The line of Isildur did survive in the kingdom of Arthedain, but eventually died out in the other two kingdoms.īut around T.A. The Dúnedain began to decline, hastened by fighting between the three realms. Thereafter the throne was at Fornost, for Annúminas was depopulated. Arthedain's claim, by Amlaith of Fornost, was just, but they were unable to reclaim the throne. These were called Rhudaur, in the east, Cardolan, in the south, and Arthedain in the northwest. 861 Arnor was split into three separate Kingdoms due to dissension between the sons of Eärendur. Only one, Valandur, died a untimely death, in battle against the Men of Rhudaur. They fled to Rivendell and informed Lord Elrond of the disaster, and that Isildur's young son Valandil was now king.Īrnor was ruled by the Heirs of Isildur for long years after. However, three warriors escaped bearing the Shards of Narsil.
Arnor never recovered from the loss of Isildur's picked Númenórean guard, two-hundred strong. But they were assailed by Orcs, and he and his sons perished in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, losing the Elendilmir and the Ring in Anduin. After staying in Gondor for two years and writing a scroll about his heirloom, he set out to Arnor with his elder sons Elendur, Aratan, and Ciryon. In the end Elendil and Gil-galad slew Sauron (though they died as well), and Isildur heir of Elendil cut the One Ring from the hand of Sauron. They met the host of Gil-galad at Weathertop, and continued onward to Dagorlad, fighting in the vanguard at the Battle there and the Siege of Barad-dur. The kingdom stretched from the Tower Hills and the Lune to Angmar and the Misty Mountains, and southwards along the Gwathló to the ruins of Lond Daer.Įlendil led the host of Arnor to battle in the War of the Last Alliance. These formed the bulk of the citizens of Arnor. The population of the kingdom was more Númenórean than the Southern Kingdom of Gondor, but there were many other men, descendants of the houses of Hador, Beor, Ulfang, and Bor, living in Eriador at that time. Elendil was their lord, reigning from Annúminas on the shores of Lake Nenuial. There they formed the Kingdom of Arnor of the Númenóreans in Exile. The Dúnedain are a branch of the descendants of the Númenóreans, who escaped with Elendil to the Grey Havens.
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