Gondor Hall of Fame
The door opened, but no one could be seen to open it. Pippin looked into a great hall. It was lit by deep windows in the wide aisles at either side, beyond the rows of tall pillars that upheld the roof. Monoliths of black marble, they rose to great capitals carved in many strange figures of beasts and leaves; and far above in shadow the wide vaulting gleamed with dull gold, inset with flowing traceries of many colours. No hangings nor storied webs, nor any things of woven stuff or of wood, were to be seen in that long solemn hall; but between the pillars there stood a silent company of tall images graven in cold stone.
The Return of the King, §1. Minas Tirith
Here you will read of the great deeds of the people of Gondor. Feel free to add to it, I know many can still be added. For now only the principal characters of LOTR are present. Feel free to point out any mistake I may have made. You can e-mail me by clicking on the icons at the bottom of the page.
Elendil  
Born 3119 Second Age in Numenor, Died in 3441 at the siege of Barad-Dûr
"and the sword of Elendil filled Orcs and Men with fear, for it shone with the light of the sun and of the moon, and it was named Narsil."
(Silmarilion)
Elendil, son of Amandil, the last lord of the Faithful in Numenor, was one of those who refused Ar-Pharazon’s order to sail into the West to defy the Ban of the Valar. His father, Amandil, set sail to Valinor, to plead pardon for the Numenoreans, but he never came back.
Amandil had told his son beforehand to sail away from Numenor, therefore, when the great chasm opened and Numenor was swallowed up, Elendil, with his two sons, Isildur and Anarion, escaped from Numenor in nine ships, bearing a seedling of Nimloth the Fair and the seven palantir. They were borne by a great wind, and cast onto the western shores of Middle-Earth.
There on the coasts in the land of Lindon (once part of Ossiriand), Elendil befriended Gil-Galad, the High King of the Elves in Middle-Earth. Elendil set up the realm of Arnor in the north, and his throne was at Annuminas. In the south, the realm of Gondor was set up, and committed to the rule of his sons Isildur and Anarion. They founded there Osgiliath, a great city, and Minas Anor and Minas Ithil, beautiful towers. For they thought Sauron was no more, as he had been on Numenor when the Isle was destroyed.
But this was not so.
 Sauron had come back to Middle-Earth, and sat in his tower of Barad-dur in brooding thought. He immediately sent out a great army, to make war against the exiles. Gil-galad and Elendil formed the Last Alliance, and they marched out to war with Sauron’s forces. In that war, however, the orcs were many, and the war was hard. In that war, much blood was shed, and Elendil was no more.
The Ships of the Faithfull by Ted Nasmith
Isildur 
Born 3209 Second Age in Numenor, Died 2 Third Age on the Gladden Fields
Dúnedain king of Gondor. In 3319 of the Second Age, the Númenórean prince Isildur, his brother Anárion, his father Elendil and their followers, escaped the Downfall of Númenor. In Middle Earth, Isildur and Anárion built Pelargir, Minas Ithil, Minas Arnor and Osgiliath in the south, and ruled jointly as Kings of Gondor. As Lord of Ilithien Elendil lived in Minas Ithil until 3428 when Sauron siezed the city. He fled to his fathers northern kingdom of Arnor, leaving his brother to defend the rest of Gondor.He returned in 3434 with the Last Alliance of Elves and Men
which destroyed Sauron's army at the Battle of Dagorland. However both his father and brother had died in the conflict. In 3441, Isildur finally overcame Sauron by cutting the One Ring from his hand. After this victory, Isildur succumbed to the power of the ring by refusing to destroy it. Two years later, Isildur was ambushed by a horde of orcs in the Gladden Fields. He attempted to escape by using the One Ring's power of invisibility to hide him as he swam across the river. However the One Ring slipped from his finger in the water, and the Orcs killed him
Isildur & the Ring, by Abe Papakhian
Anarion
Dúnedain king of Gondor. Anárion, with his father Elendil and brother Isildur,escaped the Downfall of Númenor, and founded the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor in 3320 of the second age. They were among the chief enemies of Sauron, the Ring Lord, in the second age. With the Elf King Gil-galad, they formed the army of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. The Alliance was successful in destroying Sauron's power, but Anárion was killed by a stone hurled down from the dark Tower.
The Argonath, by John Howe
Denethor II, Steward of Gondor 
Born 2930 Third Age in Minas Tirith, Steward from 2984 to his death in 3019
"Then the old man looked up. Pippin saw his carven face with its proud bones and skin like ivory, and the long curved nose between the dark deep eyes; and he was reminded not so much of Boromir as of Aragorn"
(Return of the King, §1. Minas Tirith)
Denethor, son of Ecthelion II, was the last ruling Steward of Gondor. He was a proud man, wise, far sighted and learned in lore. He married Findulas (2950, 2988), daughter of Adrahil of Dol Amroth, sister of Prince Imrahil. She gave him two sons, Boromir and Faramir, but died young.
