arnor were, from the beginnning of their history, always less powerful and populous than their southern counterparts, the [[Gondorians]].<ref>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> In [[Arnor]], these [[Men of Eriador]] accepted the new kingdom of [[Elendil]] and helped to people and maintain the many places that the Northern Dúnedain built.<ref name=rings/> When [[Elendil]] led his people into the south to battle against [[Sauron]], these [[Men of Eriador]] marched alongside the [[Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/>

===Decline and Division===
Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], the Dúnedain were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of the South|Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into the petty realms and lordships of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]], owing to dissensions among his sons.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

===Conflicts with Angmar===
{{main|Angmar War}}
In the beginning of the reign of [[Malvegil]] of [[Arthedain]], the realm of [[Angmar]], lead by the [[Witch-King]], arose in the North beyond the [[Ettenmoors]]; the [[Witch-king]] was indeed the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] who came north with the purpose of destroying the Northern Dúnedain in disunion.<ref name=eriador/>

In the days of [[Argeleb I]], son of [[Malvegil]], the line of [[Isildur]] had failed in the other kingdoms and so, the [[Kings of Arthedain]] laid claim to the lordship of all the Northern Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> This claim was resisted in [[Rhudaur]], where the [[Dúnedain]] there were few, and a lord of the [[Hill-men]], whose allegiance lay with [[Angmar]] in secret, seized power.<ref name=eriador/>

A great host came out of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1409}} and entered [[Cardolan]], besiegeing the [[Tower of Amon Sûl]]. The Northern Dúnedain were defeated and [[Arveleg I]] as well as the last prince of [[Cardolan]] were slain.<ref name=eriador/> From that time onward, [[Rhudaur]] was occupied by evil Men subject to [[Angmar]], and the Northern Dúnedain that remained were slain of fled west.<ref name=eriador/> Although [[Cardolan]] was ravaged, a remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in [[Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]), or took refuge in the [[Old Forest]].<ref name=eriador/>

Although the northern parts of [[Arthedain]] were little affected, the remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

In {{TA|1974}}, the [[Witch-king]], with his host from [[Angmar]], invaded [[Arthedain]] and captured [[Fornost Erain]], driving most of the Northern Dúnedain there over the [[Lune]],<ref name=eriador/> including the sons of [[Arvedui Last-king]],<ref name=eriador/> who later perished in a shipwreck. The remnants of the Men of Arnor later joined the great [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], lead by [[Cirdan|Cirdan the Shipwright]] and [[Eärnur]], [[Captain of Gondor]], in which, also with the help of [[Elves]] from [[Rivendell]] lead by [[Glorfindel]], overthrew [[Angmar]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

===Later History===
{{main|Rangers of the North}}
After the [[Angmar War]], all the people of [[Arnor]] were diminished.<ref name=eriador/> The Dúnedain of the North were reduced to a few [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halbarad]], kinsman of [[Aragorn]], mustered 30 Northern Dúnedain (all that could be gathered in haste),<ref name="Grey"/> and this [[Grey Company]] rode to the aid of [[Aragorn]] in [[Rohan]].<ref name="Grey"/>

In the [[Fourth Age]], the Dúnedain of Arnor and Gondor were [[Reunited Kingdom|reunited]] under King [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]] (who was the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] at that time) so that the Men of Arnor became a part of a great [[Reunited Kingdom]] that spanned western [[Middle-earth]].

==Culture==
===Skills and Customs===
The Northern Dúnedain were a martial folk, even considered great warriors in their decline as [[Théoden]] remarked that the skill of the [[Grey Company]] could not be counted by their numbers.<ref name="Grey">{{RK|V2}}</ref>

The Rangers were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the language of beasts and birds.<ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Númenórean]] monarch of the Men of Arnor governed the realm and its people with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]], being men of long life, were not accustomed to wed until they had laboured long and journeyed in the world.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}</ref> For women, the age of 22 is considered too early, according to the customs of the Northern Dúnedain, to be wed.<ref name="Av">{{App|Tale}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the native language of the people of [[Arnor]].<ref name=lang>{{App|F1}}</ref> Among the [[Dúnedain]] however, including those of [[Arnor]], the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenorean]] blood in any degree, for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> [[Quenya]] was known to the learned of [[Arnor]], a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/>

==Characteristics==
===Physical Description===
The Men of Arnor, at least those of [[Númenorean]] descent, were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref> They were taller and darker than the [[Men of Bree]].<ref name="Sign"/> They were described as being stout and lordly men; the [[Rohirrim]] looked like boys beside them.<ref name="Grey"/> Despite being stern, grim-faced and silent for the most part, they were a courteous people if moved to speak.<ref name="Grey"/><ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Dúnedain]], including those of [[Arnor]], were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/>

