A Dúnadan and the youngest of Isildur Elendilion's four sons, Valandil was born in Rivendell in the year S.A. 3430. He was only 13 when Orcs slew his father and three older brothers (Elendur, Aratan, and Ciryon) in the Battle of Gladden Fields (T.A. 2), so he awaited his twenty-first birthday in the year T.A. 10 before becoming becoming the third King of Arnor. From the time news came of Isildur's death, Valandil's mother assumed regency and oversaw the realm for eight years until Valandil reached the age of majority. Upon his coronation, Valandil received the Sceptre of Annúminas and the second Elendilmir, and he ruled Arnor wisely for 239 years until his death in T.A. 249.
Valandil would marry Finduilas I of Dol Caladir and their eldest child was a son named Eldacar who would succeed Valandil to the throne of the North Kingdom of Arnor.
Items[]
- Elven Cloak of Lothlórien
- Númenorean Chainmail
- Númenorean Dagger
- Númenorean Longsword
References[]
- MERP: Bree and the Barrow-downs
- Unfinished Tales - Disaster of the Gladden Fields chapter
- Peoples oof Middle-earth - The Prologue and Appendices to The Lord of the Rings