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Mountains to attack stragglers of the Last Alliance. The orcs did not show themselves when the armies of the Elves and Men passed by, but they were more than a match for Isildur's small company. Isildur was assailed at sunset. Though the first orc sortie was beaten off, the orcs regrouped and surrounded Isildur's party to prevent his escape. When nightfall came the orcs assaulted him from all sides.
549:, in which a father and a son were to reappear time and again in human families throughout history. Only two chapters were written, one set in or near the present day, with the father named Oswin and the son Alboin, and one set in NĂșmenor just before its fall, with the father named Elendil and the son Herendil. Here Valandil is the name of Elendil's father. It seems that Herendil (later Isildur) and his father were going to escape the destruction of NĂșmenor as in
2805:. The specific power of his ring allowed him to raise the dead and have them fight by his side as mindless minions. Eventually, he was defeated by the game's protagonist, Talion, after multiple encounters. Instead of subduing him with his own ring of power, Talion chose to spare Isildur and release his spirit, allowing him to proceed into the afterlife after millennia of service to Sauron. Talion took Isildur's ring and eventually became a Nazgûl himself.
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other side of the river, but the Ring slipped (of its own volition) from his finger. Isildur felt that the Ring was missing and was momentarily dismayed, but with the burden of the Ring removed he rallied and made for the opposite bank. Despite the darkness, the royal
Elendilmir gem that he was wearing betrayed his position to orcs on the far bank, who were seeking survivors from the attack, and they killed him with their poisoned arrows. Isildur's
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Isildur was ambushed on the march by orcs. Isildur had left Minas Anor with a party of some 200 soldiers. His men had to march, as their horses were mainly beasts of burden, not for riding. They had two dozen archers, but they were too few to be effective.
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were surrounded and outnumbered. Ciryon was killed and Aratan was mortally wounded in a failed attempt to rescue
Elendur, who urged his father to flee. Isildur put on the Ring, hoping to escape under the cover of invisibility. Fleeing to the Anduin, he cast off his armour and tried to swim to the
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be cut down. Isildur went to the court of the king in disguise and stole a fruit of the tree. He was severely wounded during his escape, but his sacrifice was not in vain: Nimloth was cut down and burned shortly afterwards, but the line of the White Tree continued by way of the stolen fruit. When
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2772:. Although Isildur eventually fails to destroy the One Ring, the series' showrunner Patrick McKay stated that the intention was to present Isildur more favourably, as burdened by heavy responsibilities; McKay compared the character to the gangster
538:, who escaped the destruction of NĂșmenor and founded two kingdoms in Middle-earth, Elendil in the north and Valandil in the south. Valandil was thus a precursor to the later Isildur, although in this work he was not Elendil's son but his brother.
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3916:The History of The Lord of the Rings
397:), and the scroll was discovered by
276:marriage of Beren to the elf LĂșthien
29:Character in Tolkien's Middle-earth
5328:Tolkien, Race and Cultural History
5202:The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
377:Isildur took up the hilt-shard of
251:, was created at the start of the
247:, in the great sea to the West of
25:
5293:Tolkien and the Invention of Myth
2713:'s animated 1978 film version of
423:'Gladden' is an old name for the
5398:The Lord of the Rings characters
3892:The Lost Road and Other Writings
3518:The Lost Road and Other Writings
3276:Gaughan, Liam (31 August 2022).
541:Soon afterwards Tolkien started
262:, the primary antagonist of the
5209:A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien
5086:Poems and Songs of Middle Earth
4808:Finnish language and literature
3778:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
3389:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
2847:, ch. 19 "Of Beren and LĂșthien"
381:, Elendil's sword, and cut the
135:, and the Ring was lost in the
5349:The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien
5321:Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
4598:Ancestry as guide to character
3734:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
3391:: Revised and Expanded Edition
2884:, Appendix B, "The Second Age"
427:which grows beside freshwater.
357:Last Alliance of Elves and Men
1:
5258:J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia
3722:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
2908:, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
292:, who urged that Nimloth the
99:is a fictional character in
4781:Tolkien's impact on fantasy
3949:The Peoples of Middle-earth
3884:The Shaping of Middle-earth
3335:Middle-earth: Shadow of War
2794:Middle-earth: Shadow of War
189:Middle-earth: Shadow of War
5419:
4455:List of weapons and armour
3988:The Nature of Middle-earth
3678:The Fellowship of the Ring
3043:; Judd, Graham A. (2017).
1712:Lords of AndĂșniĂ«
129:was corrupted by its power
5342:Tolkien and the Great War
5150:Works inspired by Tolkien
5054:Nightfall in Middle-Earth
4869:The Atlas of Middle-earth
3973:The History of The Hobbit
3715:The Scouring of the Shire
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5279:The Road to Middle-Earth
5145:Middle-earth Enterprises
3791:The three "Great Tales"
3550:The Return of the Shadow
3361:The Road to Middle-Earth
3116:. p. 422, note 44.