===Lifespan===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, including the Northern ones, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/> More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the [[Dúnedain]] became ever less.<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref>

In the beginning of their history, the [[Dúnedain]] were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale/>

Even upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the life-span of all Dúnedain, even those of [[Arnor]], was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

{{references}}

[[Category:Dúnedain of the North]]
[[fr:encyclo:peuples:hommes:dunedain_du_nord]]
[[fi:Pohjoisen dúnedain]]

Dúnedain of Arnor

2020-06-14T03:38:33Z

Yeyeye: /* Later History */

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The '''Men of Arnor''' were the inhabitants of Arnor and its successor kingdoms. The '''Dúnedain of Arnor''', also known as the '''Dúnedain of the North''' or the '''Northern Dúnedain''', constituted the ruling class and nobility of [[Arnor]] being descendants of the [[Exiles of Númenor]] who established the North-Kingdom. The history of the Men of Arnor is extensively dominated by the actions of the Dúnedain of the North.

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. [[Elendil]] was cast up by the waves in the land of [[Lindon]], and he was befriended by [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/> He then passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and beyond [[Ered Luin]], he established the realm of [[Arnor]].<ref name=rings/>

The [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]] and later the Northern Dúnedain dwelt in many places in [[Eriador]] about the courses of the [[Lhûn]] and the [[Baranduin]]; but their chief city was at [[Annúminas]] beside Lake [[Nenuial]].<ref name=rings/> At [[Fornost]] upon the [[North Downs]] also the Northern Dúnedain dwelt, and in [[Cardolan]], and in the hills of [[Rhudaur]]; and towers they raised upon [[Emyn Beraid]] and upon [[Amon Sûl]].<ref name=rings/> The Men of Arnor were, from the beginnning of their history, always less powerful and populous than their southern counterparts, the [[Gondorians]].<ref>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> In [[Arnor]], these [[Men of Eriador]] accepted the new kingdom of [[Elendil]] and helped to people and maintain the many places that the Northern Dúnedain built.<ref name=rings/> When [[Elendil]] led his people into the south to battle against [[Sauron]], these [[Men of Eriador]] marched alongside the [[Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/>

===Decline and Division===
Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], the Dúnedain were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of the South|Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into the petty realms and lordships of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]], owing to dissensions among his sons.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

===Conflicts with Angmar===
{{main|Angmar War}}
In the beginning of the reign of [[Malvegil]] of [[Arthedain]], the realm of [[Angmar]], lead by the [[Witch-King]], arose in the North beyond the [[Ettenmoors]]; the [[Witch-king]] was indeed the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] who came north with the purpose of destroying the Northern Dúnedain in disunion.<ref name=eriador/>

In the days of [[Argeleb I]], son of [[Malvegil]], the line of [[Isildur]] had failed in the other kingdoms and so, the [[Kings of Arthedain]] laid claim to the lordship of all the Northern Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> This claim was resisted in [[Rhudaur]], where the [[Dúnedain]] there were few, and a lord of the [[Hill-men]], whose allegiance lay with [[Angmar]] in secret, seized power.<ref name=eriador/>

A great host came out of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1409}} and entered [[Cardolan]], besiegeing the [[Tower of Amon Sûl]]. The Northern Dúnedain were defeated and [[Arveleg I]] as well as the last prince of [[Cardolan]] were slain.<ref name=eriador/> From that time onward, [[Rhudaur]] was occupied by evil Men subject to [[Angmar]], and the Northern Dúnedain that remained were slain of fled west.<ref name=eriador/> Although [[Cardolan]] was ravaged, a remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in [[Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]), or took refuge in the [[Old Forest]].<ref name=eriador/>

Although the northern parts of [[Arthedain]] were little affected, the remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

In {{TA|1974}}, the [[Witch-king]], with his host from [[Angmar]], invaded [[Arthedain]] and captured [[Fornost Erain]], driving most of the Northern Dúnedain there over the [[Lune]],<ref name=eriador/> including the sons of [[Arvedui Last-king]],<ref name=eriador/> who later perished in a shipwreck. The remnants of the Men of Arnor later joined the great [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], lead by [[Cirdan|Cirdan the Shipwright]] and [[Eärnur]], [[Captain of Gondor]], in which, also with the help of [[Elves]] from [[Rivendell]] lead by [[Glorfindel]], overthrew [[Angmar]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

===Later History===
{{main|Rangers of the North}}
After the [[Angmar War]], all the people of [[Arnor]] were diminished.<ref name=eriador/> The Dúnedain of the North were reduced to a few [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halbarad]], kinsman of [[Aragorn]], mustered 30 Northern Dúnedain (all that could be gathered in haste),<ref name="Grey"/> and this [[Grey Company]] rode to the aid of [[Aragorn]] in [[Rohan]].<ref name="Grey"/>

In the [[Fourth Age]], the Dúnedain of Arnor and Gondor were [[Reunited Kingdom|reunited]] under King [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]] (who was the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] at that time) so that the Men of Arnor became a part of a great [[Reunited Kingdom]] that spanned western [[Middle-earth]].