After her death, Denethor found refuge from his great gried in the solitude of his tower, pondering on the fate he foresaw for his people. Convinced that the awakening of Mordor would come soon, he yearned for more knowledge to resist the assault, but in his pride would not take councel from another man, but instead dared use the Palantir of Anarion, who hadn't been used since the fall of Minas Ithil gave possession of the Stone of Isildur to Sauron. With his increased knowledge both his pride and despair increased too, and he became suspicious of all who didn't serve him.
By the time of the War of the Ring, the weight of his Palantir owned knowledge eventualy drove him to madness. After learning of the death of his favourite son Boromir, and when his second son came back gravely injured from the mission to hold Osgiliath he had sent him on, he lost the last of his hopes.
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Gandalf and Pippin meet Denethor, by Alan Lee
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Denethor died on the funreal pyre he ordered for him and his son in the House of the Stewards. Though Pippin, Beregond and Gandalf managed to save Faramir from the flames, Denethor was burned alive, holding on the the palantir that had so misguided him, and that would from then on only show the withered hands of the last Steward burning.
The pyre of Denethor, by Robert Chronister
Boromir 
Born 2978 Third Age in Minas Tirith, Died 3019 on Amon Hen
And seated a little apart was a tall man with a fair and noble face, dark-haired and grey-eyed, proud and stern of glance. He was cloaked and booted as if for a journey on horseback; and indeed though his garments were rich, and his cloak was lined with fur, they were stained with long travel. He had a collar of silver in which a single white stone was set; his locks were shorn about his shoulders. On a baldric he wore a great horn tipped with silver that now was laid upon his knees.
(Fellowship of the Ring, The Council of Elrond)
Boromir, son of Denethor, was from an early age his father's favourite. Though the two were very unlike save in pride and looks. Where Denethor was wise and keen of mind, Boromir was first and before all a warrior. Fearless, brave and strong, his mind was ever on battles and glory. He grew up to be a great captain to his father's army, beloved by his men for his acts of bravery. He was one of the few survivors of the battle to hold the bridge at Osgiliath. When after this battle, his brother Faramir had a prophetic dream, he begged his father to let him go to Rivendell to seek counsel from Elrond Half-Elven.
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Boromir's Funeral by Ted Nasmith
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He reached Imladris after a long journey, and there learned of the Ring, and became a member of the Fellowship. Unfortunately, he falled under the evil spell of the Ring, and became more and more disturbed by the fate that had been planed for it. His sense of honour was at war with his sense of his duty to save Gondor, which he was deluded by the Ring into believing he could do by taking the Ring.
He eventualy tried to take the Ring from Frodo on Amon Hen, which prompted the Ring Bearer to go into Mordor with only Sam as a companion. Having regained his senses, he fought bravely to defend Merry and Pippin from the Orcs, and died in Aragorn's arms. His body was put in an elven boat, along with his weapons, and the Horn of Gondor that he acrried, cloven in two by the Uruk-Hai; and set on the river Anduin towards the Falls of Rauros.
It is said that the boat was seen by Faramir, who learned then of his brother's death, and the cloven Horn made it's way down the river to Minas Tirith.
Boromir by Ted Nasmith
Faramir 
Born 2983 Third Age in Minas Tirith, Died 82 Fourth Age in Emin Arnen
He could see Faramir's face, which was now unmasked: it was stern and commanding, and a keen wit lay behind his searching glance.
(The Two Towers, §5. The Window of the West)
Faramir, son of Denethor, was most like his father in wisdom and learning, but he lacked his pride. A great affection bound him to his brother Boromir, whom he ressembled a lot in looks. He was ever eager for learning and was quite close to Gandalf the Grey when the Wizard visited Minas Tirith, though his father didn't welcome the wandering istari.
While on a mission in Ithilien, Faramir met Frodo and Sam, and passed the test his brother couldn't, by resisting the desire to posses the Ring. He returned to Minas Tirith to face the disaproval of Denethor for this failure to procure Isildur's Bane. He was then sent to lead the garison holding the western bank of Osgiliath, where he was gravely injured. He lay in the House of Healing until his father ordered the two of them to be burnt alive. When Pippin's intervention saved him from this danger, he was removed to the House of Healing where Aragorn cured him. During his sojourn in this place he met and fell in love with Eowyn of Rohan, and she eventually returned his affection.
Upon Aragorn becoming King Elessar of Gondor, Faramir was made Prince of Ithilien.
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Faramir, by Anke-Katrin Eissman
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Faramir, by Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
Faramir presents the Scepter of Annuminas to Aragorn, Artist unknown
Aragorn Elessar 
Born 1st March 2931 Third Age, Died 120 Fourth Age in Minas Tirith
Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits. [...] As Frodo drew near be threw back his hood, showing a shaggy head of dark hair necked with grey, and in a pale stem face a pair of keen grey eyes.
(The Fellowship of the Ring, §9. At the sign of The Prancing Pony)
Aragorn, son of Arathorn, was the last Chieftain of the Dunedain of the North in the kingdom of Arnor. On the death of his father when he was but 2 years old, his mother Gilraen took him to Imladris, where he grew up under the name of Estel, which means hope. When he was 20 years old, Elrond revealed to him his real name and who he was, and gave him the Ring of Barahir and the shards of Narsil, Elendil's sword. The next day, he met Arwen Undomiel, daughter of Elrond and fel in love with her. But Elrond disaproved of the union, and reminded Aragorn that his fate was one of hardships and loneliness until he could reclaim the Crown of Isildur.
