Mardil Voronwë

Mardil Voronwë was a noble Man of Gondor from the House of Húrin during the mid-Third Age, who held these offices:
#Steward to King Eärnil II (TA 2029 - TA 2043);
#Steward to King Eärnur (TA 2043 - TA 2050);
#First Ruling Steward of Gondor (TA 2050 - TA 2080).
== Biography ==
Mardil Voronwë was the son of the Vorondil, a great hunter of beasts.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter I: "Minas Tirith" By his time the position of Steward of Gondor was already hereditary and Mardil received the title of Steward on the death of his father in TA 2029. His Stewardship began during the last part of the reign of King Eärnil II and throughout the reign of Eärnur, Eärnil's son.
During Eärnur's reign as king, Mardil was charged with the difficult task of restraining the desire of Eärnur to fight the Witch-king of Angmar, the chief of the Ringwraiths, who accused Eärnur after the Battle of Fornost of being afraid to fight him.
The King of Minas Morgul (one of the titles of the Witch-king of Angmar) reminded Eärnur of this and challenged him at the start of his reign in TA 2043. Although an angry Eärnur wanted to fight the Morgul lord he was restrained with difficulty by Mardil. However, when the Witch-king issued another challenge with great insult seven years later in TA 2050, Mardil could not restrain Eärnur, who then rode to Minas Morgul and was never seen again.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter V: "The Window on the West"
Eärnur did not marry and thus had no children, so Mardil took it upon himself to rule Gondor. There was no one with a clear and unassailable claim to the throne, so the rule of the Stewards was a way of averting civil war. Because the fate of the King was unknown, Mardil made an oath to rule until "the King returns". This oath would be sworn by all of the Ruling Stewards. Mardil ruled Gondor with a steady hand and earned the nickname Voronwë, which means "the Steadfast" in Quenya.
During his rule, the Watchful Peace began when Sauron retreated from Dol Guldur in TA 2063 and went into hiding in the East. Upon Mardil's death in TA 2080 at the age of 120 years old, his son Eradan succeeded him as the second Ruling Steward of Gondor.
After Mardil's rule his successors stopped using High-elven names in their official names.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
==Etymology==
Mardil is Quenya, meaning 'Friend of the (Royal) House',The Complete Guide to Middle-earth and Voronwë is also Quenya in origin, meaning 'steadfast'.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I
== Portrayals in adaptations ==
*In The Lord of the Rings Online, Mardil appears in a flashback depicting the fate of King Eärnur.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ማርድል ቮሮንወ
Arabic 	مارديل فورووتشي
Belarusian Cyrillic	Мардиль Воронве
Bengali 	মার্ডিল ভোরনওয়ে
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Мардил Воронве
Catalan 	Màrdil Voronwë
Chinese (Hong Kong)	馬迪爾·佛龍威
Georgian 	მარდილო ვორნველი
Greek 	Μαρδιλ Βωρονβε
Gujarati 	માર્ડિલ વોરોનવે
Hebrew 	מארדיל בן האדם
Hindi 	मर्दिल वोरोनवे
Japanese 	マルディル・ヴォロンウェ
Kannada 	ಮರ್ಡಿಲ್ ವೊರೊನ್ವೆ
Kazakh 	Марділ Воронве (Cyrillic) Mardil Voronve (Latin)
Korean 	마르 딘 보론 웨
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мардил Воронвэ
Marathi 	मर्दिल वोरोनवे
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мардил Воронүё
Nepalese 	मार्डिल वोरोन्वे
Persian 	ماردیل وورونوه
Russian 	Мардил Верный
Sinhalese 	මාඩිල් වොරොන්වේ
Tajik Cyrillic 	Мардил Воронве
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Марділ Воронве
Urdu 	مآردال وورونوا ?
Yiddish 	מאַרדיל בֿאָראָנצע
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