==Culture==
===Skills and Customs===
The Northern Dúnedain were a martial folk, even considered great warriors in their decline as [[Théoden]] remarked that the skill of the [[Grey Company]] could not be counted by their numbers.<ref name="Grey">{{RK|V2}}</ref>

The Rangers were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the language of beasts and birds.<ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Númenórean]] monarch of the Men of Arnor governed the realm and its people with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]], being men of long life, were not accustomed to wed until they had laboured long and journeyed in the world.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}</ref> For women, the age of 22 is considered too early, according to the customs of the Northern Dúnedain, to be wed.<ref name="Av">{{App|Tale}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the native language of the people of [[Arnor]].<ref name=lang>{{App|F1}}</ref> Among the [[Dúnedain]] however, including those of [[Arnor]], the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenorean]] blood in any degree, for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> [[Quenya]] was known to the learned of [[Arnor]], a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/>

==Characteristics==
===Physical Description===
The Dúnedain, including those of Arnor, were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/>

They were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref> They were taller and darker than the [[Men of Bree]].<ref name="Sign"/> They were described as being stout and lordly men; the [[Rohirrim]] looked like boys beside them.<ref name="Grey"/> Despite being stern, grim-faced and silent for the most part, they were a courteous people if moved to speak.<ref name="Grey"/><ref name="Sign"/>

===Lifespan===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, including the Northern ones, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/> More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the [[Dúnedain]] became ever less.<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref>

In the beginning of their history, the [[Dúnedain]] were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale/>

Even upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the life-span of all Dúnedain, even those of [[Arnor]], was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

{{references}}

[[Category:Dúnedain of the North]]
[[fr:encyclo:peuples:hommes:dunedain_du_nord]]
[[fi:Pohjoisen dúnedain]]

Dúnedain of Arnor

2020-06-14T03:37:04Z

Yeyeye: /* Later History */

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The '''Men of Arnor''' were the inhabitants of Arnor and its successor kingdoms. The '''Dúnedain of Arnor''', also known as the '''Dúnedain of the North''' or the '''Northern Dúnedain''', constituted the ruling class and nobility of [[Arnor]] being descendants of the [[Exiles of Númenor]] who established the North-Kingdom. The history of the Men of Arnor is extensively dominated by the actions of the Dúnedain of the North.

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. [[Elendil]] was cast up by the waves in the land of [[Lindon]], and he was befriended by [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/> He then passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and beyond [[Ered Luin]], he established the realm of [[Arnor]].<ref name=rings/>

The [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]] and later the Northern Dúnedain dwelt in many places in [[Eriador]] about the courses of the [[Lhûn]] and the [[Baranduin]]; but their chief city was at [[Annúminas]] beside Lake [[Nenuial]].<ref name=rings/> At [[Fornost]] upon the [[North Downs]] also the Northern Dúnedain dwelt, and in [[Cardolan]], and in the hills of [[Rhudaur]]; and towers they raised upon [[Emyn Beraid]] and upon [[Amon Sûl]].<ref name=rings/> The Men of Arnor were, from the beginnning of their history, always less powerful and populous than their southern counterparts, the [[Gondorians]].<ref>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> In [[Arnor]], these [[Men of Eriador]] accepted the new kingdom of [[Elendil]] and helped to people and maintain the many places that the Northern Dúnedain built.<ref name=rings/> When [[Elendil]] led his people into the south to battle against [[Sauron]], these [[Men of Eriador]] marched alongside the [[Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/>

===Decline and Division===
Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], the Dúnedain were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of the South|Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into the petty realms and lordships of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]], owing to dissensions among his sons.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

===Conflicts with Angmar===
{{main|Angmar War}}
In the beginning of the reign of [[Malvegil]] of [[Arthedain]], the realm of [[Angmar]], lead by the [[Witch-King]], arose in the North beyond the [[Ettenmoors]]; the [[Witch-king]] was indeed the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] who came north with the purpose of destroying the Northern Dúnedain in disunion.<ref name=eriador/>

In the days of [[Argeleb I]], son of [[Malvegil]], the line of [[Isildur]] had failed in the other kingdoms and so, the [[Kings of Arthedain]] laid claim to the lordship of all the Northern Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> This claim was resisted in [[Rhudaur]], where the [[Dúnedain]] there were few, and a lord of the [[Hill-men]], whose allegiance lay with [[Angmar]] in secret, seized power.<ref name=eriador/>

