The eldest of the children of Elrond of Rivendell, the twins Elladan and Elrohir were born 130 years after Isildur cut the One Ring from the hand of Sauron. They are so alike in appearance and demeanor that they are nearly impossible to tell apart. Outwardly, they are not as grim and hardened as the Rangers of the North, but within burns a terrible rage.

Long ago, their mother Celebrían, daughter of Galadriel, was captured by orcs as she journeyed from Lothlórien to Rivendell. Elladan and Elrohir rescued her, but not before she had been cruelly tortured and poisoned by the orcs. Their father, Elrond, was able to heal Celebrían of her wounds and of the poison, but Middle-earth no longer held any beauty for her, and she sailed into the West. Elladan and Elrohir swore vengeance upon all of orc-kind.

The sons of Elrond make an appearance in The Lord of the Rings OnlineTM: Shadows of AngmarTM as they help to clear the way for the Company of the Ring to begin their fateful journey from Rivendell to Mordor. Players will aid them in their mission, driving the shadow of evil out of the Trollshaws.

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[edit] Elladan

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Timeline:
Dates:	Born III 130; 2,889 years old at the time of the Downfall of Barad-dûr
Race:	Half-elven
Division:	Descended from the Noldor, Sindar and Edain (and other strains, more remotely)
Culture:	Rivendell
Pronunciation:	e'lladan
Meaning:	Elf-man1

[edit] Brother to Elrohir and Arwen

Elrond		Celebrían
ELLADAN	Elrohir	Arwen

In the one hundred and thirtieth year of the Third Age, Celebrían the wife of Elrond bore twin sons. Dark-haired and grey-eyed, only those that knew them well could tell them apart. The first of the twins was named Elladan, 'Elf-Man' as a token of his ancestry; he was descended not only from the royal houses of the Eldar, but also from the Three Houses of the Edain.

Many centuries later, the twins' mother Celebrían went on a journey into the south to visit her own mother, Galadriel, in the land of Lórien. In the Redhorn Pass, she was captured by orcs, and tortured in their dens. Elladan rode with his brother to rescue her, but by the time they reached her she had received a poisonous wound. Though their father healed her, she would not remain in Middle-earth, and sailed into the West the following year. After this loss, Elladan and his brother Elrohir were filled with hatred of the orcs, often riding against them with the Northern Dúnedain.

In the early part of the War of the Ring, the brothers' main role was to scout the land and prepare the way for the Fellowship, but later they took a more active part. When Halbarad rode to Aragorn's aid with the Grey Company, Elladan and Elrohir accompanied them. They followed Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead, fought with him at Pelargir, and took part in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, where they fought with stars bound to their brows.

After the War of the Ring, little is known of the brothers' fate. They returned to their father's house at Rivendell, and remained there even after he had passed across the Sea. Like their sister Arwen, the sons of Elrond Half-elven were granted the choice of whether to leave Middle-earth for the Undying Lands, or remain there and become Mortal as Men. Elladan had such a bond with his brother that they must surely have chosen alike, but what choice they made in the end can never now be known.

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[edit] Elrohir

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Timeline:
Dates:	Born III 130; 2,889 years old at the time of the Downfall of Barad-dûr
Race:	Half-elven
Division:	Descended from the Noldor, Sindar and Edain (and other strains, more remotely)
Culture:	Rivendell
Pronunciation:	e'lroheer
Meaning:	Elf-knight1

[edit] The noble twin son of Elrond

Elrond		Celebrían
Elladan	ELROHIR	Arwen

With Elladan, one of the twin sons of Elrond, born in the early years of the Third Age. Both the brothers were dark-haired and grey-eyed, and were said to be so similar that few could tell them apart.

In the year III 2509, Elrohir's mother Celebrían was captured and poisoned by Orcs in the Misty Mountains. Her sons rode to her aid, and succeeded in rescuing their mother, but though the poison was cured, the horror of her ordeal drove her to sail into the West in the following year. The torment of their mother left the brothers with a fierce hatred of the Orcs, and they pursued them in alliance with the Rangers.

Long after, in III 2933, they rode against the Orcs with Arathorn II, the then Chieftain of the Dúnedain. An Orc-arrow struck Arathorn in the eye and killed him, leaving his young son fatherless. That son was Aragorn, who was fostered by Elrond, and within a few years he joined Elladan and Elrohir in their errantry.

In the War of the Ring, the twins acted as scouts for their father, and were sent to Lórien to confer with Celeborn and Galadriel (their grandfather and grandmother). So, when the Company of the Ring came to Lórien some months later, their errand was known there. Elrohir later joined the remnant of the Company himself: he rode with Elladan in the company of Halbarad and his Rangers². They joined Aragorn before he passed through the Paths of the Dead, and fought beside him in the Battle of the Pelennor, and at the Gates of Mordor³.

After the War, he was present at Aragorn's coronation, and then rode north with his brother Elladan to meet their sister Arwen and escort her back to Minas Tirith for her wedding to the new King.

Little is recorded of Elrohir's later life, except that both the sons of Elrond were known to have remained at Rivendell for a time after their father departed from Middle-earth. Ultimately, like their father and their sister, they would have had to make a choice: to depart over the Sea to the Blessed Realm, or remain as mortals in Middle-earth.

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