Aratan

Aratan was the second son of Isildur.

Biography

Aratan did not take part in the invasion of Mordor or the Siege of Barad-dûr. Instead, his father sent he and his brother Ciryon to Minas Ithil with a force in case Sauron should break or escape the siege through Cirith Dúath, and assail the Dúnedain before he was yet defeated.^[3] He like his brothers Elendur and Ciryon, were slain at the Gladden Fields.^[4]^[2]^[5]

Etymology

The name Aratan is a Quenya word that translates into the Common Speech as "Royal Man". The second element in the name, atan, is the root of Atani, the ancient Quenya word referring to mankind.

Portrayals in adaptations

In The Lord of the Rings Online the three elder sons of Isildur appear during an extended flashback set during the Siege of Barad-dûr in the year S.A. 3440. However, because the game's license does cover the works in which they are named, they are referred to only by their war-time aliases, meant to hide their kinship with the King. Aratan uses the name "Ornaher" as his alias.

Earlier versions of the legendarium

The forerunning name for the character Aratan was Eärnur.^[6]

House of Isildur

Elendil

Isildur

Anarion

Elendur

Aratan

Ciryon

Valandil

House of
Anárion

Eldacar

Arantar

Tarcil

Tarondor

Valandur

Elendur

Eärendur

Amlaith

Son

Son

Beleg

Mallor

Celepharn

Celebrindor

Malvegil

Argeleb I

Arveleg I

Araphor

Argeleb II

Arvegil

Arveleg II

Araval

Ondoher
of Gondor

Araphant

Arvedui

Fíriel

Aranarth

Arahael

Aranuir

Aravir

Aragorn I

Araglas

Arahad I

Aragost

Aravorn

Arahad II

Arassuil

Arathorn I

Argonui

Arador

Arathorn II

Gilraen

Aragorn II

Arwen Evenstar

Eldarion

Daughters

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	አራታን
Arabic	أراتان
Armenian	Արատան
Assamese	আৰতন
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аратан
Bengali	আরতন
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Аратан
Cambodian	អារ៉ាតាន់
Chinese (Hong Kong)	亞爾坦
Dari	آراتان
Georgian	არატანი
Greek	Αρατάν
Gujarati	અરાતન
Hebrew	אראטאן
Hindi	अरातन
Japanese	アラタン
Kannada	ಅರತನ್
Kazakh	Аратан (Cyrillic) Aratan (Latin)
Korean	아라탄
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Аратан
Macedonian Cyrillic	Аратан
Marathi	अरतन
Mongolian Cyrillic	Аратан
Nepalese	अरातान
Odia	ଆରତାନ୍
Persian	آراتان
Punjabi	ਅਰਾਤਨ
Russian	Аратан
Serbian	Аратан (Cyrillic) Aratan (Latin)
Sinhalese	අරටන්
Tajik Cyrillic	Аратан
Tamil	அரட்டன்
Tatar	Аратан
Telugu	అరాతన్
Thai	อาราทัน
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Аратан
Urdu	اراتان
Uzbek	Аратан (Cyrillic) Aratan (Latin)
Yiddish	אַראַטאַן

References

↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VII: "The Heirs of Elendil"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", Notes
↑ 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"
↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Index

[1] The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VII: "The Heirs of Elendil"

[Appendix-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"

[3] Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", Notes

[4] The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

[5] Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"

[6] The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Index

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