Isildur

Character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The man who cut the Ring from Sauron's hand and then could not destroy it — his single moment of weakness echoes through three thousand years of history.

Also known as: Isildur, Isildur son of Elendil, Isildur Elendil's son

What They Know

• He cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand with the broken hilt of Narsil after his father fell
• He claimed the Ring as weregild and refused Elrond and Círdan's counsel to destroy it in Mount Doom
• He was killed by Orcs at the Gladden Fields when the Ring slipped from his finger and betrayed him
• His bloodline survived through his youngest son and eventually produced Aragorn

Connections

• child_of — elendil
• bore — one_ring
• enemy_of — sauron
• defied — elrond
• ancestor_of — aragorn

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