Arvedui

Arvedui was the fifteenth and last King of Arthedain.
== Biography ==
Arvedui was the son of King Araphant, and came to the throne in TA 1964 at the death of his father. Arvedui married Fíriel, daughter of King Ondoher of Gondor, who was killed in TA 1944. At Ondoher's death, Arvedui sent messages to Gondor claiming the throne as a direct descendant of Isildur, but he was refused: the Men of Gondor appointed the general Eärnil (a descendant of Anárion) as King instead. Arvedui became King of Arthedain twenty years after, and in TA 1974 Angmar attacked again and captured Fornost. Gondor sent help in the form of a great fleet, but it came too late: Arthedain was destroyed, and Arvedui fled north to the Blue Mountains.
After several months spent hiding in old Dwarf mines, Arvedui was driven by hunger to the Icebay of Forochel. Círdan of Lindon sent a ship north to rescue him, and, against the advice of the Snowmen of Forochel, Arvedui boarded it and was drowned in a storm. Two of the Northern palantíri were lost in the shipwreck, but the Ring of Barahir was spared as Arvedui had loaned it to the Lossoth in gratitude for their aid.
The army from Gondor under Eärnur managed to destroy Angmar with help of Círdan, but Arthedain and all of Arnor were no more, and the kingship had ended. Arvedui died in TA 1975 after ruling for ten years and his son Aranarth became the first of the Chieftains of the Dúnedain.
Thus the prophecy became the truth, for Arvedui was indeed the last King of Arnor, and likewise the line of the Kings of Gondor also ended with Earnil's son Eärnur. The realms were not reunited until over a thousand years later, when Aragorn II became King Elessar. Arvedui's claim was never forgotten by his descendants, though it would be centuries before Aragorn invoked the claim.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), The Third Age
== Etymology ==
Arvedui means "Last King", from the Sindarin words ar(a) ("king, high, noble") and vedui as a mutated (lenited) form of medui ("last").Parma Eldalamberon 17, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien He was named so because of a prophesy by Malbeth the Seer.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, IX: "The Making of Appendix A"
==In adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, in his last moments, Arvedui despaired and cursed himself for his pride in ignoring the warning of the Lossoth. Because of this, his shade remained lingering at the wreck of the ship Thoroval in the ice near the western coast of the Icebay. During the War of the Ring, the shade of Arvedui is discovered by the player in search for the artifact carried by one of the Elves aboard the vessel. At Arvedui's request, the player recovers a book of heraldry that had been left in the Dwarf-mines the Last King had hidden in, and delivers the book to the Ranger Lothrandir. Elrond urges the player to look for a way to help Arvedui to move on, and together with Arvedui's help, Lothrandir and the player uncover and stop a plan of Angmarim in Forochel. In the process, Arvedui learns that an heir of his line still lives and is working towards reclaiming the throne of Gondor and reuniting the two Kingdoms. This knowledge brings Arvedui peace and he feels that he will be able to finally depart Middle-earth upon Aragorn's coronation.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓርቨዱኢ
Arabic 	أرفيدوي
Armenian 	Արվեդուի
Belarusian Cyrillic 	Арведуі
Bengali 	আরভেদই
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Арведуи
Catalan 	Àrvedui
Chinese (Simplified)	亞帆都
Georgian 	არვედუი
Greek 	Αρβεντούι
Gujarati 	આર્વેદુઇ
Hebrew 	ארוודואי
Hindi 	आर्वेदुइ
Japanese 	アルヴェドゥイ
Kannada 	ಅರ್ವೆಡುಯಿ
Kazakh 	Арведұі (Cyrillic) Arvedui (Latin)
Korean 	아르베두이
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Арвэдуи
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Арведуи
Marathi 	आर्वेदुइ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Арведуи
Nepalese 	आर्वेदुइ
Pashto 	آروېدوی ?
Persian 	آرودوئی ?
Punjabi 	ਅਰਵੇਦੁਈ
Russian 	Арведуи
Sanskrit 	आर्वेदुइ
Serbian 	Арведуи (Cyrillic) Arvedui (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ආර්වෙදුඉ
Tajik Cyrillic 	Арведуи
Tamil 	ஆர்வெதுஇ
Telugu 	ఆర్వెదుఇ
Thai 	อาร์เวดุย
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Арведуі
Urdu 	اروےدوی
Uzbek 	Арведуи (Cyrillic) Arvedui (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַרוועדוי
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