A great host came out of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1409}} and entered [[Cardolan]], besiegeing the [[Tower of Amon Sûl]]. The Northern Dúnedain were defeated and [[Arveleg I]] as well as the last prince of [[Cardolan]] were slain.<ref name=eriador/> From that time onward, [[Rhudaur]] was occupied by evil Men subject to [[Angmar]], and the Northern Dúnedain that remained were slain of fled west.<ref name=eriador/> Although [[Cardolan]] was ravaged, a remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in [[Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]), or took refuge in the [[Old Forest]].<ref name=eriador/>

Although the northern parts of [[Arthedain]] were little affected, the remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

In {{TA|1974}}, the [[Witch-king]], with his host from [[Angmar]], invaded [[Arthedain]] and captured [[Fornost Erain]], driving most of the Northern Dúnedain there over the [[Lune]],<ref name=eriador/> including the sons of [[Arvedui Last-king]],<ref name=eriador/> who later perished in a shipwreck. The remnants of the Men of Arnor later joined the great [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], lead by [[Cirdan|Cirdan the Shipwright]] and [[Eärnur]], [[Captain of Gondor]], in which, also with the help of [[Elves]] from [[Rivendell]] lead by [[Glorfindel]], overthrew [[Angmar]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

===Later History===
{{main|Rangers of the North}}
After the [[Angmar War]], all the people of [[Arnor]] were diminished.<ref name=eriador/> The Dúnedain of the North were reduced to a few [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halbarad]], kinsman of [[Aragorn]], mustered 30 Northern Dúnedain (all that could be gathered in haste),<ref name="Grey"/> and this [[Grey Company]] rode to the aid of [[Aragorn]] in [[Rohan]].<ref name="Grey"/>

In the [[Fourth Age]], the Dúnedain of Arnor and Gondor were [[Reunited Kingdom|reunited]] under King [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]] (who was also called ''the Dúnadan'') so that the Men of Arnor became a part of a great [[Reunited Kingdom]] that spanned western [[Middle-earth]].

==Culture==
===Skills and Customs===
The Northern Dúnedain were a martial folk, even considered great warriors in their decline as [[Théoden]] remarked that the skill of the [[Grey Company]] could not be counted by their numbers.<ref name="Grey">{{RK|V2}}</ref>

The Rangers were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the language of beasts and birds.<ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Númenórean]] monarch of the Men of Arnor governed the realm and its people with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]], being men of long life, were not accustomed to wed until they had laboured long and journeyed in the world.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}</ref> For women, the age of 22 is considered too early, according to the customs of the Northern Dúnedain, to be wed.<ref name="Av">{{App|Tale}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the native language of the people of [[Arnor]].<ref name=lang>{{App|F1}}</ref> Among the [[Dúnedain]] however, including those of [[Arnor]], the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenorean]] blood in any degree, for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> [[Quenya]] was known to the learned of [[Arnor]], a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/>

==Characteristics==
===Physical Description===
The Dúnedain, including those of Arnor, were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/>

They were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref> They were taller and darker than the [[Men of Bree]].<ref name="Sign"/> They were described as being stout and lordly men; the [[Rohirrim]] looked like boys beside them.<ref name="Grey"/> Despite being stern, grim-faced and silent for the most part, they were a courteous people if moved to speak.<ref name="Grey"/><ref name="Sign"/>

===Lifespan===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, including the Northern ones, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/> More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the [[Dúnedain]] became ever less.<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref>

In the beginning of their history, the [[Dúnedain]] were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale/>

Even upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the life-span of all Dúnedain, even those of [[Arnor]], was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

{{references}}

[[Category:Dúnedain of the North]]
[[fr:encyclo:peuples:hommes:dunedain_du_nord]]
[[fi:Pohjoisen dúnedain]]

Dúnedain of Arnor

2020-06-14T03:30:43Z

Yeyeye:

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The '''Men of Arnor''' were the inhabitants of Arnor and its successor kingdoms. The '''Dúnedain of Arnor''', also known as the '''Dúnedain of the North''' or the '''Northern Dúnedain''', constituted the ruling class and nobility of [[Arnor]] being descendants of the [[Exiles of Númenor]] who established the North-Kingdom. The history of the Men of Arnor is extensively dominated by the actions of the Dúnedain of the North.

