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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 1296955" data-attributes="member: 9410">Elros (the first king of Numenor) lived at least 410 years, perhaps 442, if not more.&nbsp; Elendil, Isildur, and Anarion all lived at least 181, before being slain in the battle of the Barad-dur, or shortly thereafter.&nbsp; This is the problem with the Dunedain in ME...&nbsp; They tend to be killed, not die of old age!Argeleb was slain in battle with Angmar and Rhudaur.&nbsp; Arveleg was slain by an invasion from Angmar.&nbsp; I can find no dates for Araphor nor Arveleg II.&nbsp; Arvedui was killed when an Angmarian storm caused ice to crush the hull of the ship sent to rescue him from the ice bay of forochel.&nbsp; Thus Aranarth, his son, was the first chieftain of the Dunedain of the north.&nbsp; Tolkien tells us that the blood of the Dunedain waned faster in Gondor than in the north, but that the northern line still lived to twice the age of men.&nbsp; Aragorn lived to 190, longer than any of his line since Arvegil (III 345).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 1296955, member: 9410"] Elros (the first king of Numenor) lived at least 410 years, perhaps 442, if not more. Elendil, Isildur, and Anarion all lived at least 181, before being slain in the battle of the Barad-dur, or shortly thereafter. This is the problem with the Dunedain in ME... They tend to be killed, not die of old age! Argeleb was slain in battle with Angmar and Rhudaur. Arveleg was slain by an invasion from Angmar. I can find no dates for Araphor nor Arveleg II. Arvedui was killed when an Angmarian storm caused ice to crush the hull of the ship sent to rescue him from the ice bay of forochel. Thus Aranarth, his son, was the first chieftain of the Dunedain of the north. Tolkien tells us that the blood of the Dunedain waned faster in Gondor than in the north, but that the northern line still lived to twice the age of men. Aragorn lived to 190, longer than any of his line since Arvegil (III 345). [/QUOTE]

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