Elendur

Elendur was the eldest son and apparent heir of Isildur, who fell along with two of his brothers at the Gladden Fields at the beginning of the Third Age.
==Biography==
Elendur was born in Númenor and followed his father and his grandfather Elendil in the fleet that was blown to Middle-earth after the Fall of Númenor. Elendur probably lived with his father within the Realms in Exile, likely in Minas Ithil.
He was the only son of Isildur to serve in the army of the Last Alliance, fighting in the Battle of Dagorlad and accompanying his father into Mordor during the Siege of Barad-dûr. His younger brothers were sent to man Minas Ithil, so Sauron could not escape westward by that route. As the eldest son of Isildur, Elendur was high in the confidence of his father; he alone of the sons knew the existence of the One Ring in his father's possession and counselled Isildur to turn over the One Ring to the Keepers of the Three Rings. He was slain in the disaster of the Gladden Fields with his father and younger brothers Aratan and Ciryon. He had a squire named Estelmo who survived the massacre. His brother Valandil, who was still a child, had remained in Imladris and so lived to rule Arnor.
Aragorn is stated to have resembled this son of Isildur "in body and mind", even though he was not descended directly from him. Elendur himself was noted to have borne a striking resemblance to his grandfather Elendil.Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", Notes
==Etymology==
The name Elendur has two possible meanings: the first being "Elf servant" and the second being "star servant". It appears to be made of the Quenya words elen ("star") and -ndur ("follower, servant") or -ndil ("friend").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" The name may have also come from Elendil (meaning "devoted to the stars").
==Portrayals in adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, the three elder sons of Isildur appear during an extended flashback set during the Siege of Barad-dûr in the year SA 3440. However, because the game's license does not cover the works in which they are named, they are referred to only by their war-time aliases, meant to hide their kinship with the King. Elendur uses the name "Meldaran" as his alias.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዐለንድዩር
Arabic 	إيليندور
Armenian 	Էլենդուր
Assamese 	এলেণ্ডুৰ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Елендур
Bengali 	এলিন্দুর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Елендур
Chinese (Hong Kong)	伊蘭都爾
Georgian 	ელენდური
Greek 	Ελενδυρ
Gujarati 	એલેંડર
Hebrew 	אלנדור
Hindi 	ऐलेनदुर
Japanese 	エレンドゥア
Kannada 	ಎಲೆಂದೂರ್
Kazakh 	Элендур (Cyrillic) Élendur (Latin)
Konkani 	एलेन्दुर
Korean 	엘렌두르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Элэндур
Macedonian Cyrillic	Елендур
Marathi 	एलेंदूर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элэндур
Nepalese 	एलेन्डर
Pashto 	ېلېندور
Persian 	الیندور
Punjabi 	ਐਲੇਂਦੁਰ
Russian 	Элендур
Sanskrit 	लेन्दुरे
Serbian 	Елендур (Cyrillic) Elendur (Latin)
Sinhalese 	එලෙන්දූර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Элендур
Tamil 	எலெண்டூர்
Tatar 	Элендур
Telugu 	ఎల్లందూర్
Thai 	เอเลนดัวร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Елендур
Urdu 	الاندور
Uzbek 	Елендур (Cyrillic) Elendur (Latin)
Yiddish 	עלענדור
==References==
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