Elendil’s name means “elf-friend” (or “star-lover”) in Quenya, the language of the Elves, and he lives up to it by remaining loyal to the Elves and aiding them in the war against Sauron.

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Elendil is played by actor Lloyd Owen in The Lord of the Rings prequel. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, the character will play a pivotal role in The Rings of Power.

Elendil/Míriel shippers will be disappointed to learn that there’s no basis for this romance in The Lord of the Rings novels or associated works.

Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elendil (Lloyd Owen) in “The Rings of Power.” Amazon Studios “People who know the books will know that Elendil dies in the last alliance of elves and men.

Elendil’s larger story is quintessential Tolkien, though. In his world, heroes are made, as much as they are born, and greatness is a burden long before it ever leads to glory.

That moment, of course, came in the finale’s Númenor plotline, as Elendil (Lloyd Owen) and Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) prepared to flee the capital after Ar-Pharazôn staged a military ...

But loyal and dashing Elendil casts a quite a few smoldering glances her way, glances his son Isildur (Maxim Baldry) is starting to emulate, with more naiveté and stars in his eyes.

Elendil and Pharazôn both have plenty written about them. The depiction of Miriel, on the other hand, is not as deeply beholden to lore (because very little is written about her).

Elendil leads the Last Alliance of Men and Elves alongside High-King Gil-galad against the Dark Lord Sauron, and in their defeat of the villain, Elendil is killed and succeeded by his son, Isildur.

Elendil is Isildur’s father, making him an ancestor of The Lord of the Rings’ Aragorn. Elendil and Isildur’s storylines could set up Aragorn’s arc in The Lord of the Rings.