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. [[Elendil]] was cast up by the waves in the land of [[Lindon]], and he was befriended by [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/> He then passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and beyond [[Ered Luin]], he established the realm of [[Arnor]].<ref name=rings/>

The [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]] and later the Northern Dúnedain dwelt in many places in [[Eriador]] about the courses of the [[Lhûn]] and the [[Baranduin]]; but their chief city was at [[Annúminas]] beside Lake [[Nenuial]].<ref name=rings/> At [[Fornost]] upon the [[North Downs]] also the Northern Dúnedain dwelt, and in [[Cardolan]], and in the hills of [[Rhudaur]]; and towers they raised upon [[Emyn Beraid]] and upon [[Amon Sûl]].<ref name=rings/> The Men of Arnor were, from the beginnning of their history, always less powerful and populous than their southern counterparts, the [[Gondorians]].<ref>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> In [[Arnor]], these [[Men of Eriador]] accepted the new kingdom of [[Elendil]] and helped to people and maintain the many places that the Northern Dúnedain built.<ref name=rings/> When [[Elendil]] led his people into the south to battle against [[Sauron]], these [[Men of Eriador]] marched alongside the [[Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/>

===Decline and Division===
Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], the Dúnedain were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of the South|Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into the petty realms and lordships of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]], owing to dissensions among his sons.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

===Conflicts with Angmar===
{{main|Angmar War}}
In the beginning of the reign of [[Malvegil]] of [[Arthedain]], the realm of [[Angmar]], lead by the [[Witch-King]], arose in the North beyond the [[Ettenmoors]]; the [[Witch-king]] was indeed the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] who came north with the purpose of destroying the Northern Dúnedain in disunion.<ref name=eriador/>

In the days of [[Argeleb I]], son of [[Malvegil]], the line of [[Isildur]] had failed in the other kingdoms and so, the [[Kings of Arthedain]] laid claim to the lordship of all the Northern Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> This claim was resisted in [[Rhudaur]], where the [[Dúnedain]] there were few, and a lord of the [[Hill-men]], whose allegiance lay with [[Angmar]] in secret, seized power.<ref name=eriador/>

A great host came out of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1409}} and entered [[Cardolan]], besiegeing the [[Tower of Amon Sûl]]. The Northern Dúnedain were defeated and [[Arveleg I]] as well as the last prince of [[Cardolan]] were slain.<ref name=eriador/> From that time onward, [[Rhudaur]] was occupied by evil Men subject to [[Angmar]], and the Northern Dúnedain that remained were slain of fled west.<ref name=eriador/> Although [[Cardolan]] was ravaged, a remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in [[Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]), or took refuge in the [[Old Forest]].<ref name=eriador/>

Although the northern parts of [[Arthedain]] were little affected, the remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

In {{TA|1974}}, the [[Witch-king]], with his host from [[Angmar]], invaded [[Arthedain]] and captured [[Fornost Erain]], driving most of the Northern Dúnedain there over the [[Lune]],<ref name=eriador/> including the sons of [[Arvedui Last-king]],<ref name=eriador/> who later perished in a shipwreck. The remnants of the Men of Arnor later joined the great [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], lead by [[Cirdan|Cirdan the Shipwright]] and [[Eärnur]], [[Captain of Gondor]], in which, also with the help of [[Elves]] from [[Rivendell]] lead by [[Glorfindel]], overthrew [[Angmar]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

===Later History===
{{main|Rangers of the North}}
After the [[Angmar War]], all the people of [[Arnor]] were diminished.<ref name=eriador/> The Dúnedain of the North were reduced to a few [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halbarad]], kinsman of [[Aragorn]], mustered 30 Northern Dúnedain (all that could be gathered in haste),<ref name="Grey"/> and this [[Grey Company]] rode to the aid of [[Aragorn]] in [[Rohan]].<ref name="Grey"/>

==Culture==
===Skills and Customs===
The Northern Dúnedain were a martial folk, even considered great warriors in their decline as [[Théoden]] remarked that the skill of the [[Grey Company]] could not be counted by their numbers.<ref name="Grey">{{RK|V2}}</ref>

The Rangers were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the language of beasts and birds.<ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Númenórean]] monarch of the Men of Arnor governed the realm and its people with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]], being men of long life, were not accustomed to wed until they had laboured long and journeyed in the world.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}</ref> For women, the age of 22 is considered too early, according to the customs of the Northern Dúnedain, to be wed.<ref name="Av">{{App|Tale}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the native language of the people of [[Arnor]].<ref name=lang>{{App|F1}}</ref> Among the [[Dúnedain]] however, including those of [[Arnor]], the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenorean]] blood in any degree, for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> [[Quenya]] was known to the learned of [[Arnor]], a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/>

==Characteristics==
===Physical Description===
The Dúnedain, including those of Arnor, were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/>

They were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref> They were taller and darker than the [[Men of Bree]].<ref name="Sign"/> They were described as being stout and lordly men; the [[Rohirrim]] looked like boys beside them.<ref name="Grey"/> Despite being stern, grim-faced and silent for the most part, they were a courteous people if moved to speak.<ref name="Grey"/><ref name="Sign"/>

===Lifespan===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, including the Northern ones, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/> More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the [[Dúnedain]] became ever less.<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref>

In the beginning of their history, the [[Dúnedain]] were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale/>

