After the death of Earendur, 10th king of Arnor, his three sons splitted the kingdom in 871 T.A., in Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur. We all know what tragedies and great loss followed then. Do you think Arnor would still be arround at the end of the Third Age if they didn't split up?
You see Northern Kingdom even broken at 3 pieces endure great sufferings and pain for nearly 1.100 years,so it is common sense tha a United Kingdom like Arnor will endure,maybe the same like Gondor,and then South Dunedains will have aid from the north from their own brothers, and not from some northmen,they are good but not so good like brothers Dunedains,it couldnt very big kingdom like Gondor,border with umbar and etc ,it will be a kingdom focuseing only in the northern-west part of Middle Earth.
I think Arnor would have been a prosperous, rich and peaceful kingdom. Angmar would have been destroyed with relative ease. The people would be almost pure Dunedain, there was a Breemen community, hillmen in Rhudaur and the Trollshaws and forestmen in Minhiriath, but only a few Dunedain would merge with the Breemen. Arnor would have ruled his original area, and probably also entire Enedwaith, untill the Ered Nimrais. New cities would have been founded, and Numenor and its people would have endured.
Totaly agree with your opinion
Nice.
Is there a novel in of itself that focuses on Arnor and it's rise an fall? if so which book is it in then? so that then I can give you my opinion on this matter. Thank you Sincerely, Rapturkap
No. But for more info the Unfinished Tales or else the History of Middle Earth are nice, the Lexicon provides a lot of info as well. Or try Valandur's fanfiction: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=390239
It is hard to tell, would it survive or not, as the witch-king is a mighty enemy, but it would almost certanly exist longer, than it did.
Hmm, would the Witch King used to destroy Angmar when Arnor was still a mighty empire?
Gondor is a myghty empire too and Sauron tries to destroy it and all middle earth at the end of third age.
True. Yet Gondor survived, and Arnor did not.
Even that Arnor hadnt too many enemies like Gondor,thats because the Kingdom broke at 3 pieces,the unity was very low,in the end very few survived,and we know their story
Arnor would've survived if the divide and conquer tactic wasn't used
