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numenorweek · 3 years

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⭐ Day Seven: Legacy. Isildur and Anárion, Realms in Exile: Foundation of Arnor and Gondor.

Isildur was born in Númenor in S.A. 3209 and he was the eldest son and heir of Elendil, the first High King of the Realms in Exile. His younger brother was Anárion. While living in the island realm he married and his first son, Elendur was born in 3299. One night Isildur went in disguise to Armenelos and from the courts of the King stole a fruit from the tree before it was cut down, thus preserving the line of the White Tree. In the great storm that came with the drowning of Númenor the nine ships of the Exiles were borne to the east and scattered. Elendil was cast up in the land of Lindon, passed up the River Lhûn, and founded the realm of Arnor. Isildur and Anárion were carried to the south. Arriving at the mouths of the Anduin, they ascended the great river and founded the realm of Gondor. While the Exiles were establishing their Realms in Exile in S.A. 3320 however, Sauron had also escaped and re-established his power in Mordor.

In S.A. 3430, Elendil and Gil-galad formed the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. The army of the Alliance marched to Imladris in 3431, where Isildur left his wife and Valandil, his fourth son before the host moved on. In 3434 the combined armies of Elves and Men crossed the Misty Mountains and marched on to the Dagorlad. There the forces of Sauron were defeated and he retreated into the Barad-dûr to withstand a siege. The siege lasted seven years, but finally Elendil and Gil-galad threw down Sauron, thus winning the battle though both were slain and Elendil's sword Narsil broke under him as he fell. Isildur took the hilt shard of his father's sword and cut the One Ring from Sauron's finger. Ignoring the advice of Elrond and Círdan, lieutenant of Gil-galad, Isildur did not destroy the Ring; instead he claimed it as a weregild for the deaths of his father and brother, and an heirloom for his House.

After the fall of Sauron, Isildur returned to Gondor and assumed the Elendilmir, proclaiming his Kingship in Arnor and sovereign lordship over the Dúnedain in both the North and the South. He remained for a year in the South, planted the seedling of the White Tree in Minas Anor in memory of his brother Anárion, put the realm to order, and instructed his nephew Meneldil, son of Anárion, in the governance of the land. On the thirtieth day of the journey to Imladris, the King, his sons, and his Guard of two hundred knights and soldiers reached the northern borders of the Gladden Fields, where they were ambushed by a band of Orcs. Isildur placed the Ring upon his finger and vanished from the battle, but he Orcs could still sense his smell and as he struggled to escape the reeds and rushes on the shore a small party of Orcs spotted him and shot him. He fell back into the water and no trace of him was found by Elves or Men. The line of Isildur continued, for Valandil became king of Arnor. Isildur's line continued unbroken throughout the Third Age until it formed the basis for Aragorn's claim to the kingship of Arnor and Gondor after the downfall of Sauron.

Anárion was the second son of Elendil and the brother of Isildur. Together, Anárion and Isildur were chiefly responsible for the early ordering of Gondor, and their thrones were set side by side in the Great Hall of Osgiliath. In the city of Minas Anor, Anárion established his house while Isildur set up his in Minas Ithil.

Sauron also survived the Downfall of Númenor and reentered Mordor in 3320. In 3429, Sauron attacked Gondor with a force great enough to take Minas Ithil and force Isildur to flee. Whilst Isildur, his wife, and his sons sailed from Gondor seeking Elendil’s aid, Anárion defended Osgiliath and was able to drive his forces back into the mountains. Yet Sauron gathered greater strength and Anárion knew that without succor Gondor would fall. Aid did arrive when Elendil, Isildur, and the Men of Arnor, in league with the High King of the Noldor, Gil-galad, formed the Last Alliance of Elves and Men and marched south. Anárion led the Gondorians to the plain between Cirith Gorgor and the Dead Marshes and fought in the Battle of Dagorlad alongside the alliance. The allies entered Mordor and laid the Siege of Barad-dûr, but Anárion was slain by a thrown rock in 3440.

Anárion had four children, the youngest of whom was a son, Meneldil who became the first independent King of Gondor and the two realms in exile were estranged. The Line of Anárion lasted over two thousand years. In honor of the founding co-rulers, when Rómendacil II built the Argonath he had the Pillars of the Kings carved in the likenesses of Anárion and Isildur. Yet the line of Anárion dwindled and finally disappeared when King Eärnur died childless. From that time forth the Ruling Stewards ruled in the name of the House of Anárion.

