Isildur

Race: Men Life: 3209 S.A. - 2 T.A. Parents: Elendil and unknown On the Gorgoroth Plains during the Siege of Mordor, he saw his father struck down by Sauron. He then took up the part of Narsil and cut the One Ring from Sauron's finger, which killed him. Isildur took the One Ring. Elrond led Isildur into the Cracks of Mt. Doom to throw the One Ring in and destroy it, but Isildur had already been possesed by the Ring. Isildur ignored Elrond's advice to destroy the Ring and instead kept the Ring for himself. Later, the Ring betrayed Isildur when he tried to use it to escape an ambush by Orcs (Goblins) at Gladden Fields. It slipped off his finger in the river and the Ring was lost for years until Smeagol (Gollum) found it. Isildur's heir is to that throne is Aragorn.

Bibliography: "Isildur" http://www.tuckborough.net/isildur.html "Lord of the Rings Characers: Isildur" http://www.patriotresource.com/lotr/characters/isildur.html "Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings"