Elladan and Elrohir as they appear in the fan film Born of Hope Elladan and Elrohir Biographical information Birth TA 130[1] Death Unknown Physical description Race Elves Gender Male Height [2] Tall Hair [2] Dark Eyes [2] Grey Culture Half-elven (Elves of Rivendell) Peter Jackson's films or other media Actor Sam and Matt Kennard (Born of Hope)

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Biography

Third Age

andwere the twin sons of Elrond the Half-elven and Celebrían of Rivendell , and were noted for their close friendship and cooperation with the Dúnedain of the North Rangers of the North and Men in general, and for their deeds during the War of the Ring Elladan and Elrohir were born in TA 130 and had a younger sister, Arwen . Through their mother Celebrían, they were the only grandsons of Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn of Lothlórien

In TA 2509, the brothers rescued their mother from her imprisonment with the Orcs. Although she was physically healed by Elrond, after fear and torment from the Orcs she lost all joy from Middle-earth, and so she departed for the Grey Havens the next year. Due to this, the twins harbored great hatred for Orcs.[4]

By the year TA 2933, Elladan and Elrohir went riding against Orcs with Arathorn II, the father of Aragorn. There Arathorn was slain and his wife and son went to dwell in Imladris, where Elrond received Aragorn as his foster-son, naming him Estel.[5]

War of the Ring

When the Fellowship arrived in Rivendell, the twins' role was to scout the lands and prepare the way for the Fellowship.[6] Later, they traveled along with Halbarad and the Grey Company. They delivered a message from their father concerning the Paths of the Dead and followed Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli there. Elladan traveled behind the company, the Dead following after him.[2] They battled in the Fields of Pelennor "with stars bound to their brows."[7]

During the last council, Elladan and Elrohir seconded Mithrandir's decision to throw the remaining troops of Gondor and Rohan at the Morannon, saying that Elrond had sent them with that same counsel from Rivendell.[8] Elladan and Elrohir also accompanied Aragorn and fought alongside him at the Black Gate.

After the War

After the war, Elladan and Elrohir met the escort of Arwen in Lothlorien, and together, they traveled to Edoras.[9] The brothers arrived first and carried a banner of silver. They were followed by Glorfindel and Erestor.[10]

Fourth Age and beyond

When their father departed to the West, the brothers stayed in Rivendell for a while. In time, their grandfather Celeborn came to live with them before passing into the Grey Havens.[11] It is unknown whether Elladan and Elrohir chose to remain in Middle-earth as mortal men or depart with the last of their kindred to Valinor.

Etymology

The name Elladan is Sindarin for "Elf-Man" or "Elf-Dúnadan," referring to his dual descent from both Elves and Edain (a name given to those descending from the three houses of Men from Beleriand).[12] It comes from the words el ("elf or star") and adan, singular of Edain.[13] On the other hand, Elrohir means "Elf-knight", but rochir also means "horse-lord".[14]

Character

Though Tolkien never specifically states that Elrohir and Elladan were twins, it is suspected that they were for four reasons: first, they are described as "So much alike were they, the sons of Elrond, that few could tell them apart: dark-haired, grey-eyed, and their faces elven-fair, clad alike in bright mail beneath cloaks of silver-grey" (Tolkien 761).[2] Secondly, one is rarely mentioned without the other, and their names are only separated when they are speaking. Thirdly, they were both born in the same year,[3] and elven pregnancies last a full year.[note 1] Fourthly, the birth of twins was not a rare occurrence in their family history (Amrod and Amras, Eluréd and Elurín, Elrond and Elros).

The brethren were friends and companions-in-arms of the Rangers of the North, and helped defend the remnants of Arnor from evil after the fall of the northern kingdom. They held a special grudge against orcs because of their mother's suffering at their hands.

Like their sister, father, and uncle, they could make a choice between mortality and immortality, expressed by whether they would follow their father to Valinor at the time of his own departure at the end of the Third Age. Since they are explicitly described as remaining in Rivendell for a time after their father's departure, some fans speculated that they had also chosen mortality. However, J.R.R. Tolkien himself noted that the twins were allowed to "delay" their choices.[15]

Line of the Half-elven

The marriages between Elves and Men are in bold.

The half-elven or the Peredhil are in italic.





Earlier versions of the legendarium

In early writings, Elladan and Elrohir were named Elboron and Elbereth. These were the same early names for the twins Eluréd and Elurín, who were the uncles of Elrond.[16] They also had a younger sister named Finduilas.

Portrayal in adaptations

Fan work

Elladan and Elrohir are characters in the fan-made film Born of Hope, and were played by the twin brother actors Sam Kennard and Matt Kennard.

Video games

They also appeared in The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, seen in the first level at Fornost by the three main characters of the game: Eradan, Farin and Andriel. They leave behind them many dead orcs and goblins. When Elladan and Elrohir meet the three heroes later, just after the heroes have finished fighting a troll, they decide to work together to reach Fornost's citadel.

