Valandil

Valandil was the third High King of Arnor.
Valandil was the youngest of Isildur's four sons, he was only a child at the time of the War of the Last Alliance, in which his grandfather, Elendil, was killed. Due to this, he remained in Rivendell when his father and brothers went into the south, and was thus the only one of Isildur's sons to survive the Disaster of the Gladden Fields. He received the Shards of Narsil as an heirloom of the Heirs of Isildur when he came of age.The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age Because the Elendilmir had been lost with his father, the Elven smiths of Rivendell created a copy for Valandil, which came to be known itself as the Elendilmir.
Although Valandil was by right High King of Arnor and Gondor, Valandil never made an attempt to assert suzerainty over his cousin Meneldil in Gondor and thus the two realms were sundered. Valandil continued to use the title High King of Arnor, possibly to assert his rights as head of the House of Elendil.
Valandil took up the Sceptre of Annúminas in TA 10The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, VII: "The Heirs of Elendil" and ruled Arnor for two-hundred and thirty-nine years, which was longer than any King in the north or south, and he lived for two-hundred and sixty years dying in TA 249.
He was succeeded by his son Eldacar.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iii): "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
==Etymology==
Valandil was a Quenya word that meant 'Valar-lover' or 'Friend of the Valar'.The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ቫላንዲል
Arabic 	فالاندويل
Armenian 	Վալանդիլ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Валанділ
Bengali 	ভালানদিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Валандил
Catalan 	Valàndil
Chinese (Hong Kong)	瓦蘭迪爾
Georgian 	ვალენდილი
Greek 	Βαλανδιλ
Gujarati 	વેલાન્ડિલ
Hebrew 	ואלאנדיל
Hindi 	वलन्दिल
Japanese 	ヴァランディル
Kannada 	ವಲಾಂಡಿಲ್
Kazakh 	Валандиль (Cyrillic) Valandïl (Latin)
Korean 	발란딜
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Валандил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Валандил
Marathi 	वलंडिल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Валандил
Nepalese 	वलन्दिल
Persian 	والاندیل
Punjabi 	ਵਲੰਦਿਲ
Russian 	Валандиль
Serbian 	Валандил (Cyrillic) Valandil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	වලන්දිල්
Tamil 	வாலண்டில்
Telugu 	వాలండిల్
Thai 	วาลันดิล
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Валанділа
Urdu 	والندال
Uzbek 	Валандил (Cyrillic) Valandil (Latin)
Yiddish 	וואַלאַנדיל
==References==
Category:Quenya names & words
Category:Dúnedain
Category:Dúnedain of the North
Category:Kings of Arnor
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
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