https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Disaster_of_the_Gladden_Fields&feed=atom&action=historyThe Disaster of the Gladden Fields - Revision history2024-03-28T19:46:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Disaster_of_the_Gladden_Fields&diff=387313&oldid=prevÉowyn: Link to Lord of the Rings (which redirects to Lord of the Ring (title)) which should have been to The Lord of the Rings2024-03-10T21:06:37Z<p>Link to <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_Rings" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord of the Rings">Lord of the Rings</a> (which redirects to <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_Ring_(title)" title="Lord of the Ring (title)">Lord of the Ring (title)</a>) which should have been to <a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Disaster of the Gladden Fields''' is a chapter in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', a posthumously published work of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] edited and published by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. According to Christopher Tolkien, this is a 'late' narrative of the [[J.R.R. Tolkien| Professor]] written after the publication of [[Lord of the Rings]] and in the same time frame of narratives such as [[Cirion and Eorl]], [[Battles of the Fords of Isen]], [[the Drúedain]], and the philological essays cited in [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Disaster of the Gladden Fields''' is a chapter in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', a posthumously published work of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] edited and published by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. According to Christopher Tolkien, this is a 'late' narrative of the [[J.R.R. Tolkien| Professor]] written after the publication of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>Lord of the Rings]] and in the same time frame of narratives such as [[Cirion and Eorl]], [[Battles of the Fords of Isen]], [[the Drúedain]], and the philological essays cited in [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in {{TA|2}} up to the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration, titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death'', gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in {{TA|2}} up to the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration, titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death'', gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td></tr>
</table>Éowynhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Disaster_of_the_Gladden_Fields&diff=331001&oldid=prevAncalagon the Black: /* The sources of the legend of Isildur's death */ oof2021-05-02T18:21:34Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The sources of the legend of Isildur's death: </span> oof</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was revealed at the [[Council of Elrond]] that the Ring was found, sunk near the edge of Gladden <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dields </del>close to the western banks, and that no trace of Isildur's body was found. It was also known at that point that [[Saruman]] had been secretly searching that region.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was revealed at the [[Council of Elrond]] that the Ring was found, sunk near the edge of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Gladden <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Fields </ins>close to the western banks, and that no trace of Isildur's body was found. It was also known at that point that [[Saruman]] had been secretly searching that region.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Aragorn II ascended to the throne, one of the first tasks he took up was to restore the [[Palantíri|palantír]] recovered from Saruman at [[Orthanc]]. When Orthanc was searched for its secrets, hoards of treasure were discovered. Elendilmir and a gold case attached to a fine chain was found among them, kept in a hidden strong steel closet. Elendilmir (a white star of Elvish crystal set upon ''[[mithril]]'' fillet) descended from [[Silmariën]] to Elendil, was the sign of royalty of the North Kingdom taken by Elendil. Elven smiths of Rivendell had made a copy of Elendilmir for Valandil and was borne by every King and Chieftian of North including Elessar, but it could not match the potency and ancestry of Elendilmir of the West. Aragorn never imperiled Elendilmir once it was recovered. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Aragorn II ascended to the throne, one of the first tasks he took up was to restore the [[Palantíri|palantír]] recovered from Saruman at [[Orthanc]]. When Orthanc was searched for its secrets, hoards of treasure were discovered. Elendilmir and a gold case attached to a fine chain was found among them, kept in a hidden strong steel closet. Elendilmir (a white star of Elvish crystal set upon ''[[mithril]]'' fillet) descended from [[Silmariën]] to Elendil, was the sign of royalty of the North Kingdom taken by Elendil. Elven smiths of Rivendell had made a copy of Elendilmir for Valandil and was borne by every King and Chieftian of North including Elessar, but it could not match the potency and ancestry of Elendilmir of the West. Aragorn never imperiled Elendilmir once it was recovered. </div></td></tr>
</table>Ancalagon the Blackhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Disaster_of_the_Gladden_Fields&diff=331000&oldid=prevAncalagon the Black: /* The Disaster */ removed redlink2021-05-02T18:15:01Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The Disaster: </span> removed redlink</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The story begins with Isildur taking up Elendilmir and declaring his sovereignty over Arnor and Gondor. He had spent a year in Gondor after the [[War of the Last Alliance]] to restore its order and define its bounds. Hence, he was eager to see his wife and his youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] who were at [[Rivendell]] in Elrond's care. He also had a need for a counsel with [[Elrond]]. [[Meneldil]], Isildur's nephew, bade him farewell at the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>East Gate of the Bridge<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>and Isildur and his company of two hundred war-hardened [[Dúnedain]] along with his three elder sons [[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Elendur]], [[Aratan]], and [[Ciryon]] made their march to Rivendell through the east side of [[Anduin]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The story begins with Isildur taking up Elendilmir and declaring his sovereignty over Arnor and Gondor. He had spent a year in Gondor after the [[War of the Last Alliance]] to restore its order and define its bounds. Hence, he was eager to see his wife and his youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] who were at [[Rivendell]] in Elrond's care. He also had a need for a counsel with [[Elrond]]. [[Meneldil]], Isildur's nephew, bade him farewell at the East Gate of the Bridge and Isildur and his company of two hundred war-hardened [[Dúnedain]] along with his three elder sons [[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Elendur]], [[Aratan]], and [[Ciryon]] made their march to Rivendell through the east side of [[Anduin]]. