Anárion

Anárion was the youngest son of Elendil, the High King of Arnor and Gondor. He and his brother Isildur jointly ruled Gondor, while their father dwelt in the North. Following his father's death during the Siege of Barad-dûr, and Isildur's death at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, the kingship of Gondor was committed to the line of Anárion beginning with his son, Meneldil.
==Biography==
===Origin===
Anárion was born in the year 3219 of the Second Age in Númenor. He and Isildur lived at the haven of Rómenna on the east coast of the island of Númenor. Their father was Elendil son of Amandil, the Lord of Andúnië.
In SA 3262, Ar-Pharazôn took Sauron captive and brought him to Númenor. Sauron allowed himself to be taken because he wanted to corrupt the Númenóreans. He used their desire for power to convince them to renounce Eru and worship Morgoth. As Sauron's influence increased, the Faithful began to prepare to leave Númenor. They filled nine ships (two for Anárion) with many of their prized possessions, including the palantíri.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
Sauron's lies convinced Ar-Pharazôn that he could achieve power in the Undying Lands. In SA 3319, Ar-Pharazôn set out with a great fleet intending to take the Undying Lands by force but when he set foot on the shore, Eru caused the Seas to open up. The fleet sank and Númenor was destroyed by a great wave.
===Founding of Gondor===
The ships of the Faithful were spared, and a great wind from the west sent them to the shores of Middle-earth. Elendil landed in the north, whilst Isildur and Anárion came to the Mouths of the Anduin in the south. Elendil established the Northern-kingdom of Arnor and his sons the Southern-kingdom of Gondor in SA 3320. Elendil was the King of both realms, but he dwelled in Arnor and committed the rule of Gondor to his sons.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (i): "Númenor"
Anárion made his home in Minas Anor on the western side of the Anduin, while Isildur lived in Minas Ithil on the eastern side, Osgiliath was their joint capital. Anárion had one of the palantíri, which he used to communicate with his brother and father.
===War of the Last Alliance ===
When Sauron and the forces of Mordor attacked Gondor and captured Minas Ithil in SA 3429, Isildur and his family were forced to flee to Annúminas in Arnor. After the loss of Ithilien, Anarion gathered an army and defended Osgiliath from Sauron, driving the enemy out of Ithilien and returning Minas-Ithil the following year. In the meantime the Last Alliance of Elves and Men was formed and Sauron's forces were defeated in the Battle of Dagorlad. The army of the Last Alliance entered Sauron's realm and laid siege to the Barad-dûr. The siege lasted seven years and many Men and Elves were killed; Anárion was slain in SA 3440 when a stone cast from Barad-dûr, either from falling debris or by catapult, struck him.The History of Middle-earth, XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Chapter VII: "The Heirs of Elendil"
His father Elendil later fought Sauron, and his brother Isildur would be the one to cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand with his broken sword. Before departing from Gondor, Isildur planted a seedling of the White Tree of Gondor in Minas Anor in memory of his brother.
Two years later, Anárion's son Meneldil became the third King of Gondor. All the subsequent Kings of Gondor would be descended from him, and although his male line descendants would become extinct with the disappearance of Eärnur, his bloodline continued in the House of Isildur via Fíriel.
==In adaptations==
In , Anárion is not yet seen, but lives separately from Elendil, Isildur, and sister Eärien, on Númenor's west coast. He endeavors to further the cause of the Faithful, while his family initially seeks to make a separate future for themselves.
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Anárion appears in an extended flashback set during the Siege of Barad-dûr in the year SA 3440, shortly before his death.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓናሪኦን
Arabic 	إناريون
Armenian 	Անարիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Анаріон
Bengali 	আনারিওন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Анарион
Catalan 	Anàrion
Chinese 	安那瑞安
Esperanto 	Anariono
Georgian 	ანარიონ
Greek 	Αναριον
Gujarati 	આનરિઓન
Hebrew 	אנאריון
Hindi 	आनरिओन
Japanese 	アナーリオン
Kannada 	ಆನರಿಒನ್
Kazakh 	Анаріон (Cyrillic) Anarion (Latin)
Korean 	아나리온
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Анарион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Анарион
Marathi 	आनरिओन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Анарион
Nepalese 	आनरिओन
Pashto 	آناریون
Persian 	آناریون
Punjabi 	ਆਨਰਿਓਨ
Russian 	Анарион
Sanskrit 	आनरिओन्
Serbian 	Анарион (Cyrillic) Anarion (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ආනරිඔන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Анарион
Tamil 	ஆநரிஒந்
Telugu 	ఆనరిఒన
Thai 	อนาริออน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Анаріон
Urdu 	اناریون
Uzbek 	Анарион (Cyrillic) Anarion (Latin)
Yiddish 	ײַנאַריאָן
==References==
Category:Númenóreans
Category:Dúnedain
Category:Men of Gondor
Category:Kings of Gondor
Category:Deaths in battle
Category:Quenya names & words
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