Adrahil (Captain of the Left Wing)
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Adrahil | |
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Gondorian | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | Adrahil of Dol Amroth |
Titles | Prince of Belfalas[1] |
Position | Captain of the Left Wing[1] |
Location | Belfalas |
Language | Westron |
Birth | Before T.A. 1944 |
Rule | c. T.A. 1944 |
Family | |
House | Descended from the House of Elros[1] |
Children | Ancestor of Imrazôr[note 1][1] |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Adrahil was a Gondorian Prince of Belfalas[1] who lived around T.A. 1944 in the land of Belfalas.
History
He descended from the noble Númenórean house that settled in Belfalas in the Second Age.[2] This family of Númenóreans were akin to the Lords of Andúnië, and thus related to Elendil.[1] Because of this, he was an ancestor of Imrazôr, Galador, and the Princes of Dol Amroth.[1]
When King Ondoher led his army to face the Wainriders who threatened Gondor, Adrahil commanded the army's left wing. The soldiers of the right wing were under the command of the King's nephew Minohtar, while the centre was commanded by the king himself and his heir Artamir.
Ondoher's enterprise came to a devastating end: he was surprised by the Wainriders, and his forces were overwhelmed. Adrahil's soldiers, however, were shielded from the attack and survived it. Ondoher and Artamir had both been killed, and Minohtar took charge, sending Adrahil along with both his own command of the Left Wing and those at the rear of the Right Wing who had not yet been engaged.
Adrahil withdrew south into Ithilien to form a defensive line from Cair Andros to the Ephel Dúath. With these forces he was to cover the approaches of Minas Tirith and allow Minohtar to form a rearguard and attempt to stem the advance of the Wainriders. Adrahil should at once message Eärnil, and inform him of the disaster of the Morannon and of the position of the retreating Northern Army.
Adrahil's fate is uncertain; the Wainriders eventually broke through Minohtar's more northerly defence, but whether they penetrated to Adrahil's position is unknown. If he survived the initial assault, it seems likely that Adrahil would have joined with Eärnil in his counter-attack, seeing the ultimate defeat of the Wainriders at the Battle of the Camp.[1]
Genealogy
ADRAHIL I c. 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Imrazȏr 1950-2076 | Mithrellas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galador 2004-2129 | Gilmith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princes of Dol Amroth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium
In the chapter "Cirion and Eorl" of Unfinished Tales, Adrahil is referred to as "Adrahil of Dol Amroth". However, since Dol Amroth would not be named as such until after the drowning of Amroth in T.A. 1981 this must be an anachronistic error on the part of the chronicler.[2]
Notes