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Ancalagon the Blackhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Disaster_of_the_Gladden_Fields&diff=330999&oldid=prevAncalagon the Black: cleanup2021-05-02T18:14:48Z<p>cleanup</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Disaster of the Gladden Fields''' is a chapter in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', a posthumously published work of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] edited and published by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. According to Christopher Tolkien, this is a 'late' narrative of the [[J.R.R. Tolkien| Professor]] written after the publication of [[Lord of the Rings]] and in the same time frame of narratives such as [[Cirion and Eorl]], [[Battles of the Fords of Isen]], [[the Drúedain]] and the philological essays cited in [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Disaster of the Gladden Fields''' is a chapter in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', a posthumously published work of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] edited and published by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. According to Christopher Tolkien, this is a 'late' narrative of the [[J.R.R. Tolkien| Professor]] written after the publication of [[Lord of the Rings]] and in the same time frame of narratives such as [[Cirion and Eorl]], [[Battles of the Fords of Isen]], [[the Drúedain]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and the philological essays cited in [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in {{TA|2}} <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">upto </del>the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death'' gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in {{TA|2}} <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up to </ins>the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==The Disaster==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==The Disaster==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The story begins with Isildur taking up Elendilmir and declaring his sovereignty over Arnor and Gondor. He had spent a year in Gondor after the [[War of the Last Alliance]] to restore its order and define its bounds. Hence, he was eager to see his wife and his youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] who were at [[Rivendell]] in Elrond's care. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Besides he </del>also had a need for a counsel with [[Elrond]]. [[Meneldil]], Isildur's nephew bade him farewell at [[East Gate of the Bridge]] and Isildur and his company of two hundred war-hardened [[Dúnedain]] along with his three elder sons [[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Elendur]], [[Aratan]] and [[Ciryon]] made their march to Rivendell through the east side of [[Anduin]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The story begins with Isildur taking up Elendilmir and declaring his sovereignty over Arnor and Gondor. He had spent a year in Gondor after the [[War of the Last Alliance]] to restore its order and define its bounds. Hence, he was eager to see his wife and his youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] who were at [[Rivendell]] in Elrond's care. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He </ins>also had a need for a counsel with [[Elrond]]. [[Meneldil]], Isildur's nephew<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>bade him farewell at <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>[[East Gate of the Bridge]] and Isildur and his company of two hundred war-hardened [[Dúnedain]] along with his three elder sons [[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Elendur]], [[Aratan]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and [[Ciryon]] made their march to Rivendell through the east side of [[Anduin]]. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were attacked by a host of [[orcs]] on the thirtieth day of their journey, when they were four days march from [[Thranduil]]'s realm at the northern borders of [[Gladden Fields]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Before the first attack began, Isildur ordered his esquire [[Ohtar]] to take the shards of [[Narsil]] and flee along with one other man to Rivendell. Isildur and his men successfully broke the first onslaught, and it seemed to the defenders that their enemy withdrew to forest. Isildur ordered his men to march forward but even before they had gone a mile the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Orcs<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>moved again and gradually surrounded them in a ring still staying out of range of the dreaded steel bows of [[Númenor]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were attacked by a host of [[orcs]] on the thirtieth day of their journey, when they were <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>four days<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' </ins>march from [[Thranduil]]'s realm at the northern borders of [[Gladden Fields]]. Before the first attack began, Isildur ordered his esquire [[Ohtar]] to take the shards of [[Narsil]] and flee along with one other man to Rivendell. Isildur and his men successfully broke the first onslaught, and it seemed to the defenders that their enemy withdrew to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>forest. Isildur ordered his men to march forward but even before they had gone a mile the Orcs moved again and gradually surrounded them in a ring<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, although </ins>still staying out of range of the dreaded steel bows of [[Númenor]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elendur who was in his fathers's counsel asked Isildur whether he could use [[the One Ring]] against their enemy. But Isildur whose pride had fallen, dreaded the pain of touching the Ring and wished to give the ring to the Keepers of the Three. Even as they were taking counsel, the second onslaught began with a blast of horn. Ciryon was slain and Aratan was mortally wounded when he attempted to rescue his brother. When defeat was imminent Elendur returned to Isildur and as his last counselor ordered his father to flee from the battle with the Ring and to take it to the Keepers. