Arvedui

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"The fated Last King of Arthedain, Arvedui valiantly led his people in their fight against the terrible Witch-king of Angmar, though in the end he could not prevail."
—Age of the Ring team

Arvedui was the last king of Arthedain before the fall of Arnor. He valiantly fought against the Witch-king of Angmar and his forces as best as he could, but in the end he was unable to fend off Angmar's onslaught and the last kingdom of Arnor was finally destroyed with the conquering of Fornost Erain. He was driven to the Ice Bay of Forochel where a ship would be sent by Círdan the Shipwright to rescue him. However, the ship would be caught in a violent ice storm and he was drowned in the storm, thus fulfilling one of the two major prophecies declared by Malbeth the Seer. His son, Aranarth, would become the first Chieftain of the Dúnedain Rangers.

Arvedui is a recruitable hero for the Adventure: Arthedain subfaction based on Gondor, and he is the faction leader of the subfaction. He is recruitable from the Arthedain Fortress.

## Abilities

**Last King (W)** - King Arvedui is permanently accompanied by 3 Kingsguard of Fornost Erain. When activated, nearby enemy units flee in terror. Left click to activate.

**Level 3: Heirlooms of Arnor (R)** - Can be cast on a friendly or enemy resource structure to pause production for 120 seconds. Spawns a Tribute Chest which can be decommissioned at the Fortress for 250 resources. If the Tribute Chest is killed before reaching the Fortress, it drops a treasure chest of 125 resources. Left click icon then left click on target.

**Level 5: Royal Expedition (T)** - Summons a Royal Camp. Every 45 seconds, a fully upgraded horde of chosen Dúnedain is spawned. Respects command point limit. Limited to 1. Left click icon then left click on target area.

**Level 7: Desperate Assault (C)** - Targeted Arnor units gain +200% damage for 20 seconds. After 20 seconds have expired, affected units take damage over time for 5 seconds. Does not affect heroic units or summoned units. Left click icon then left click target units.

**Level 10: Keeper of the Palantiri (V)** - Reveals the entire shroud for 30 seconds. Affects stealthed units. Enemy units across the map lose leadership and suffer damage over time for 30 seconds. Left click to activate.

## Strategy

Arvedui is the faction leader of the Adventure: Arthedain subfaction and has several powerful and impactful abilities, the majority of which focus around supporting the faction as a whole. He is permanently guarded by 3 powerful Heroic units in the Kingsguard of Fornost Erain which can help defend him from enemy attacks, and can disrupt his enemies by casting **Last King** to cause them to flee in terror. **Heirlooms of Arnor** allows him to spawn a Tribute chest of 250 resources by disabling an enemy or allied resource structure; this is ideally cast on an enemy structure to disrupt their resource production, although this puts Arvedui himself at risk and increases the chance of the Tribute chest being destroyed before it can be taken to the Fortress. Alternatively, it can be cast on an allied structure to provide a safe and immediate resource boost at the cost of negating a structure's production for several seconds. **Royal Expedition** allows Arvedui to summon a Royal Camp that continually summon fully upgraded permanent units every few seconds which are fully prepared for battle, although the Camp respects command point limit and needs to be guarded to prevent its destruction. **Desperate Assault** allows Arvedui to massively increase the damage of his armies and turn the tide of a pitched battle, although it should be used carefully as after 20 seconds the effect will expire and his own forces will take continual damage for 5 seconds. This penalty, however, can be offset by healing sources such as the Skilled Healers faction power. **Keeper of the Palantiri** combines a complete lifting of the entire shroud with a mapwide debuff that negates enemy leadership and causes global damage over time to enemies. While this is a powerful ability by itself, it also exposes Gollum who can be more easily hunted down and killed by the Arthedain player to recruit the powerful Ring Hero Lord Elrond.