Eldacar of Gondor

This article is about the King of Gondor. For the fourth High King of Arnor, see Eldacar (King of Arnor).

Eldacar
Biographical information
Other names	Vinitharya
Titles	King of Gondor
Birth	TA 1255
Rule	TA 1432 (first time), -TA 1437 (5 Years) TA 1447 (restored)- TA 1447 (43 Years)
Death	TA 1490
Realms	Kingdom of Rhovanion, Gondor
Spouse	Unnamed wife
Age	235
Weapon	King's sword
Physical description
Race	Men
Gender	Male
Culture	Northmen, Men of Gondor

Eldacar, born Vinitharya, was the twenty-first King of Gondor, son of Valacar and the northwoman Vidumavi, born during the time his father was acting as ambassador to the "King" of Rhovanion.

Biography

Eldacar was born as Vinitharya in the Kingdom of Rhovanion, whose mightiest prince was his maternal grandfather Vidugavia. In TA 1260, he was brought to Gondor by his father on orders of his paternal grandfather, the Regent Minalcar. His reign saw rebellion escalate into full scale civil war, for the nobility of Gondor were not prepared to accept a king with only half Dúnedain heritage. After ascending the throne in TA 1432 the civil war of the Kin-strife broke out. Eldacar reigned for five years until he was besieged in Osgiliath, being forced to flee into exile in Rhovanion by his far relative Castamir the Usurper, who reigned for ten bloody years, beginning with the execution of Eldacar's eldest son, Ornendil. While in exile, Eldacar slowly gathered support from the Northmen and the Dúnedain from the northern parts of Gondor. Castamir's tyrannical rule turned the people of the inland provinces against him and Eldacar saw his chance.

In TA 1447, he marched south with an army from the Rhovanion and was joined by many from the cities and northern provinces of Gondor. The armies of Eldacar and Castamir clashed at the exceptionally bloody Battle of the Crossings of Erui, where many of the high nobility of Gondor perished, but Eldacar was victorious, personally killing Castamir. Eldacar then besieged Pelargir where Castamir's sons put up the last resistance. Eldacar had no ships at his disposal (for Castamir was the Lord of Ships of Gondor) and Castamir's sons finally fled by sea to Umbar, allying with Haradrim to make war on Gondor.

Eldacar reigned until TA 1490 and was succeeded by his second son Aldamir.

Etymology

Eldacar is a Quenya word meaning 'Elf-head'.^{[citation needed]}

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	አልዳካር
Arabic	إلداكار
Armenian	Էլդակար
Assamese	এলডাকাৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елдакар
Bengali	এলডাকের
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Елдакар
Cambodian	អែលដាកា
Chinese	艾爾達卡
Georgian	ელდაქარი
Greek	Έλντακαρ
Gujarati	એલ્ડાકાર
Hebrew	אלדאקאר
Japanese	エルダカール
Kannada	ಎಲ್ಡಕರ್
Kazakh	Эльдкар (Cyrillic) Él’dkar (Latin)
Konkani	एल्डाकार
Korean	엘다카르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Элдакар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елдакар
Malayalam	എൽഡക്കാർ
Marathi	एल्डाकार
Mongolian Cyrillic	Элдакар
Nepalese	एल्डरकर
Persian	الداکار
Punjabi	ਅਲਾਕਾਰ
Russian	Эльдакар
Sanskrit	एल्दकर्
Serbian	Елдакар (Cyrillic) Eldakar (Latin)
Sindhi	ايلڊڪر
Sinhalese	එල්ඩාකාර්
Tajik Cyrillic	Элдаркар
Tamil	இடக்கார்
Tatar	Элдакар
Telugu	ఎల్దాకార్
Thai	เอลดารกะร
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Елдакар (Eldacar) Вінітарія (Vinitharya)
Urdu	الدکر
Uzbek	Элдакар (Cyrillic) Eldakar (Latin)
Yiddish	אלדקאַר

King of Gondor
Preceded by Valacar Castamir the Usurper	Eldacar of Gondor	Succeeded by Castamir the Usurper Aldamir
TA 1432 - TA 1437 (first time) TA 1447 - TA 1490 (restored)