Arvedui
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Sep 1, 2026
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Which leads to one of the most poignant, desperate moments in the history of the Ring, involving the final king of the North, Arvedi.
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King Arvedui's kingdom is in ruins.
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He is fleeing the Witch King into the desolate, freezing northern wastes of the ice bay of Forasho.
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He and his men are starving and freezing to death.
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And they save him, right?
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The Lossoth feed the king and keep him alive through the brutal winter.
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When an elven ship finally navigates the ice in the spring to rescue Arvedui, he wishes to repay the chief of the snowmen for saving his life.
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But Arvedui is a king of nothing.
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He captures the capital of Fornost.
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And King Arvedui, the last king of the north, is forced to flee into the freezing wastes of the far north, carrying the Palantiri with him.
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He ultimately perishes in a shipwreck, and the seeing stones are lost in the icy waters.
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The northern kingdom is officially utterly destroyed.
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It's the classic fatal flaw, really.
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He has achieved his ultimate goal and it makes him sloppy.
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Before the final attack, King Arvedui had sent a desperate message using the Palantir to King Ernal II down in Gondor, begging for reinforcements.
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And Gondor's aid didn't arrive in time to save the king, but it did arrive.