2762:In the streaming series
5388:Bearers of the One Ring
5100:An Evening in Rivendell
4973:Margrethe II of Denmark
4852:A mythology for England
3149:McFarland & Company
3051:Oxford University Press
2734:, Isildur is played by
583:Half-elven family tree
266:. Isildur's father was
45:In-universe information
5223:Master of Middle-Earth
4745:Psychological journeys
4309:First and Second Ages
4161:First and Second Ages
3923:The Notion Club Papers
3861:The Book of Lost Tales
3708:The Return of the King
3685:The Shadow of the Past
3418:The Return of the King
3192:British Film Institute
2973:, pp. 78, 85, 261
2746:says he recalls "when
2706:
562:The Shadow of the Past
428:
236:
5378:Middle-earth DĂșnedain
5335:Tolkien's Legendarium
5079:The Road Goes Ever On
5021:The Lord of the Rings
5006:The Lord of the Rings
4882:A Map of Middle-earth
4625:Death and immortality
4428:Red Book of Westmarch
3941:The War of the Jewels
3876:The Lays of Beleriand
3797:The Children of HĂșrin
3692:The Council of Elrond
3671:The Lord of the Rings
3424:The Lord of the Rings
2730:The Lord of the Rings
2716:The Lord of the Rings
2701:The Lord of the Rings
2690:
2628:, is a descendant of
558:The Lord of the Rings
422:
401:nearly an Age later.
299:NĂșmenor was destroyed
241:Tolkien's legendarium
222:
182:The Lord of the Rings
156:The Lord of the Rings
76:The Lord of the Rings
5114:At Dawn in Rivendell
5107:A Night in Rivendell
5094:The Tolkien Ensemble
4928:Brothers Hildebrandt
4450:Two Trees of Valinor
3813:The Fall of Gondolin
3174:, pp. 138, 263.
2956:, 3. "The Lost Road"
2719:, Isildur is called
2672:addicted to the Ring
281:In Isildur's youth,
5383:Middle-earth rulers
4618:Round World dilemma
4170:EĂ€rendil and Elwing
3823:The Fall of NĂșmenor
3545:Christopher Tolkien
3513:Christopher Tolkien
3481:Christopher Tolkien
3449:Christopher Tolkien
3384:Carpenter, Humphrey
3338:, 2017, Chapter 3.
2515:
551:The Fall of NĂșmenor
543:a time-travel story
528:The Fall of NĂșmenor
164:a time-travel story
107:, the elder son of
34:Fictional character
5237:A Question of Time
5039:The Rings of Power
4958:Alexander Korotich
4755:Sound and language
4635:Dreams and visions
3364:(Third ed.).
3306:The Rings of Power
3151:. pp. 45â68.
2791:In the video game
2707:
2513:
526:In the short work
429:
363:and laid siege to
321:and the cities of
237:
63:King of Arnor and
5365:
5364:
5314:A Tolkien Compass
5230:Picturing Tolkien
5216:Interrupted Music
5185:
5184:
5121:Leaving Rivendell
4890:
4889:
4876:Journeys of Frodo
4730:Old Straight Road
4720:Naming of weapons
4463:
4462:
4210:LĂșthien and Beren
3999:
3998:
3981:Carl F. Hostetter
3832:
3831:
3805:Beren and LĂșthien
3786:Bilbo's Last Song
3564:978-0-395-49863-7
3541:Tolkien, J. R. R.
3509:Tolkien, J. R. R.
3500:978-0-395-29917-3
3477:Tolkien, J. R. R.
3468:978-0-395-25730-2
3445:Tolkien, J. R. R.
3413:Tolkien, J. R. R.
3404:978-0-35-865298-4
3228:978-1-62356-096-6
2694:plays Isildur in
2660:Council of Elrond
2598:
2597:
2594:
2593:
2511:
2510:
807:of the
797:of the
787:of the
738:of the
457:", at the end of
210:Fictional history
186:. The video game
94:
93:
16:(Redirected from
5410:
5286:Splintered Light
4901:
4725:Northern courage
4650:Environmentalism
4630:Decline and fall
4553:Tolkien's poetry
4472:
4190:FinwĂ« and MĂriel
4012:
3966:John D. Rateliff
3843:
3770:Unfinished Tales
3753:The Silmarillion
3649:
3614:J. R. R. Tolkien
3596:
3589:
3582:
3573:
3568:
3555:Houghton Mifflin
3536:
3523:Houghton Mifflin
3504:
3491:Houghton Mifflin
3486:Unfinished Tales
3472:
3459:Houghton Mifflin
3454:The Silmarillion
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3429:Houghton Mifflin
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576:House of Elendil
473:Unfinished Tales
460:The Silmarillion
301:by the creator,
243:, the island of
101:J. R. R. Tolkien
88:Unfinished Tales
82:The Silmarillion
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5403:Fictional kings
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5272:Perilous Realms
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5004:Symphony No. 1
4982:
4943:Donato Giancola
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4803:Classical world
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4660:First World War
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4358:Lonely Mountain
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3139:
3138:
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3114:Scarecrow Press
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3075:Kocher, Paul H.