Aragorn then went into the wild and became a Ranger. In 2956 he met Gandalf and then began their friendship. From 2957 to 2980, under the name of Thorongil, he served King Thengel of Rohan and Ecthelion II, Steward of Gondor. On quiting Minas Tirith after his defeat of the Corsair of Umbar, he came into Lothlorien, where he once again met with Arwen. On Cerin Amroth they plighted their troth. But far still were the days where they might live in peace, and Aragorn resumed his duties as a Ranger, and, known to the people of Bree as Strider, he protected them and the residents of the Shire restlessly, while also helping Gandalf hunt for Gollum. He eventually found Gollum in the Dead Marshes in 3017.
 On September, 29th 3019, he met with Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin in Bree, and led them to Rivendell. He then set forth with the Fellowship, and led them after Gandalf's fall in Moria. After the breaking of the fellowship, he led the chase to find Merry and Pippin, followed Gandalf to Meduseld, took part in the battle at Helm's Deep, saw the fall of Saruman. Then, followed by Legolas and Gimli he took the Path of the Dead, once again defeated the Corsairs, and rejoined the battle of Pelannor. After healing Faramir, Eowyn and Merry, he followed the Host of the West to the Black Gate of Morannon.
On march 27th, 3019, Aragorn was crowned King of the reunited Kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor under the name of Elessar. Guided by Gandalf, he found a sapling of the White Tree, which was ceremoniously planted in place of the dead one. He received from Elrond the scepter of Annuminas and maried Arwen Undomiel on Mid Year's Day of that year.
King Elessar reigned until 120 FA, when he died in Minas Tirith. The crown passed to his son Eldarion.
The Return of the King, by Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
Peregrin Took 
Born in Third Age 2990 Peregrin Took rose to become the thirty-second Thrain of the Shire (FA. 14-64 ).
Then Pippin looked the old man in the eye, for pride stirred strangely within him, still stung by the scorn and suspicion in that cold voice. 'Little service, no doubt, will so great a lord of Men think to find in a hobbit, a halfling from the northern Shire; yet such as it is, I will offer it, in payment of my debt.' Twitching aside his grey cloak, Pippin drew forth his small sword and laid it at Denethor's feet.
(Return of the King, §1. Minas Tirith)
In his youth Pippin was a close friend of Frodo Baggins,whom he accompanied to Rivendell in 3018.There he became one of the Companions of the Ring.At Parth Galen he and Merry were captured by Orcs, and taken towards Isenguard. Escaping from the Orc-band when it was attacked by the Rohirrim, they fled into the Fangorn Forest.
There they were befriended by Fangorn the Ent, with whom they went to Isenguard.There Pippin recovered the Palantir which Grima threw out of Orthanc, and being extremely curious by nature he looked into it and was questioned by Sauron.
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Pippin and Merry captured by Orcs, by Inger Edelfeldt
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Gandalf later took him to Gondor, where he entered into the service of Denethor II and was made a guard of the Citadel. During the siege of Gondor, Pippin warned Beregond and Gandalf of Denethor's madness and thus helped to save Faramir's life. Later Pippin marched with the army of the West to the Morannon and in the final battle slew a giant troll.
After the War of the Ring Pippin was rewarded by King Elessar and was made a knight of Gondor and a Kings messenger. He then returned to the Shire and helped mobilise the Hobbits against the the Chief's men. Throughout his life Pippin maintained contact with the outside world, and in FO 64 he and Merry resigned their offices and rode to Rohan and Gondor. They died in Gondor a few years later and were buried in Minas Tirith with great honour.
Peregrin was universally known as Pippin. In Gondor during the War of the Ring he was erroneously called Ernil i Pheriannath,Prince of the halflings.
Pippin steals the Palantir, by Anke-Katrin Eissman
Eamil
Earnil was the thirteenth King of Gondor. His father Tarciryan was the brother to the King Tarannon Falastur who was the first childless King of Gondor. Earnil ruled for eighty-nine years where he rebuilt the haven of Pelargir. He also massed a great fleet of ships and seiged the Southern men’s the Haradrim's main port Umbar. The Black Numenoreons also lived upon the great harbour but were defeated by Earnil’s fleet. He then turned Umbar into a major harbour for Gondor, and also a stronghold. After this though, Earnil was lost at sea in a storm that claimed many lives and ships.
Ciryaher was the Great son of Earnil, and fifteenth King of Gondor. He bided his time as the Haradrim who were led by lords who had fled from Umbar led assaults against Umbar. His father Ciryandil died in battle at the Haradwraith after fighting against the Haradrim. When he had massed a big enough army, Ciryandil led his forces against the Haradrim defeating them completely and making them swear loyalty to Gondor. Ciryandil after his victory took the name of Hyarmendacil meaning ‘The South victor’. Hyarmendacil was King for one hundred and thirty four years making his reign the longest of all the line of Anarion.
Pirates of Umbar ( artist unknown )
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