Event

The Founding of Gondor and Arnor

The exiled Dúnedain establish the two kingdoms in Middle-earth.

Supplementary writingsFrom posthumously published works, notes, drafts or appendices.

Date: S.A. 3320
Age: The Second Age
Type: Founding
Certainty: Approximate

The event

The exiled Dúnedain establish the two kingdoms in Middle-earth.

Consequences

Gondor and Arnor become the great bulwarks against Sauron in the Second and Third Ages.

Participants

Elendil

Survivor of Númenor and first High King of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth, who founded Gondor and Arnor.

Isildur

King of Gondor and Arnor who cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, then kept it and was slain by Orcs.

Place

Sources

The Silmarillion · 1977
Posthumously edited. Contains the Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion, Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power.
The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.