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4833:Shakespeare
4593:Anachronism
4165:Celebrimbor
3839:composition
3760:Ainulindalë
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4994:Bo Hansson
4968:Tom Loback
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4786:Influences
4363:LothlĂłrien
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4265:Glorfindel
4246:Third Age
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3848:History of
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2809:References
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294:White Tree
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5028:Music of
5019:Music of
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4845:Ambiguity
4828:Philology
4705:Modernism
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4445:Silmarils
4393:The Shire
4383:Rivendell
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4255:Galadriel
4240:Ungoliant
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4185:Fingolfin
4122:Beornings
4100:Sundering
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2758:Streaming
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1451:Galadriel
974:Fingolfin
765:of Haleth
445:Third Age
439:from the
407:Rivendell
365:Barad-dûr
350:Gil-galad
323:Osgiliath
264:First Age
5191:Literary
5066:Settings
4963:Alan Lee
4918:Cor Blok
4813:Medieval
4774:Literary
4735:Paganism
4524:Sindarin
4494:Heraldry
4476:Elements
4468:Analysis
4438:One Ring
4423:PalantĂr
4368:Mirkwood
4353:Isengard
4338:Esgaroth
4132:DĂșnedain
4127:DrĂședain
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4007:universe
3913:1988â92
3858:1983â84
3668:1954-55
3654:lifetime
3543:(1988).
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3447:(1977).
3415:(1955).
3282:Collider
3202:28 March
2638:Atlantis
2601:Analysis
2500:Eldarion
2250:DĂșnedain
2042:27 Kings
2030:22 Kings
1704:22 Kings
1441:Celeborn
1435:EĂ€rendil
980:Finarfin
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776:of Hador
570:One Ring
536:Valandil
482:DĂșnedain
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303:IlĂșvatar
225:IlĂșvatar
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4792:Beowulf
4680:Heroism
4665:Forests
4645:England
4640:Economy
4573:Tengwar
4558:Scripts
4541:Westron
4536:Valarin
4531:Khuzdul
4504:Adûnaic
4484:Artwork
4418:Mithril
4411:Objects
4398:Bag End
4323:Valinor
4318:NĂșmenor
4280:Saruman
4260:Gandalf
4225:Thingol
4220:Morgoth
4205:Isildur
4175:Elendil
4112:Hobbits
4075:Dwarves
4058:Dragons
4044:Wizards
4039:Balrogs
4016:Peoples
3906:Lhammas
3867:Ălfwine
3636:Outline
3547:(ed.).
3515:(ed.).
3483:(ed.).
3451:(ed.).
3349:Sources
2814:Primary
2781:trilogy
2618:Gandalf
2610:Aragorn
2519:Colour
2407:Elrohir
2402:Elladan
2389:Aragorn
2142:Arvedui
1935:AnĂĄrion
1929:Isildur
1814:Elendil
1708:NĂșmenor
1240:Nimloth
1097:LĂșthien
953:Barahir
750:of BĂ«or
735:Thingol
532:Elendil
506:Orthanc
502:Saruman
399:Gandalf
268:Elendil
260:Morgoth
245:NĂșmenor
229:Elendil
215:NĂșmenor
113:NĂșmenor
109:Elendil
97:Isildur
71:Book(s)
40:Isildur
5140:Impact
4897:legacy
4818:Modern
4798:Celtic
4750:Quests
4740:Plants
4585:Themes
4568:Sarati
4519:Quenya
4514:Elvish
4373:Mordor
4343:Gondor
4302:Places
4285:Sauron
4275:Gollum
4250:Elrond
4215:Melian
4180:FĂ«anor
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1132:Elenwë
1127:Turgon
985:EĂ€rwen
968:Galdor
963:Hareth
809:Teleri
799:Vanyar
789:Noldor
740:Teleri
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498:Nazgûl
487:squire
433:Anduin
391:CĂrdan
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379:Narsil
361:Mordor
342:Lindon
338:Sauron
329:, and
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290:Sauron
227:, and
194:Nazgûl
141:Gollum
125:Sauron
117:Gondor
65:Gondor
4823:Norse
4765:Trees
4715:Music
4695:Magic
4685:Light
4563:Cirth
4388:Rohan
4378:Moria
4348:Harad
4200:HĂșrin
4085:Elves
4068:Smaug
4051:Valar
4034:Maiar
4029:Ainur
3985:2021
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3645:Works
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2776:from
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2557:Maiar
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2034:Arnor
1583:Elros
1269:Idril
1121:HĂșrin
1104:Beren
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774:House
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465:Eldar
415:Death
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5160:Film
4760:Time
4675:Hell
4655:Evil
4548:Maps
4333:Bree
4139:Orcs
4107:Ents
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2650:Noah
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