Isildur
In
J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of
Middle-earth,
Isildur was a
Dúnadan of
Numenor, elder son of
Elendil. In his youth Isildur stole a fruit of
Nimloth before it was cut down, preserving the line of the White Tree, and later planted a seedling in the new city of
Minas Anor. After
Gil-galad and Elendil fought and defeated
Sauron at the Siege of
Barad-dûr, but perished, Isildur cut
The One Ring from Sauron's finger. He was later slain in the
Gladden Fields by roaming
orcs and the Ring's treachery.
In the riddling rhyme "Seek for the Sword that was Broken" the Ring is referred to cryptically as Isildur's Bane.