Ohtar was the esquire of Isildur in the early Third Age.[1]
Biography
Ohtar's age is unknown, and it is likewise not stated whether he was born in Númenor or in Middle-earth. In TA 2, when Isildur and his company were ambushed in Gladden Fields by a troop of Orcs, the king commanded to Ohtar to save the Shards of Narsil, the broken sword that belonged to his father Elendil: "Save it from capture by all means that you can find, and at all costs; even at the cost of being held a coward who deserted me. Take your companion with you and flee! Go! I command you!"
Thus it was Ohtar and his companion that delivered the Shards of Narsil to Rivendell after Isildur was killed, and there they were kept in safety, when at last during the War of the Ring they were reforged into Andúril, the Flame of the West, and it was taken again to the war against Sauron.[2][3]
See also
Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Amharic | ዖህታር |
| Arabic | وهتار ? |
| Armenian | Օհտար |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Оhтар |
| Bengali | ওহ্তার |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Охтар |
| Chinese | 奥塔尔 |
| Dari | وهتار |
| Georgian | ოჰთარი |
| Greek | Οηταρ |
| Gujarati | ઑહ્તર |
| Hebrew | אוהאר |
| Hindi | ओहतर |
| Japanese | おひたら ? |
| Kannada | ಓಹ್ತರ |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Оһтар |
| Korean | 오타 르 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Оhтар |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Охтар |
| Marathi | ओह्तर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Оhтар ? |
| Nepalese | ओहतार |
| Pashto | وهتار |
| Persian | وهتار |
| Punjabi | ਓਹ੍ਤਰ |
| Russian | Охтар |
| Sanskrit | ॐह्तर् |
| Serbian | Oхтар (Cyrillic) Ohtar (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඕහ්තර් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Оҳтар |
| Tamil | ஓஹ்தர் |
| Telugu | ఓహ్టర్ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Огтар |
| Urdu | وهتار ? |
| Uzbek | Оҳтар (Cyrillic) Ohtar (Latin) |
| Yiddish | אָהטאַר |
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter II: "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"