Aranarth

Aranarth was the first of the Chieftains of the Dúnedain, and would have been King of Arnor at the death of his father Arvedui, the last King of Arthedain, had the North Kingdom not fallen. He also was chieftain for longer than any would be after him, ruling for 131 years.
== Biography ==
Aranarth was born in TA 1938 to Arvedui and Fíriel. In his youth, the Witch-king of Angmar was at the height of his power and destroyed the Northern Kingdom, overrunning its capital city Fornost. Most of the surviving people, including Aranarth, fled to Lindon, but King Arvedui went north to the Icebay of Forochel. Aranarth urged Círdan to send ships to rescue Arvedui, but this ship never returned. It was later learned that the ship had sunk with Arvedui on board as well as the palantíri of the north.
By right, this made Aranarth now King of Arnor, but since the kingdom was lost he decided not to claim the title. Aranarth rode with the army of Gondor under Eärnur and saw the destruction of Angmar. Aranarth's people became known as the Rangers of the North and he was the first of their Chieftains who dwelt in the wilds of Eriador. In time, their origins were generally forgotten by the remaining people of Eriador.
While the Rangers defended Arnor from the remnants of Angmar's evil, the Wizard Gandalf went to Dol Guldur, and drove out Sauron the Necromancer. Thus began the period known as the Watchful Peace, a time where attacks by the enemy were few and far between. Aranarth's son Arahael was born in Rivendell, and was given a name with the prefix of Ar(a)-, which means King, to signify that by right he would be King of Arnor.
Arahael succeeded his father at his death in TA 2106. Aranarth may have had other children apart from Arahael, considering Dírhael was known to be a descendant of his.
== In adaptations ==
A Dúnedain statue fashioned in the likeness of Aranarth appears in the video game The Lord of the Rings Online. It can be found in the region of Bree-land, south of Staddle.
== Etymology ==
In Sindarin, Aranarth means "Noble King", from aran ("king") and arth ("noble, exalted").Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓራናርጥ
Arabic 	آرانآرت
Assamese 	অৰণৰ্থ
Armenian 	Արանարտհ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аранарт
Bengali 	অরণার্থ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Аранарт
Catalan 	Àranarth
Chinese 	亚拉那斯
Georgian 	არანართი
Greek 	Αραναρθ
Gujarati 	અરણાર્થ
Hebrew 	אראנארת
Hindi 	आरनर्थ
Japanese 	アルナルス
Kannada 	ಅರಣತ್
Kazakh 	Аранарт (Cyrillic) Aranart (Latin)
Konkani 	अरनार्थ
Korean 	아라 난 스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Аранарт
Macedonian Cyrillic	Аранарт
Malayalam 	അരനാർത്ത്
Marathi 	अनारथ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Аранарт
Nepalese 	आरनर्थ
Persian 	آران‌آرت
Punjabi 	ਅਰਨਾਰਥ
Russian 	Аранарт
Sanskrit 	अरनार्थ
Serbian 	Аранарт (Cyrillic) Aranart (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අරනාර්ත්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Аранарт
Tamil 	அரனார்த்
Telugu 	అరనార్త్
Thai 	าระนะรท
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Аранарт
Urdu 	ارانارٹہ
Uzbek 	Аранарт (Cyrillic) Aranart (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַראַנאַרטה
== References ==
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