Arnor
The largest, oldest and in the eyes of some, the mightiest of all the kingdoms of Westeros and the last surviving kingdom where Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Giants, Dryads and men of the blood of Numenor still rule and live freely.
Founded from the three kingdoms of Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur in the wake of the dawn that came after the long night when the hero leader Brandon Stark, known in the elvish tongue as Aranarth Telcontar, lead the forces of the great alliance against the White Walkers and their armies of Orcs to victory.
Arnor became a mighty realm of unity and majesty among the people of Westeros in the days of the third age, but at the turn of the fourth age when the Andals came to the lands of Westeros and laid waste to the kingdoms of the free people of westeros, Arnor was the only kingdom to hold out against the expansion of the Andals, fending off the invading race of men.
In all the years since, after countless attempts by the Andals to conquer Arnor and later the Targaryens, Arnor has remained strong and resistant, the last great kingdom of the old age where the free people remain strong and the blood of the first men and Númenóreans has intertwined into a single northern race of men known as the Dúnedain.
Territories
Military
In theory if the King of Arnor were to call on every able bodied and trained man, elf, dwarf, halfing and giant to fight from every corner of the north, then the result would be an army of close to six hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, but a force of such magnitude has not been called since Torhen Stark called an army of five hundred thousand to the south to challenge Aegon the Conquerer at the beginning of the fifth Age.
Generally, a full military host from the north will generally call on one hundred thousand fighting men to form an army.Religion
Almost the entirety of the Kingdom of Arnor follow the faith of the Valar, the gods of Arda where the people of Arnor originated from before the Conjunction of Spheres. The Valar were the fourteen Ainur who entered Arda after its creation, to give order to the world after being molded of the thought of Eru Ilúvatar, chiefest and supreme deity of the their faith.
Eru created for them lesser heavenly beings named the 'Maiar', who were their servants. Though subordinate to the Valar, the Maiar were powerful nonetheless and carried out the will of their masters the Valar.
Eru Ilúvatar than created the first two earthly races of Arda, the elves and the humans. Eru set all the firstborn of Elves and Men in places of the world that even the Valar could not find. Elves were the first of the Children of Ilúvatar to appear in Middle-earth, whereas Men were not to follow until the beginning of the First Age, with the creation of the Sun and Moon, many thousands of years later. Dwarves were not included in this distinction, as they were creations of one of the Valar, Aulë, alone what he imagined the image of the children of Eru to be but all knowing Eru Ilúvatar tested Aulë and granted life to the dwarves, though not part of the children of Ilúvatar.
After the conjunction of spheres, the races of Arda clung to their faith in their gods of old and continued to worship the Valar in the new world, sharing their faith with the Dryads, the children of the forest who believed in unnamed gods who could hear their prayers through their sacred wirewood trees. Over time, the faiths amalgamated with the Valar becoming the identites of the nameless gods of the wirewood trees which became their shrines of worship.
The known Valar are as follows:
Manwë Súlimo the King of the Winds, and the King of the Valar, and husband of Varda.
Varda Elentári the Star Queen, and the Queen of the Valar, and the wife of Manwë.
Aulë the Smith, and the Lord of Earth and all that's underneath, and the husband of Yavanna.
Yavanna Kementári the Fruit-Giver, and the Lady of Earth, and the wife of Aulë.
Ulmo the Sea King, and the Lord of Water.
Nienna the Weeper, and the Lady of Mercy.
Mandos the Doomsman, and the Judge of the Dead, and husband of Vairë.
Vairë the Weaver, and the wife of Mandos.
Irmo the Lord and Master of Dreams, Visions, and Desires, and Creator of the Oloré Mallé, or Path of Dreams, and the husband of Estë.
Estë the Gentle, Lady of Healing and Rest, and the wife of Irmo.
Oromë Aldaron the Huntsman, the Lord of Forests, and the Great Rider, and the husband of Vána.
Vána the Ever-young, and the wife of Oromë.
Tulkas Astaldo the Wrestler, the Champion of Valinor, and last of the Valar to come to Arda, and the husband of Nessa.
Nessa the Dancer, and the wife of Tulkas.
Melkor the Dark Lord, was the strongest Vala before he was banished from the pantheon. Now known as Morgoth, the great enemy, the dark god who was banished to the timeless void forever, but has since used the conjunction of spheres to slip into the new world as a disembodied shadow, plotting his return.
- Balin
- Celeborn
- Círdan
- Dwalin
- Elladan
- Elrohir
- Elrond
- Filavandrel
- Galadriel
- Gimli
- Glóin
- King Eddard Stark
- Legolas
- Lord Greatjon Umber
- Lord Thráin of Erebor
- Prince Bran Stark
- Prince Rickon Stark
- Prince Robb Stark
- Princess Arya Stark
- Princess Sansa Stark
- Queen Catelyn Stark
- Theon Tuirseach
- Thorin Oakenshield
- Thranduil
