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Finrod Felagund
Isildur, the bold and tenacious son of Elendil, is one of the Elf-friends during Ar-Pharazôn’s rule of Númenor. When Sauron convinces Ar-Pharazôn to cut down the sacred White Tree of Númenor, Isildur sneaks into the court and steals one of its fruits to grow a new one. He escapes the fall of Númenor and founds the kingdom of Gondor with his brother Anárion in Middle-earth, then joins the Last Alliance and fights with his father and Gil-galad’s elves against Sauron. After his father is killed, Isildur uses the hilt-shard of Elendil’s broken sword to cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, impairing his power and ending the war. However, the Ring attracts and compels Isildur, who refuses to destroy it as the elves recommend, enabling Sauron to later rise again. Shortly after, Isildur is killed by orcs when the Ring (which makes him invisible) abandons him and slips from his finger.
Isildur Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Isildur or refer to Isildur. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
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But when all these things were done, and the Heir of Isildur had taken up the lordship of Men, and the dominion of the West had passed to him, then it was made plain that the power of the Three Rings also was ended, and to the Firstborn the world grew old and grey. In that time the last of the Noldor set sail from the Havens and left Middle-earth for ever […] and an end was come for the Eldar of story and song.
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Isildur Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Isildur or refer to Isildur. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
Quotes
But when all these things were done, and the Heir of Isildur had taken up the lordship of Men, and the dominion of the West had passed to him, then it was made plain that the power of the Three Rings also was ended, and to the Firstborn the world grew old and grey. In that time the last of the Noldor set sail from the Havens and left Middle-earth for ever […] and an end was come for the Eldar of story and song.
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