After Isildur's (voiced by Nolan North) death, the Orcs brought his body to the diminished and vengeful Sauron, who put a Ring of Power on his finger, reviving him as one of his servants and eventually turning him into a Nazgûl.
Isildur was later killed by Orcs in Disaster of the Gladden Fields, and the Ring was lost for nearly 2,500 years. His refusal to destroy the Ring allowed Sauron to endure and remain a threat to Middle-earth.
However Isildur was by right High King over both Arnor and Gondor, though after Isildur's death his son Valandil did not press the claim, so thereafter the realms were entirely split. Thus, the House of Isildur ruled Arnor and the House of Anárion ruled Gondor.
In the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, Isildur put the Ring on and go in the water but the Ring abandoned him. So, he was visible to the eyes of the Orcs when he reached the shore and was shot by poisoned arrows at the heart and throat. He fell into water again and His body's lost.
The story was abandoned, but Tolkien reused the characters and events. Isildur features briefly in voiced-over flashback sequences of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The video game Middle-earth: Shadow of War departs from Tolkien's narrative by having Sauron make Isildur into a Nazgûl or ringwraith.
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Is Isildur Aragorn's father?
Isildur was Aragorn's remote ancestor. He died at the beginning of the Third Age (TA), in TA 2. Aragorn was born 2929 years later, on March 1, TA 2931. His father was Arathorn II, Chieftain of the Dunedain.
Elendil's son, Isildur, cut the Ring from Sauron's hand on the slopes of Mount Doom. Though counselled to destroy the Ring, he was swayed by its power and kept it "as weregild for my father, and my brother".
Was Isildur taking the Ring to Elrond when he died?
Isildur had actually been en route to Rivendell when he was killed, with the intent to deliver the One Ring to Elrond. Despite being seduced by the Ring, Isildur feared its power over him already and the pain that it had caused him upon first holding it when it burned his hand.
Then Isildur, son of Elendil, took up his father's broken sword, Narsil, and used it to cut the One Ring from Sauron's finger. While Sauron's physical body was destroyed, his spirit endured and fled.
He was the father of Isildur and Anárion, last lord of Andúnië on the island of Númenor, and having escaped its downfall by sailing to Middle-earth, became the first High King of Arnor and Gondor.
Why does Legolas call Isildur the last King of Gondor?
Legolas correctly states that it was Isildur who cursed them, but incorrectly states that he was "the last king of Gondor". (Isildur was the last high king of Gondor and Arnor, after which the two kingdoms divided and would both eventually be left kingless until Aragorn took the throne.)
After this, Isildur led a journey back to Arnor but was ambushed by orcs and killed, leaving the One Ring to be lost in a nearby river. His son was left in charge of Arnor, and for many years to come, the succession to the throne passed down Isildur's bloodline.
The Elven King named Gil-galad fought side-by-side with Elendil, the King of Men. Together they managed to mortally wound Sauron, but the fight cost them their lives. This is when Isildur, son of Elendil, took his father's sword and cut the Ring from Sauron's hand, dealing the final blow.
How long did Isildur have the Ring before he died?
Isildur claimed the Ring from Sauron in II 3441 (the final year of the Second Age), at the end of the Seige of Barad-dur. He lost it at the Disaster of Gladden Fields in III 2. Thus he was Ring-bearer for somewhere between two and three years.
How did Isildur survive? Spoiler alert: Isildur is not dead. Isildur is the man who eventually cuts the ring from the hand of Sauron. But he's too power-hungry to throw the ring into the fires of Mount Doom as Elrond instructs him.
Elendil was killed on the slopes of Mount Doom, during combat with Sauron. Isildur, as the eldest son, became High King after Elendil. As Anarion had been killed earlier in the war, the rule of Gondor passed on to his son.
The Ring remained hidden in the riverbed for almost two and a half millennia until a Stoor named Déagol discovered it on a fishing trip in TA 2463. His friend and cousin Sméagol stole the Ring, and murdered Déagol.
Isildur lives a total of 234 years before he's killed by Orcs early in the Third Age, but it's already clear The Rings of Power isn't sticking to this exact timeline.
Yes, they are related. Isildur is a 24th generation descendant of Elrond's brother Elros. Isildur's father Elendil was the last Númenor-born Lord of Andúnië and was the leader of the Faithful who escaped the destruction of the island to Middle Earth.
Isildur felt that he was entitled to it. He also didn't fully realize how dangerous it was. Finally, Tolkien wrote in his letters that nobody had the strength of will to destroy it, there in Mount Doom where its power was strongest.
Isildur was the oldest son of Elendil, so was next in line to rule the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor. Elrond Half-Elven had already chosen to live as an elf rather than an man, and was herald for High Elf King Gil-Galad at that time.
Aragorn was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, an ancient King of Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn was a confidant of the wizard Gandalf, and played a part in the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.