Even upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the life-span of all Dúnedain, even those of [[Arnor]], was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

{{references}}

[[Category:Dúnedain of the North]]
[[fr:encyclo:peuples:hommes:dunedain_du_nord]]
[[fi:Pohjoisen dúnedain]]

Dúnedain of Arnor

2020-06-14T03:29:34Z

Yeyeye: Style

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The '''Men of Arnor''' were the inhabitants of Arnor and its successor kingdoms. The '''Dúnedain of Arnor''', also known as the '''Dúnedain of the North''' or the '''Northern Dúnedain''', constituted the ruling class and nobility of [[Arnor]] being descendants of the [[Exiles of Númenor]] who established the North-Kingdom. The history of the Men of Arnor is extensively dominated by the actions of the Dúnedain of the North.

==History==
===Early History===
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. [[Elendil]] was cast up by the waves in the land of [[Lindon]], and he was befriended by [[Gil-galad]].<ref name=rings/> He then passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and beyond [[Ered Luin]], he established the realm of [[Arnor]].<ref name=rings/>

The [[Exiles of Númenor|Exiles]] and later the Northern Dúnedain dwelt in many places in [[Eriador]] about the courses of the [[Lhûn]] and the [[Baranduin]]; but their chief city was at [[Annúminas]] beside Lake [[Nenuial]].<ref name=rings/> At [[Fornost]] upon the [[North Downs]] also the Northern Dúnedain dwelt, and in [[Cardolan]], and in the hills of [[Rhudaur]]; and towers they raised upon [[Emyn Beraid]] and upon [[Amon Sûl]].<ref name=rings/> The Men of Arnor were, from the beginnning of their history, always less powerful and populous than their southern counterparts, the [[Gondorians]].<ref>{{PM|Atani}}</ref>

There, many already dwelt who were in whole or part of [[Númenorean]] blood who welcomed Elendil and his sons.<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> In [[Arnor]], these [[Men of Eriador]] accepted the new kingdom of [[Elendil]] and helped to people and maintain the many places that the Northern Dúnedain built.<ref name=rings/> When [[Elendil]] led his people into the south to battle against [[Sauron]], these [[Men of Eriador]] marched alongside the [[Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/>

===Decline and Division===
Originally ruled by their [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], the Dúnedain were divided as the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] and the [[Dúnedain of the South|Dúnedain of Gondor]], following the death of [[Isildur]], son of [[Elendil]], in {{TA|2}}.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB">{{App|B2}}</ref>

[[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]], [[Isildur]]'s youngest son, took up his rule in [[Annúminas]], but his people were diminished, and of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] and [[Men of Eriador]] there remained now too few to people the land or maintain the places [[Elendil]] built; many of [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] had died in the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]].<ref name=rings/>

After the reign of [[Eärendur]], the seventh king that followed [[Valandil]], the [[Dúnedain of the North]] became divided into the petty realms and lordships of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]], owing to dissensions among his sons.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador>{{App|Eriador}}</ref>

===Conflicts with Angmar===
{{main|Angmar War}}
In the beginning of the reign of [[Malvegil]] of [[Arthedain]], the realm of [[Angmar]], lead by the [[Witch-King]], arose in the North beyond the [[Ettenmoors]]; the [[Witch-king]] was indeed the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]] who came north with the purpose of destroying the Northern Dúnedain in disunion.<ref name=eriador/>

In the days of [[Argeleb I]], son of [[Malvegil]], the line of [[Isildur]] had failed in the other kingdoms and so, the [[Kings of Arthedain]] laid claim to the lordship of all the Northern Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> This claim was resisted in [[Rhudaur]], where the [[Dúnedain]] there were few, and a lord of the [[Hill-men]], whose allegiance lay with [[Angmar]] in secret, seized power.<ref name=eriador/>

A great host came out of [[Angmar]] in {{TA|1409}} and entered [[Cardolan]], besiegeing the [[Tower of Amon Sûl]]. The Northern Dúnedain were defeated and [[Arveleg I]] as well as the last prince of [[Cardolan]] were slain.<ref name=eriador/> From that time onward, [[Rhudaur]] was occupied by evil Men subject to [[Angmar]], and the Northern Dúnedain that remained were slain of fled west.<ref name=eriador/> Although [[Cardolan]] was ravaged, a remnant of the faithful among the Dúnedain of Cardolan also held out in [[Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]), or took refuge in the [[Old Forest]].<ref name=eriador/>

Although the northern parts of [[Arthedain]] were little affected, the remnants of the [[Northern Dúnedain]] were affected by the [[Great Plague]]; the joint garrison (of the North and South Kingdoms) at [[Tharbad]] ceased to exist,<ref>{{UT|6d}}</ref> and the last of the Dúnedain of [[Cardolan]] died on the [[Barrow-downs]].<ref name=eriador/>