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avenger09 · 7 years

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The Nine Nazgul

Shadow of War’s Nazgul designs are really struck me as unique, and even including few of their own spins like Helm Hammerhand, Sulidan and Isildur.

Though from what I’ve seen the rest with the exception of the Witch King have the same Mask, so I made a few to correct this. Given them their own weapons and a couple bits of my own ideas to add to their distinction.

Some of their titles where inspired by the Games Workshop models.

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The Witch King of Angmar. Weapon: Mace

First of the Nine and Saurons most deadly servant who no man can kill.

Helm Hammerhand. Weapon: Hammer

King of the Mark whose legacy is one of tragedy and vengeance.

Isildur. Weapon: Sword

High King of Gondor. The one who cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand and whose weakness doomed himself and those after him. Corrupted by it’s influence in life he now serves it’s master in death.

Suladân. Weapon: Scimitar

General of a Bygone Age. When his armies marched on the Dark Lord Sauron deceived him through an unexpected surrender. In time he turning from Prisoner to Advisor.

The Shadow Lord. Weapon: Spear

The Shadow Lord was once the king of a small and insignificant kingdom. When Sauron offered him one of the Nine Rings, the promise of its power proved irresistible. Now, his physical being all but gone, and his will enslaved to Sauron, the Shadow Lord wears his dark pride like a cloak, blotting the sun from the sky and dimming the sight of his foes.

The Dark Marshal. Weapon: Polearm

In the centuries since the Dark Marshal and his fellow kings became Ringwraiths, he has become even more sadistic and malicious. The most black-hearted and unrelentingly cruel of all the Nazgûl, his name is a byword for misery and death. Where the Dark Marshal passes, Evil creatures fight harder, fearful of their lives whilst Good warriors feel the icy touch of death upon their hearts.

The Betrayer. Weapon: Axe

The Betrayer was cursed long ago for yielding the Southlands to Sauron's rule. The Betrayer is driven by malice and self-hatred that knows no bounds. Of all the Nazgûl, the Betrayer is amongst the lowest of Sauron's lieutenants, for even the Dark Lord is leery of placing faith in one who betrayed his kin so readily.

(I imagined him as a Haradrim, so I gave his axe an exotic twist to reflect that it came from a culture of Beast Masters. Likewse with his mask’s Horns)

Khamûl The Easterling: Weapon: Trident

Lieutenant of Dol Guldur, Khamûl is second amongst the Ringwraiths, a dark terror clad in an impenetrable shroud of cloth and armour. The knowledge of how he came into the service of the Lord of the Rings has long been lost, though a few of the Wise believe that he once ruled a land beyond Mordor's eastern boundaries. This at least must be partially true, for only a king of great influence would have received a gift as tainted as a Ring of Power. Other than this, little is known of Khamûl's past save what he has done since in the servie of Mordor. Whatever the deeds of the man that he once was, Khamûl walks now only where Sauron bids him, his will bound solely to that of his dark master.

(He’s the one the said “Shire, Baggins.”)

Knight of Umbar: Weapon: Elven Sword

Like all of the Nazgûl, the Knight of Umbar's past is shrouded in mystery. If the rumours pertaining to him hold any truth, he was once one of the great Númenórean kings who ruled the Southlands prior to the days of the Last Alliance.

(I gave him some Elven influence with a bit of Dark souls 3 Dancer of the Boreal Valley. Did he earn the respect and was gifted the sword? Or did he gain it through theft? The men of Umbar did go on to be corsairs after all, it must have started somewhere.)

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Tallion: Weapon: Sword and Dagger

Last ranger of the Black Gate. Banished from death through possession via the wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor, bound through a desire for vengeance for a family slain.

But In time it became clear to Tallion that the Bright Lord was not only a foe of Sauron, but a rival as well. Severing their alliance, abandoning him to his death. Desperately the ranger took up the Ring that trapped the spirit of Isildur as a Ringwraith. From then on Tallion resisted the Dark Lords influence for decades using the powers of this ring to keep the forces of Mordor fighting each other and delay Saurons invasion.

Inevitably his will eroded and the Gravewalker joined the ranks of the Nine, replacing the High King that whom he'd once freed. The time he bought the rest of Middle-Earth granting them a chance of defeating the Dark Lord from a humble, unlikely source.

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