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1360 the return of the king
Ruling Stewards. Mardil 2080, Eradan 2116, Herion 2148, Belegorn
2204, Húrin I 2244, Túrin I 2278, Hador 2395, Barahir
2412, Dior 2435, Denethor I 2477, Boromir 2489, Cirion
2567. In his time the Rohirrim came to Calenardhon.
Hallas 2605, Húrin II 2628, Belecthor I 2655, Orodreth
2685, Ecthelion I 2698, Egalmoth 2743, Beren 2763, Beregond
2811, Belecthor II 2872, Thorondir 2882,Túrin II 2914,
Turgon 2953, Ecthelion II 2984, Denethor II. He was the last
of the Ruling Stewards, and was followed by his second son
Faramir, Lord of Emyn Arnen, Steward to King Elessar,
F.A. 82.
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eriador, arnor, and the heirs of isildur
‘Eriador was of old the name of all the lands between the Misty
Mountains and the Blue; in the South it was bounded by the
Greyflood and the Glanduin that flows into it above Tharbad.
‘At its greatest Arnor included all Eriador, except the regions
beyond the Lune, and the lands east of Greyflood and Loudwater,
in which lay Rivendell and Hollin. Beyond the Lune was
Elvish country, green and quiet, where no Men went; but
Dwarves dwelt, and still dwell, in the east side of the Blue
Mountains, especially in those parts south of the Gulf of Lune,
where they have mines that are still in use. For this reason they
were accustomed to pass east along the Great Road, as they had
done for long years before we came to the Shire. At the Grey
Havens dwelt Círdan the Shipwright, and some say he dwells
there still, until the Last Ship sets sail into the West. In the
days of the Kings most of the High Elves that still lingered in
Middle-earth dwelt with Círdan or in the seaward lands of Lindon.
If any now remain they are few.’
The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain
After Elendil and Isildur there were eight High Kings of Arnor.
After Eärendur, owing to dissensions among his sons their realm
was divided into three: Arthedain, Rhudaur, and Cardolan.
Arthedain was in the North-west and included the land between
Brandywine and Lune, and also the land north of the Great