Eldarion

Eldarion (Quenya: IPA; "Scion of the Eldar") was the only son and heir of Elessar, the King of the Reunited Kingdom, and his Half-elven wife and queen Arwen Undómiel.

Biography

Eldarion was born in the first year of the Fourth Age. He did not inherit the choice of becoming an Elf, but had a long youth like one, having an appeareance of 20 years old until 60. Eldarion became the second King of the Reunited Kingdom after the death of his father Elessar in FO 120. At the time of his ascension to the throne, Eldarion was "full ripe and ready for kingship". It is known that Eldarion was given the tokens of kingship, the Crown of Gondor, etc.) by his father, who died soon after the crowning of his son. He was also recorded to have several sisters.

During Eldarion's reign, Findegil served as the royal scribe (or King's Writer). In FO 171, Findegil wrote The Thain's Book for the Thain of the Shire. This copy was the only one to include Bilbo Baggins' complete Translations from the Elvish, which Bilbo had composed while at Rivendell during his 'retirement' there.

It was foretold that he should rule a great realm, and that it should endure for a hundred generations of Men after him, that is until a new age brought in again new things; from him should come the kings of many realms in long days after.

Etymology

His name is Quenya. Paul Strack explains it means "Son of the Eldar", being a compound of Eldar and patronymic -ion. In Letter 338, J.R.R. Tolkien spelled this name Eldaron, this is probably a typographic error.

Lineage

Eldarion was descended from several royal Elven houses, including the Three High Kings of the Elves, and from the chieftains of the Edain. He was a grandson of Elrond and, through his grandmother Celebrían, a great-grandson of Galadriel. He was the great-grandson of Eärendil the Mariner on both sides of his family and in him the two genealogical lines of the Half-elven were reunited), through his Half-elven mother Arwen; he was also the nephew of the Half-elf lords Elladan and Elrohir. He was descended also from the great Kings of Númenor on his father's side. Tolkien mentioned the existence of descendants, about whom little is known save that their lifespans eventually dwindled to a normal human length.

Behind the scenes

J.R.R. Tolkien had vague plans for a sequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy called The New Shadow, a story set sometime during King Eldarion's reign. However, he abandoned it after about 13 pages. Therefore, it is debatable whether The New Shadow can be considered canon.

Trivia

He is portrayed by Sadwyn Brophy, son of Jed Brophy, who portrayed Sharku and Snaga in The Two Towers film and Nori in The Hobbit films.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዐልዳሪኦን ?
Arabic	الدرون
Armenian	Էլդարիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Эльдарыён (Eldarion) Эльдарыён Тэлкантар (Eldarion Telcontar)
Bengali	এল্দারিওন
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Елдарион
Catalan	Eldàrion
Chinese	艾達瑞安 (Eldarion) 艾達瑞安·泰爾康泰 (Eldarion Telcontar)
Georgian	ელდარიონი
Greek	Ελδαριον
Hebrew	אלדרין
Hindi	एल्दरिओन
Japanese	エルダリオン
Kannada	ಎಲ್ಡಾರಿಯನ್
Kazakh	Эльярион (Cyrillic) Élyarïon (Latin)
Korean	엘다리온
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Элдарион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елдарион
Marathi	एल्डरियन
Mongolian Cyrillic	Элдарион
Nepalese	एल्दरिओन
Persian	الداریون
Punjabi	ਐਲਡਰਿਅਨ
Russian	Эльдарион
Serbian	Елдариона (Cyrillic) Eldarion (Latin)
Sinhalese	එල්ඩියොන්
Tajik Cyrillic	Елдарион
Tamil	ஏல்தரிஒந்
Telugu	ఏల్దరిఒన
Thai	เอลดาริออน
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Елдаріон (Eldarion) Елдаріон Телконтар (Eldarion Telcontar)
Urdu	الدآرااون
Yiddish	עלדאַריאָן

King of all the Dúnedain King of the West High King of Gondor and Arnor King of the Reunited Kingdom
Preceded by Aragorn II Elessar	Eldarion	Succeeded by Unknown
FO 120 - ?

High Kings of Arnor & Kings of Arthedain
Arnor	Elendil • Isildur • Valandil • Eldacar • Arantar • Tarcil • Tarondor • Valandur • Elendur • Eärendur
Arthedain	Amlaith • Beleg • Mallor • Celepharn • Celebrindor • Malvegil • Argeleb I • Arveleg I • Araphor • Argeleb II • Arvegil • Arveleg II • Araval • Araphant • Arvedui
Reunited Kingdom	Aragorn II Elessar • Eldarion

Kings of Gondor