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elendur<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>who was in his fathers's counsel<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>asked Isildur whether he could use [[the One Ring]] against their enemy. But Isildur<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>whose pride had fallen, dreaded the pain of touching the Ring and wished to give the ring to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Keepers of the Three <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rings|Keepers of the Three]]</ins>. Even as they were taking counsel, the second onslaught began with a blast of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>horn. Ciryon was slain and Aratan was mortally wounded when he attempted to rescue his brother. When defeat was imminent<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>Elendur returned to Isildur<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and as his last counselor<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>ordered his father to flee from the battle with the Ring and to take it to the Keepers. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Isildur put on the Ring with a great cry of pain, but Elendilmir of the West blazed forth. Hence Isildur had to pull a hood over his head to vanish. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">But </del>Elendur, who was most like his grandsire [[Elendil]] perished in the battle. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Isildur put on the Ring with a great cry of pain, but Elendilmir of the West blazed forth. Hence Isildur had to pull a hood over his head to vanish. Elendur, who was most like his grandsire [[Elendil]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>perished in the battle.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Isildur ran great distance and reached the banks of the Great River, where he shed all his armor <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but </del>with just a single short sword in his belt plunged into the river. Even as he swam, the current swept him towards the tangles of the Gladden <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fields </del>where the Ring betrayed him. Sudden despair came to him and he would have drowned himself, but the mood passed him as if a great burden had been taken away. He got out of the water, but was shot through the heart and throat with poison arrows by the lurking orc archers on the west bank. He fell back to the water without a single cry, with Elendilmir still on his brow. His body was never found by men or elves.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Isildur ran <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>great distance and reached the banks of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Anduin|</ins>Great River<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, where he shed all his armor<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and </ins>with just a single short sword in his belt plunged into the river. Even as he swam, the current swept him towards the tangles of the Gladden <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Fields </ins>where the Ring betrayed him. Sudden despair came to him and he would have drowned himself, but the mood passed him as if a great burden had been taken away. He got out of the water, but was shot through the heart and throat with poison arrows by the lurking orc archers on the west bank. He fell back to the water without a single cry, with Elendilmir still on his brow. His body was never found by men or elves.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more details on the battle see ''[[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]]. ''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more details on the battle see ''[[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]]. ''</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tolkien also explores the possibility of how the above events became known to the historians of Gondor, since everyone was killed.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tolkien also explores the possibility of how the above events became known to the historians of Gondor, since everyone was killed.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were three eye witnesses to this legend. Ohtar who delivered the shards of Narsil and his companion were two of them. The third was Elendur's esquire [[Estelmo]], who had heard the counsel taken between the father and the son at Isildur's parting. Estelmo was found alive under Elendur's body <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and all </del>the others in Isildur's company were lost in the battle. The [[Woodmen]] were able to come and disturb the orcs before they could mutilate the bodies of the dead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There were three eye witnesses to this legend. Ohtar<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>who delivered the shards of Narsil<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and his companion were two of them. The third was Elendur's esquire [[Estelmo]], who had heard the counsel taken between the father and the son at Isildur's parting. Estelmo was found alive under Elendur's body<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. All </ins>the others in Isildur's company were lost in the battle. The [[Woodmen]] were able to come and disturb the orcs before they could mutilate the bodies of the dead.