at least, not for much, much longer than anyone expects. Together in Death: Ioreth tearfully assures Talion that they'll be together forever after the Black Hand kills them.Sadly, it turns into a Futile Hand Reach as they're forcibly yanked apart. Take My Hand!: Attempted between Talion and Ioreth as they're taken into custody by the Black Captains.Mostly averted in Shadow of War, as Talion has fulfilled his quest to avenge their deaths.Celebrimbor keeps Talion alive, but (the memory of) Ioreth and Dirhael keeps him going.

Small Role, Big Impact: Due to their status as Talion's family - or, more precisely, his dead family, who were slaughtered in front of him.

Sacrificial Lamb: Killed off at the beginning of the story as a Human Sacrifice.

Posthumous Character: As the player quickly learns.

The penalty for that was death, but when Ioreth told her father Hallas she was pregnant with Dirhael and threatened to claim she killed the nobleman in self-defense, her father pulled strings to get Talion transferred to the Black Gate instead. Noodle Incident: Audio during the loading screens indicate that in their youth Talion killed a Gondorian nobleman who assaulted Ioreth.It's also suggested that Ioreth's father Hallas was a military man, or at least had military connections.Talion was even training him as a Ranger of Gondor prior to the events of the games. The Lost Lenore: More Ioreth, but it's made abundantly clear that Talion loved his family dearly.Human Sacrifice: Used as such to summon the Wraith.The Cameo: Ioreth - or at least a twisted version of her - appears briefly in a vision in Shadow of War's prologue, and she and Dirhael appear during the flashback of Talion's life that Eltariel sees after defeating NazgГ»l Talion at the end of Blade of Galadriel.Badass Family: Dirhael, despite his youth, slays many Uruks before his capture by the Black Captains, and Ioreth bravely faces death and assures Talion that they'll be Together in Death.Ioreth often expressed her desire to leave the Black Gate, only to have her wish fulfilled in the most horrifying and tragic way possible on the night of Sauron's return. Ioreth had joined her lover in his exile at the Black Gate, where she bore him Dirhael as the boy grew into a man, his father trained him to continue his legacy as a Ranger of Gondor. Voiced by: Laura Bailey (Ioreth) and Jack Quaid (Dirhael)

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