Why was Isildur killed?

He fled with his father when the island was drowned, becoming in his turn King of Arnor and Gondor. He cut the Ring from Sauron's hand, but instead of destroying it, was corrupted by its power and claimed it for his own. He was killed by orcs, and the Ring was lost in the River Anduin.
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Why did they let Isildur keep the Ring?

The main reason that Elrond wouldn't have pushed Isildur was that he simply couldn't have brought himself to destroy the Ring. He knew that the Ring needed to be destroyed, but actually doing it would have been different.
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How did Isildur become a Nazgul?

In Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Isildur is shown to have become a Nazgûl after his death at the Gladden Fields, when Sauron places one of the Nine rings on his finger, which resurrects him.
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Why was Isildur able to defeat Sauron?

Isildur used a broken sword to cut the Ruling Ring off Sauron's hand. Sauron was fatally wounded by Gil-galad and Elendil as Sauron killed them. Gandalf took the job of blocking the Balrog - and he was barely able to defeat the Balrog (in fact, he died in the process).
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How did the Ring betray Isildur?

Isildur put on the ring and vanished, attempting to escape by diving into the river. Like it did to Celebrimbor, the ring betrayed Isildur and slipped off his finger in the water, suddenly reappearin. Isildur was subsequently spotted by Orcs and shot by arrows, dying in the river.
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What happened to Sauron when Isildur cut off the Ring?

As a result, while cutting off the Ring did destroy Sauron's body, it didn't destroy his spirit, and thus paved the way for Sauron's eventual return, even without a proper physical presence. This is why his will is carried out by those who serve him in The Lord of the Rings, like the Ring-Wraiths and Saruman.
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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.
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Is Isildur stronger than Sauron?

In the books, Isildur did not defeat Sauron; it was his father Elendil and the Elf King Gil-galad who defeated Sauron together at the cost of their lives. Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron's dying body, and his spirit fled.
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Who killed Morgoth?

In Dagor Dagorath, the penultimate battle between good and evil in the legendarium, Turin is the one that will kill Morgoth.
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Why does the Ring turn Isildur invisible?

In the spiritual world, beings are invisible to those in the physical world. This is why Isildur, Bilbo, and Frodo become invisible when they wear the Ring—because they are no longer in the physical world. As Olsen said, Sauron does not have a real body, so he is not affected in the same way.
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How many years were there between Isildur and Aragorn?

Not long after, Isildur and his brothers were ambushed by Orcs on the road, and during a desperate attempt to secure the One Ring he was shot with an arrow and left for dead. This was only two years into the third age of Middle-earth, and around 2,929 years before the birth of Aragorn in 2931.
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Is Celebrimbor a Ringwraith?

As his "lifeforce" is imbude in the ring which prevents him from going into the Elven afterlife, and as such keeps him in the mortal plane. But he is a wraith in the first game, before his new ring is ever created. The ritual done to Tallion at the beginning of Shadow of Mordor summoned Celebrimbor into Tallion's body.
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Why was there no king after Isildur?

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.
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Who ends up finding the Ring after Isildur is killed?

As told in The Hobbit, Bilbo found the Ring while lost in the tunnels near Gollum's lair.
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Why is the Ring called Isildur's bane?

The One Ring was an ancient artifact created by the Dark Lord Sauron in the Second Age for the purpose of ruling over the Free peoples of Middle-earth, mainly the Elves. It was also known as the Ruling Ring, Great Ring of Power and Isildur's Bane (due to it causing the death of Isildur).
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Who was evil before Sauron?

Melkor is the most powerful of the Valar but he turns to darkness and is renamed Morgoth, the primary antagonist of Arda. All evil in the world of Middle-earth ultimately stems from him. One of the Maiar of Aulë betrays his kind and becomes Morgoth's principal lieutenant and successor, Sauron.
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Who is Morgoth afraid of?

It was said that Morgoth hated and feared the House of Fingolfin most among the Houses of the sons of Finwë, especially Fingolfin's son Turgon, as it was prophesied that his doom would come from the House of Turgon.
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Who is more evil than Morgoth?

Sauron is frequently described as being "more evil than Morgoth".
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Did Sauron love Galadriel?

"So I think in his pitch to Galadriel, it cannot mean that he loves her or that there's any kind of romantic relationship. There should be no ambiguity around the fact that Sauron is evil — he's terrible, and he's using Galadriel to enhance his power."
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Was Sauron afraid of Aragorn?

Sauron's deepest fear was that Aragorn would use the Ring against him.
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Who is stronger Sauron or Galadriel?

In The Lord of the Rings, it is said that had Galadriel chosen to use her powers for evil instead of good, she would have been even more destructive and terrifying than Sauron himself. Galadriel was the greatest and most powerful of all Elves in Middle Earth in the Third Age.
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Why is Isildur's heir so important?

Arvedui, Isildur's Heir through twenty-three generations, was the last King to rule in the north; he attempted to reclaim the High Kingship, but failed, and the last remnant of royal Arnor was overrun by its enemies. Now the line of Isildur in the north became forgotten by nearly all.
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What happened to Legolas after LOTR?

After the War

After the death of King Elessar, Legolas made a ship in Ithilien, and through Anduin, he left Middle-earth to go over the sea. His strong friendship with Gimli prompted him to invite Gimli to go to the Undying Lands; making him the first and only Dwarf to do so.
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How are Elrond and Isildur related?

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.
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