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The legend of Isildur's death was formed only during the reign of [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] in the beginning of the [[Fourth Age]]. The surmises such as Isildur had the Ring and had fled towards the river, his armor and great sword were found at the banks not far from Gladden <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fields </del>and that there were orc archers on the west bank to intercept the escapees who fled the battle to the river was known. The fourth surmise surrounding the legend is that Isildur and the Ring had to be lost in the River together or separately. If Isildur still had the Ring when he reached the west bank, he could have easily eluded the orc archers and traveled to [[Moria]] or [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] with the supply of way bread and cordial which every Dúnedain carried in a sealed wallet in his belt. The belt and the wallet were not among the discarded gear found on the east bank.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The legend of Isildur's death was formed only during the reign of [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] in the beginning of the [[Fourth Age]]. The surmises such as Isildur had the Ring and had fled towards the river, his armor and great sword were found at the banks not far from Gladden <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Fields </ins>and that there were orc archers on the west bank to intercept the escapees who fled the battle to the river was known. The fourth surmise surrounding the legend is that Isildur and the Ring had to be lost in the River together or separately. If Isildur still had the Ring when he reached the west bank, he could have easily eluded the orc archers and traveled to [[Moria]] or [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] with the supply of way bread and cordial which every Dúnedain carried in a sealed wallet in his belt. The belt and the wallet were not among the discarded gear found on the east bank.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was revealed at the [[Council of Elrond]] that the Ring was found, sunk near the edge of Gladden <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fields </del>close to the western banks and that no trace of Isildur's body was found. It was also known at that point that [[Saruman]] had been secretly searching that region.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was revealed at the [[Council of Elrond]] that the Ring was found, sunk near the edge of Gladden <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dields </ins>close to the western banks<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and that no trace of Isildur's body was found. It was also known at that point that [[Saruman]] had been secretly searching that region.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Aragorn II ascended to the throne, one of the first tasks he took up was to restore the [[Palantíri|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">palantir</del>]] recovered from <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Saruman<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>at [[Orthanc]]. When Orthanc was searched for its secrets, hoards of treasure were discovered. Elendilmir and a gold case attached to a fine chain was found among them kept in a hidden strong steel closet. Elendilmir (a white star of Elvish crystal set upon ''[[mithril]]'' fillet) descended from [[Silmariën]] to Elendil, was the sign of royalty of North Kingdom taken by Elendil. Elven smiths of Rivendell had made a copy of Elendilmir for Valandil and was borne by every King and Chieftian of North including Elessar<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. But </del>it could not match the potency and ancestry of Elendilmir of the West. Aragorn never imperiled Elendilmir once it was recovered. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Aragorn II ascended to the throne, one of the first tasks he took up was to restore the [[Palantíri|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">palantír</ins>]] recovered from Saruman at [[Orthanc]]. When Orthanc was searched for its secrets, hoards of treasure were discovered. Elendilmir and a gold case attached to a fine chain was found among them<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>kept in a hidden strong steel closet. Elendilmir (a white star of Elvish crystal set upon ''[[mithril]]'' fillet) descended from [[Silmariën]] to Elendil, was the sign of royalty of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>North Kingdom taken by Elendil. Elven smiths of Rivendell had made a copy of Elendilmir for Valandil and was borne by every King and Chieftian of North including Elessar<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, but </ins>it could not match the potency and ancestry of Elendilmir of the West. Aragorn never imperiled Elendilmir once it was recovered. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more details on the battle see ''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Battle </del>of the Gladden Fields]]. ''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more details on the battle see ''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disaster </ins>of the Gladden Fields]]. ''</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Aragorn II ascended to the throne, one of the first tasks he took up was to restore the [[Palantíri|palantir]] recovered from [[Saruman]] at [[Orthanc]]. When Orthanc was searched for its secrets, hoards of treasure were discovered. Elendilmir and a gold case attached to a fine chain was found among them kept in a hidden strong steel closet. Elendilmir (a white star of Elvish crystal set upon [[mithril]] fillet) descended from [[Silmariën]] to Elendil, was the sign of royalty of North Kingdom taken by Elendil. Elven smiths of Rivendell had made a copy of Elendilmir for Valandil and was borne by every King and Chieftian of North including Elessar. But it could not match the potency and ancestry of Elendilmir of the West. Aragorn never imperiled Elendilmir once it was recovered. