Tarcil

Tarcil (T.A. 280^[1] – 515,^[2] aged 235 years) was the sixth King of Arnor.

[edit] History

Tarcil succeeded his father, Arantar, when he died in 435. Tarcil was great-great-grandson of Isildur.

Tarcil ruled uneventfully for eighty years, and was succeeded by his son, Tarondor, upon his death in 515.^[2]

[edit] Etymology

The name Tarcil (also spelt Tarkil)^{[note 1]} also appears in early stages of The Lord of the Rings as another nickname for Aragorn: its meaning is apparently "High Man", a synonym for Dúnadan.^[3][4] The Orkish term "tark" for a Dúnadan is possibly derived from this.^[5]

[edit] Genealogy

Notes

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil", p. 192
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Northern Line: Heirs of Isildur"
3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, "Gandalf's Delay", p. 8
4. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 603
5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 101