When they arrive at the citadel, Elrohir and Elladan go after the leader of the dark forces here in Fornost, also the main villain of the game: Agandaûr. They are seen dueling him atop the citadel. Their duel with him is finished after Eradan, Andriel and Farin arrive - after killing some of Agandaûr's orcs and his chieftain Tharzog - forcing Agandaûr to retreat on a fell beast. The Great Eagle Beleram goes after Agandaûr, who loses the Eagle by creating a storm with his dark sorcery. With their job done in Fornost, Elladan and Elrohir returned to Rivendell, while the other three went back to Sarn Ford, and Beleram went back to report to Gwaihir the Eagle-lord.

The two are seen again in Rivendell as characters that can be spoken to.

Translations

Foreign Language Translated name Afrikaans Elladan en Elrohir Albanian Elladan dhe Elrohir Amharic ዐልላዳን ኣንድ ዐልሮሂር Arabic ايلاندان و ايلاروهير Armenian Ելլադան անդ Ելրոհիր Azerbaijani Elladan və Elrohir Basque Elladan eta Elrohir Belarusian Cyrillic Эладан і Элрахір Bengali এল্লাদান অন্দ এল্রহির Bosnian Elladan i Elrohir Breton Elladan ha Elrohir Bulgarian Cyrillic Еладан и Елрохир Catalan Èl·ladan i Èlrohir Cebuano Elladan ug Elrohir Chichewa Elladan ndi Elrohir Chinese (Hong Kong) 伊萊丹&伊羅何 Croatian Elladan i Elrohir Czech Elladan a Elrohir Danish Elladan og Elrohir Dutch Elladan en Elrohir Esperanto Eladano kaj Elrohiro Estonian Elladan ja Elrohir Filipino Elladan at Elrohir Finnish Elladan ja Elrohir French Elladan et Elrohir Galician Elladan e Elrohir Georgian ელლადან ანდ ელროჰირ German Elladan und Elrohir Greek Έλλανταν και Έλροχιρ Gujarati ઍલ્લદન અન્દ ઍલ્રોહિર Haiti Creole Elladan ak Elrohir Hausa Elladan da Elrohir Hebrew יללאדאן אנד ילרוהיר Hindi एल्लदन अन्द एल्रोहिर Hungarian Elladan és Elrohir Icelandic Elladan og Elrohir Indonesian Elladan dan Elrohir Irish Gaelic Elladan agus Elrohir Italian Elladan e Elrohir Japanese エルラダンとエルロヒア Javanese Elladan lan Elrohir Kannada ಏಲ್ಲದನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಏಲ್ರೊಹಿರ್ Kazakh Елладан анд Елроһір (Cyrillic) Korean 엘라단과엘로히르 Kurdish Elladan û Elrohir (Kurmanji Kurdish) Kyrgyz Cyrillic Элладан анд Элроhир Lao ເອລະລາດານແລະເອະລະໂລເຮຍ Latin Elladan et Elrohir Latvian Elladan un Elrohir Lithuanian Elladan ir Elrohir Luxembourgish Elladan a Elrohir Macedonian Cyrillic Елладан анд Елрохир Malagasy Elladan sy Elrohir Maltese Elladan u Elrohir Malaysian Elladan dan Elrohir Manx Elladan as Elrohir Marathi एल्लदन आणि एल्रोहिर Mongolian Cyrillic Елладан анд Елроhир Navajo Elladan dóó Elrohir Nepalese एल्लदन अन्द एल्रोहिर Norwegian Elladan og Elrohir Occitan Elladan e Elrohir Pashto ېللادان اند ېلروهیر Persian الادان و الروهیر Polish Elladan i Elrohir Portuguese Elladan e Elrohir Punjabi ਏਲ੍ਲਦਨ ਅਤੇ ਏਲ੍ਰੋਹਿਰ Romanian Elladan și Elrohir Romansh Elladan e Elrohir Russian Элладан и Элрохир Sanskrit एल्लदन् अन्द् एल्रोहिर् Scottish Gaelic Elladan agus Elrohir Serbian Елладан и Елрохир (Cyrillic) Elladan i Elrohir (Latin) Sesotho Elladan le Elrohir Sinhalese ඒල්ලදන් අඳ් ඒල්‍රොහිර් Slovak Elladan a Elrohir Slovenian Elladan in Elrohir Somalian Elladan iyo Elrohir Spanish Elladan y Elrohir Sundanese Elladan jeung Elrohir Swahili Elladan na Elrohir Swedish Elladan och Elrohir Tajik Cyrillic Elladan ва Elrohir Tamil ஏளதந் அந்த் ஏல்ரொஹிர் Telugu ఏల్లదన అన్ద ఏల్రొహిర Thai เอลลาดาน & เอลโรเฮียร์ Turkish Elladan ve Elrohir Turkmen Elladan we Elrohir Ukrainian Cyrillic Елладан і Елрохір Urdu اللادان اور الروہیر Uzbek Елладан ва Элроҳир (Cyrillic) Elladan va Elrohir (Latin) Vietnamese Elladan và Elrohir Volapük Elladan e Elrohir Welsh Eladan a Elrohir Wymysorys Elladan ana Elrohir Xhosa Elladan kwaye Elrohir Yiddish עללאַדאַן און עלראָהיר Yoruba Elladan ati Elrohir Zulu Elladan naElrohir





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