In {{TA|1974}}, the [[Witch-king]], with his host from [[Angmar]], invaded [[Arthedain]] and captured [[Fornost Erain]], driving most of the Northern Dúnedain there over the [[Lune]],<ref name=eriador/> including the sons of [[Arvedui Last-king]],<ref name=eriador/> who later perished in a shipwreck. The remnants of the Men of Arnor later joined the great [[Host of the West (Arnor)|Host of the West]], lead by [[Cirdan|Cirdan the Shipwright]] and [[Eärnur]], [[Captain of Gondor]], in which, also with the help of [[Elves]] from [[Rivendell]] lead by [[Glorfindel]], overthrew [[Angmar]].<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

===Later History===
{{main|Rangers of the North}}
After the [[Angmar War]], all the people of [[Arnor]] were diminished.<ref name=eriador/> The Dúnedain of the North were reduced to a few [[Ranger of the North|Rangers]] wandering secretly in the wild, and their heritage was forgotten, save in [[Imladris]], where the [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] were harboured and their line, from father to son, remained unbroken.<ref name=rings/><ref name=eriador/>

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Halbarad]], kinsman of [[Aragorn]], mustered 30 Northern Dúnedain (all that could be gathered in haste),<ref name="Grey"/> and this [[Grey Company]] rode to the aid of [[Aragorn]] in [[Rohan]].<ref name="Grey"/>

==Culture==
===Skills and Customs===
The Northern Dúnedain were a martial folk, even considered great warriors in their decline as [[Théoden]] remarked that the skill of the [[Grey Company]] could not be counted by their numbers.<ref name="Grey">{{RK|V2}}</ref>

The Rangers were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the language of beasts and birds.<ref name="Sign"/>

The [[Númenórean]] monarch of the Men of Arnor governed the realm and its people with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]], being men of long life, were not accustomed to wed until they had laboured long and journeyed in the world.<ref name=Tale>{{PM|Aii}}</ref> For women, the age of 22 is considered too early, according to the customs of the Northern Dúnedain, to be wed.<ref name="Av">{{App|Tale}}</ref>

===Languages===
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the native language of the people of [[Arnor]].<ref name=lang>{{App|F1}}</ref> Among the [[Dúnedain]] however, including those of [[Arnor]], the kings and high lords, and indeed all those of [[Númenorean]] blood in any degree, for long used [[Númenórean Sindarin]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> [[Quenya]] was known to the learned of [[Arnor]], a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Arnor]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=North>{{App|North}}</ref> The [[Kings of Arthedain]] and later the [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains of the Dúnedain]], however, took [[Sindarin]] names.<ref name=North/>

==Characteristics==
===Physical Description===
The Dúnedain, including those of Arnor, were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the [[Middle Men|Men of Middle-earth]] among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled.<ref name=languages/> They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=languages/>

They were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces.<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref> They were taller and darker than the [[Men of Bree]].<ref name="Sign"/> They were described as being stout and lordly men; the [[Rohirrim]] looked like boys beside them.<ref name="Grey"/> Despite being stern, grim-faced and silent for the most part, they were a courteous people if moved to speak.<ref name="Grey"/><ref name="Sign"/>

===Lifespan===
The [[Third Age]] marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, including the Northern ones, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and their mingling with [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=gondor/> More swift was the waning in the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], for [[Eriador]] became colder and there, the [[Dúnedain]] became ever less.<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref>

In the beginning of their history, the [[Dúnedain]] were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of [[Middle Men|lesser men]], yet this ever-diminished over the course of the [[Third Age]].<ref name=eriador/><ref name=languages/>

In [[Arnor]], the strife and dissensions between the kingdoms of [[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], and [[Rhudaur]] hastened the waning of the Dúnedain.<ref name=eriador/> Although, their lifespans ever continued to shorten,<ref name=eriador/> the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]], especially their [[Chieftain of the Dúnedain|Chieftains]], maintained significant longevity living to twice the age of [[Middle Men|lesser men]].<ref name=eriador/> The [[Heir of Isildur|Heirs of Isildur]] even lived up to 160 years or more.<ref name=Tale/>

Even upon the reunification of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]], the life-span of all Dúnedain, even those of [[Arnor]], was not restored and continued to wane until it became as that of other men.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>

{{references}}

[[Category:Dúnedain of the North]]
[[fr:encyclo:peuples:hommes:dunedain_du_nord]]
[[fi:Pohjoisen dúnedain]]

Olwë

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| image=[[File:Karolina Węgrzyn - OlweBeleriand.jpg|250px|Olwë in Beleriand]]
| caption="Olwë in Beleriand" by [[Karolina Węgrzyn]]
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'''Olwë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈolwe]}}) was one of the two kings of the [[Teleri]], the other being his elder brother [[Thingol|Elwë]], Lord of [[Beleriand]]. As the prince of [[Alqualondë]], he ruled the Teleri of [[Valinor]], also known as the [[Falmari]]. He may have had a second brother, [[Elmo]].<ref name="Galadriel">{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref>

