Timeline Event
Arathorn II, Chieftain of the Dúnedain, slain by Orcs
Event Type: Genealogical
Age: 3rd Age - The Stewards
Year: 2933
Description:
2933
Arathorn II slain. Gilraen takes Aragorn to Imladris. Elrond receives him as foster-son and gives him the name Estel (Hope); his ancestry is concealed.The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Third Age
In his boyhood Arathorn also had been fostered in [the] house [of Elrond], and he was a friend of Elladan and Elrohir, the sons of Elrond, and often he went a-hunting with them. Now the sons of Elrond did not hunt wild beasts, but they pursued the Orcs wherever they might find them....
Thus it befell that ... Arathorn went riding with the sons of Elrond and fought with Orcs that had made an inroad into Eriador, and he was slain....The Peoples of Middle-Earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 9, The Making of Appendix A: The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
... Aragorn was only two years old when Arathorn went riding against the Orcs with the sons of Elrond, and he was slain by an orc-arrow that pierced his eye; and so he proved indeed shortlived for one of his race, being but sixty years old when he fell.The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: Here Follows a Part of The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 28Nov04, 22Jun06
