#malbeth

-- Abridged from the Sacred Order of Holy Knights’ Oath

          Voronwë was the son of Orontor of Númenor, and a fast friend of Elendil the Tall. He was a great mariner, and with his wife lord he escaped the downfall of Númenor, though his father and sister were lost. His children, Cemniel and Ilcanië, were aboard the ships of Isildur and Anárion and were swept away from the northern fleet, but they landed safely in the south of Middle-earth and were among the founders of Gondor. Eventually Voronwë and his daughters were reunited just in time for the wedding of Ilcanië to the shipwright Sandor and the birth of two more sons to Cemniel and Isildur her husband. Ilcanië also bore a child, whom she named Glanor, and though Voronwë was devoted to his liege in Arnor their family remained as tight-knit as that of Elendil and his own sons.           Amid the War of the Last Alliance, Elendil, Anárion, and Sandor were all slain, but Voronwë survived to comfort his daughters. It seemed that Isildur had survived and would soon reunite with Cemniel and his newborn son Valandil, but before his company could reach the hidden stronghold of Imladris, they were attacked by a massive company of orcs. Glanor at this time was serving as an ohtar, or esquire, to his uncle, and to him Isildur entrusted the shards of Narsil before the orcs closed in. Along with his friend and companion Celevon, Ohtar Glanor fled to Imladris and told of his uncle and cousins’ grim fate.           Isildur’s company was massacred save for Glanor and Celevon, and one other ohtar who was presumed dead on the battlefield: Estelmo, the esquire of Isildur’s eldest son Elendur. He was discovered lying stunned under the corpse of his lord by the Guard of Eryn Galen and the Woodmen of the North, who delivered him to the healing hands of Elrond in Imladris, and from Estelmo the last words of Isildur became known, though no trace of his body—or of the Ring he bore—were ever found by elves or men.           The kingdom of Arnor passed to the rulership of Valandil, who kept Glanor, Celevon, Estelmo, and their families in his service. For generations these men and their kindred served the King of Arnor, and indeed Malbeth the Seer was a direct descendant of Ohtar Celevon. Malbeth served as a counselor to King Araphant, advising him to name his son Arvedui, for he would be the last king of Arthedain. Malbeth warned that a choice would come to the Dúnedain, and that the one that seemed less hopeful would lead to Arvedui becoming King of a realm greater than Arnor in its glory; but alas, the Council of Gondor chose otherwise, dismissing the wisdom of the Arnorian Seer, and in the end this led to much sorrow and centuries before the Dúnedain would arise and be united again.           Malbeth made their second prophecy during the rule of Arvedui, foretelling that an Heir of the Dúnedain would call the Army of the Dead from their half-existence to fulfill their once-forsaken Oath to Isildur. This manifested in Aragorn II entering the Paths of the Dead and rallying the spirits of the Men of the Mountains to war against Sauron, releasing them from their Oath once the battle was won. At Aragonr’s side was the ranger Halbarad, leading the Grey Company out of the North to aid their Chieftain. Aragorn fulfilled Malbeth’s first prophecy also when he ascended to the throne of the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor as King Elessar, bringing the Dúnedain together at long last.

The words of Malbeth the Seer regarding the Paths of the Dead. Return of the King. The Passing of the Grey Company, 

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I wonder if any of the Húrinionath, probably Vorondil or Mardil met Malbeth after the fall of Arthedain, I can't imagine they got on well...

Inspired by @nimium-amatrix-ingenii-sui​‘s art and headcanons! LLA 2018 prompt: “abstracts” — Malbeth the Seer, foresight/wisdom

*with the singular exception of Haleth son of Helm Hammerhand - thanks for the heads-up, @hhimring! Not counting Haleth Háma’s son from the TTT movies; he’s not a Tolkien character, he’s a PJ character, though clearly based on the former

And also I have no way of gearing for ohgodwhat to stave off my paranoia, so there's that too.