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Aranarth

Aranath


Title(s)
Location(s)
Language(s)
Time Period
Third Age b. ca. 1940[1] - d. 2106
Parent(s)
Sibling(s)
Spouse
Tirwen Areleth (N)
Children
Notes
(N) = non-canon

Aranarth (S. "Royal Noble" or "King [of the] Realm") was the eldest son of King Arvedui of Arthedain. When Arthedain was overrun by Angmar in T.A. 1974, his father fled westward. Aranarth, however, took his family and much of Fornost's treasures and went east to Imladris, where he organized the Rangers of the North. Thus, he became their first Chieftain of the Dúnedain, and he established the precedent that the Lords of the Rangers would always be reared in Rivendell. Arvedui died in the icy waters of the Bay of Forochel the following year, ending any hope of refounding Arthedain, and the Rangers of the North were entrusted with the realm's legacy. His son and heir, Aranarth, ruled from T.A. 1975 until T.A. 2106.

Notes[]

  1. The date of Aranarth's birth appears only in The History of Middle-earth Volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth, where it is given as T.A. 1938. However, this is probably not correct, since we have a definitive account of the marriage of his parents Arvedui and Fíriel in T.A. 1940. The date of T.A. 1940 shown here is the earliest practical possibility based on this fact.
  2. In LotR Appendix A, Aranarth is indicated as the elder son of Arvedui, meaning that he had at least one younger brother.
  3. In LotR Appendix A, Dírhael is said to be a descendant of a younger branch of Aranarth, meaning he had at least one other child.

References[]

  • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies"
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil", p. 196
  • ICE MERP #2005: Arnor: The Realm, Wesley J. Frank, et al. (1994)
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