Arador

Arador was the fourteenth Chieftain of the Dúnedain and the father of Arathorn II.
==Biography==
Arador descended in direct line from Aranarth being born in TA 2820. He took the chieftainship in TA 2912 after his father Argonui died.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I. "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Northern Line: Heirs of Isildur", Chieftains, entry for Argonui, pg. 1038
During the time of his reign, the majority of the Dúnedain lived in the Angle of Eriador. Arador himself lived in a house by the Hoarwell in some woods north of the Trollshaws. During his reign, Trolls began to make dens in the mountains and hills of the Ettenmoors. A band of these trolls threatened Arador's house in the Angle.The Nature of Middle-earth, Part Three: "The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants: XVII: "Silvan Elves and Silvan Elvish", pg. 366 (note 12)
While not yet old by the account of the Dúnedain of the North, Arador was captured by Hill-trolls in the Coldfells north of Rivendell, and was slain by them.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: "The Númenórean Kings", "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen", pg. 1050 These trolls may have been the same ones that threatened his house. He was succeeded by his son, who led the Dúnedain of the North and the Rangers of the North as Arathorn II, and was in turn succeeded by his own son Aragorn II, the future King of Gondor and Arnor.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Northern Line: Heirs of Isildur", Chieftains, pg. 1038 (entry for Arathorn II)
==Etymology==
Arador is an un-glossed Sindarin name. It likely means "Noble-lord", being comprised of ar(a)- ("noble, royal, high") and -dor, a lenited form of tor ("king, lord")."Arador" on Eldamo.org
==In other versions==
In an early draft of Appendix A, Arador was originally called Arvoreg, though Christopher Tolkien had found the fourth and fifth letters to be uncertain.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, pg. 211
==In adaptations==
===Born of Hope===
Arador was played by Iain Marshall in the fan-made film Born of Hope.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኣራዶር
Arabic 	إرادور
Armenian 	Արադոր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Арадор
Bengali 	আরাদর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Арадор
Catalan 	Àrador
Georgian 	არადორი
Greek 	Αραδορ
Gujarati 	આરદોર
Hebrew 	אראדור
Hindi 	आरदोर
Kannada 	ಆರದೊರ್
Kazakh Cyrillic 	Арадор
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Арадор
Macedonian Cyrillic	Арадор
Marathi 	आरदोर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Арадор
Nepalese 	आरदोर
Pashto 	آرادور ?
Persian 	سارادور
Punjabi 	ਆਰਦੋਰ
Russian 	Арадор
Sanskrit 	आरदोर्
Serbian 	Арадор (Cyrillic) Arador (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ආරදොර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Арадор
Tamil 	ஆரதொர்
Telugu 	ఆరదొర
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Арадор
Urdu 	اراڈور
Uzbek 	Арадор (Cyrillic) Arador (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַראַדאָר
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