October 5
From the One Wiki to Rule Them All, the Lord of the Rings Encyclopedia.
- TA 2
- Isildur, 2nd King of Gondor and Arnor, is killed by orcs in the War of the Last Alliance, after loosing the One Ring in the Anduin river.
- The Ring is lost and so will remain for nearly 2,500 years.
- Valandil, the only one of four children of Isildur to survive the war, becames King of Arnor.
- Meneldil, nephew of Isildur becames -apparently de facto- King of Gondor.
