Character Analysis: Elendil, Isildur, Anarion

[Valandil]

Elendil, Isildur and Anarion:

1. Start with the facts.

2. Compare and contrast.

3. Speculation and conjecture.

Have at it...

EDIT:
Likely sources for information:
* The Lord of the Rings (snippets here and there)
* "Appendix A" and "Appendix B" of LOTR (which covers most snippets anyway)
* "Akallabeth" from The Silmarillion
* "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" from The Silmarillion
* "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields" from Unfinished Tales
* "Cirion and Eorl..." from Unfinished Tales
* "A description of the Island of Numenor" from Unfinished Tales
* "The Palantiri" from Unfinished Tales
* "The Fall of Númenor and the Lost Road" from The Lost Road and Other Writings (Book V of the History of Middle-earth series)
* "The Heirs of Elendil" from The Peoples of Middle Earth (Book XII of the History of Middle-earth series)