Nonetheless, he later had a change of coronary heart on the web page and agreed to take the One Ring to Elrond—a mission he wouldn’t return from. Orcs ambushed and killed Isildur and his three sons out in Gladden Fields. It was right here that the One Ring slipped off Isildur’s finger and into the depths of the riverbed, the place Sméagol would discover it a lot later. With no different heirs, Valandil grew to become the third Excessive King of Arnor.
Because of Elendil, he additionally inherited the Shards of Narsil and wielded the Sceptre of Annúminas, one of many few surviving relics of Númenor. Whereas many different kings would possess these artifacts, they each ended up with Aragorn by the tip of The Lord of the Rings.
Technically, Valandil was additionally the rightful King of Gondor. Nonetheless, his cousin Meneldil took up that place, and Valandil by no means opposed it for no matter motive by no means specified by Tolkien. Maybe it was his laidback perspective that resulted in his peaceable 239-year reign in the course of the Third Age?
Is Rings of Energy Creating New Lore for Isildur’s Son?
The Valandil we all know from The Rings of Energy is an unique character created for the Amazon Prime Video collection, however the showrunners and writers in all probability didn’t select it accidentally, because it created a connection to Tolkien lore from a lot later in Isildur’s life.
Whereas Valandil was an honorable sea guard who managed to depart fairly the impression regardless of his minimal position, it was his friendship with Isildur that really served the plot. With out wandering too far into heavy spoiler territory, The Rings of Energy remains to be within the early phases of Númenor’s downfall. In Tolkien’s writings, Isildur performs a essential position in serving to the remaining Trustworthy (Númenóreans who stayed loyal to the Valar) flee the dominion whereas additionally preserving a bit of the White Tree and the Stone of Erech. So, whereas Isildur is presently nonetheless wandering round with Arondir and firm in Pelargir, his return to Númenor is imminent, if the present follows the lore.
Discovering that Kemen (and Al-Pharazon by affiliation) killed Valandil ought to strengthen Isildur’s devotion to the Trustworthy. Isildur will possible need justice, and perhaps a few of that doesn’t come till after the beginning of his kids. And, because the present appears to be implying with Valandil’s tragic demise, Isildur may later resolve to call his son after his finest buddy to honor his reminiscence. That King Valandil goes on to have an extended and peaceable rule, the very factor the ability hungry Al-Pharazon by no means managed to do, does really feel like its personal sort of justice.