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When Aragorn II ascended to the throne, one of the first tasks he took up was to restore the [[Palantíri|palantir]] recovered from [[Saruman]] at [[Orthanc]]. When Orthanc was searched for its secrets, hoards of treasure were discovered. Elendilmir and a gold case attached to a fine chain was found among them kept in a hidden strong steel closet. Elendilmir (a white star of Elvish crystal set upon <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>[[mithril]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </ins>fillet) descended from [[Silmariën]] to Elendil, was the sign of royalty of North Kingdom taken by Elendil. Elven smiths of Rivendell had made a copy of Elendilmir for Valandil and was borne by every King and Chieftian of North including Elessar. But it could not match the potency and ancestry of Elendilmir of the West. Aragorn never imperiled Elendilmir once it was recovered. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Third Age</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">T.A.]] </del>2 upto the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death'' gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{TA</ins>|2<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}} </ins>upto the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death'' gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elendur who was in his fathers's counsel asked Isildur whether he could use <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>[[One Ring]] against their enemy. But Isildur whose pride had fallen, dreaded the pain of touching the Ring and wished to give the ring to the Keepers of the Three. Even as they were taking counsel, the second onslaught began with a blast of horn. Ciryon was slain and Aratan was mortally wounded when he attempted to rescue his brother. When defeat was imminent Elendur returned to Isildur and as his last counselor ordered his father to flee from the battle with the Ring and to take it to the Keepers. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elendur who was in his fathers's counsel asked Isildur whether he could use [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>One Ring]] against their enemy. But Isildur whose pride had fallen, dreaded the pain of touching the Ring and wished to give the ring to the Keepers of the Three. Even as they were taking counsel, the second onslaught began with a blast of horn. Ciryon was slain and Aratan was mortally wounded when he attempted to rescue his brother. When defeat was imminent Elendur returned to Isildur and as his last counselor ordered his father to flee from the battle with the Ring and to take it to the Keepers. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Disaster of the Gladden Fields''' is a chapter in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', a posthumously published work of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] edited and published by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. According to Christopher Tolkien, this is a 'late' narrative of the [[J.R.R. Tolkien| Professor]] written after the publication of [[Lord of the Rings]] and in the same time frame of narratives such as [[Cirion and Eorl]], [[Battles of the Fords of Isen]], [[the Drúedain]] and the philological essays cited in [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Disaster of the Gladden Fields''' is a chapter in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', a posthumously published work of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] edited and published by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. According to Christopher Tolkien, this is a 'late' narrative of the [[J.R.R. Tolkien| Professor]] written after the publication of [[Lord of the Rings]] and in the same time frame of narratives such as [[Cirion and Eorl]], [[Battles of the Fords of Isen]], [[the Drúedain]] and the philological essays cited in [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in [[Third Age|T.A.]] 2 upto the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death'' gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This work is divided into two parts. The first part narrates the events that took place in [[Third Age|T.A.]] 2 upto the slaying of [[Isildur]] as a legend. The second part of the narration titled ''The sources of the legend of Isildur's death'' gives an account of the origin of the legend as surmises surrounding Isildur's death such as finding of [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]] after [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aragorn|</ins>Aragorn II]] came to the crown of the [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The legend of Isildur's death was formed only during the reign of [[Aragorn II]] in the beginning of the [[Fourth Age]]. The surmises such as Isildur had the Ring and had fled towards the river, his armor and great sword were found at the banks not far from Gladden fields and that there were orc archers on the west bank to intercept the escapees who fled the battle to the river was known. The fourth surmise surrounding the legend is that Isildur and the Ring had to be lost in the River together or separately. If Isildur still had the Ring when he reached the west bank, he could have easily eluded the orc archers and traveled to [[Moria]] or [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] with the supply of way bread and cordial which every Dúnedain carried in a sealed wallet in his belt. The belt and the wallet were not among the discarded gear found on the east bank.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The legend of Isildur's death was formed only during the reign of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aragorn|</ins>Aragorn II]] in the beginning of the [[Fourth Age]]. The surmises such as Isildur had the Ring and had fled towards the river, his armor and great sword were found at the banks not far from Gladden fields and that there were orc archers on the west bank to intercept the escapees who fled the battle to the river was known. The fourth surmise surrounding the legend is that Isildur and the Ring had to be lost in the River together or separately. If Isildur still had the Ring when he reached the west bank, he could have easily eluded the orc archers and traveled to [[Moria]] or [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] with the supply of way bread and cordial which every Dúnedain carried in a sealed wallet in his belt. The belt and the wallet were not among the discarded gear found on the east bank.</div></td></tr>
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