==History==
{{quote|Two lords they had, for their numbers were very great: Elwë [[Singollo]], which signifies [[Greymantle]], and Olwë his brother. The hair of Olwë was long and white, and his eyes were blue; but the hair of Elwë was grey as silver, and his eyes were as stars; he was the tallest of all the Elven-folk.|"[[Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor]]"<ref name="Coming">{{MR|P3I3}}, p. 163</ref>}}
Olwë was born in [[Cuiviénen]] and was the younger brother of [[Elwë]], one of the ambassadors taken by [[Oromë]] to [[Valinor]] to see the [[Two Trees]]. When the ambassadors returned, they urged their peoples to hear the summons of Oromë and go to the [[West]]. Because their clan was the largest, it was divided in two hosts under the two brothers and together, they led their people.<ref name=capt/>

The [[Nelyar]] were the most unwilling during the [[Great Journey]] and Olwë 's host was always the hindmost.<ref name=capt>{{S|Captivity}}</ref> [[Nandor|Some]] of Olwë's host were terrified by the shadow of the [[Misty Mountains]] and preferred to settle by the woodlands of the [[Vales of Anduin]].<ref name=capt/>

During a long wait in [[Beleriand]], [[Elwë]] disappeared.<ref>{{S|Thingol}}</ref> After years of searching, Olwë grew impatient, and led the greater part of the Teleri to [[Valinor]], on the insistence of the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Ulmo]]. Olwë and his people dwelt on the island of [[Tol Eressëa]] for a while, where the [[Teleri]] could be by the sea whilst bathing in the light of the [[Two Trees of Valinor|Two Trees]].<ref>{{AA|72}}</ref> These people become the [[Falmari]].<ref name=capt/ When they finally came to [[Eldamar]] some centuries later, the [[Falmari]], under the lordship of Olwë, begin the building of [[Alqualondë]] with the aid of the [[Noldor]].<ref>{{AA}}</ref> When they finally came to [[Eldamar]] some centuries later, the [[Falmari]], under the lordship of Olwë, begin the building of [[Alqualondë]] with the aid of the [[Noldor]].<ref>{{AA}}</ref>

His daughter [[Eärwen]] married [[Finarfin]] son of [[Finwë]] and later king of the remaining [[Noldor]]. Besides Eärwen, Olwë had several sons.<ref name="Sons">{{S|Princes}}</ref>

When [[Fëanor]] revolted against the [[Valar]], he attempted to persuade the [[Teleri]] to join him in order to obtain their ships. They were unmoved, wanting no other realm than [[Eldamar]] and no other lord than Olwë. [[Fëanor]] reproached Olwë and his people as "fainthearted loiterers" and reminded them that the [[Noldor]] had aided them when they finally arrived. Olwë rebuked Fëanor's folly and refused to give him any ships of the [[Teleri]], which they valued as the Noldor did their gems. [[Fëanor]] withdrew but then led his forces to [[Alqualondë]] to take the ships by force leading to the [[Kinslaying at Alqualondë|first Kinslaying ]]. As the Noldor rowed the stolen vessels northward, Olwë called for [[Ossë]] to stop them but it was not permitted by the [[Valar]].<ref>{{S|Flight}}</ref>

==Other names==
In one manuscript, the [[Telerin]] form of ''Olwë'' is said to be '''''Olue'''''.<ref name=Quendi>{{WJ|Quendi}} p. 369</ref> In another manuscript the Telerin form is similar to the Quenya form: ''Olwë''.<ref name=Shibboleth>{{PM|Shibboleth}} p. 357</ref>

The Falmari called him sometimes '''''Volwë'''''.<ref name=Shibboleth/>

== Genealogy ==
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{{familytree| MEL |y| ELW | | OLW | | ELM | | |MEL=[[Melian]]|ELW=[[Thingol|Elwë]]|OLW='''OLWË'''|ELM=[[Elmo]] }}
{{familytree| | | |!| | | |,|-|^|-|-|-|-|-|.| |}}
{{familytree| | | LUT | | EAR |y| FIN | | SON |LUT=[[Lúthien]]|EAR=[[Eärwen]]|FIN=[[Finarfin]]|SON=''sons''}}
{{familytree| |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree| FIN | | ANG | | AEG | | GAL | | |FIN=[[Finrod]]|ANG=[[Angrod]]|AEG=[[Aegnor]]|GAL=[[Galadriel]] }}
{{familytree/end}}

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[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:First Age characters]]
[[Category:Falmari]]
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