The question that remains is if Nia Towle will be portraying Isildur's wife on screen. If the latest rumor is true, will Towle's character Estrid bond with Isildur and eventually marry the lost Númenórean sailor? Remember, the last we saw Maxim Baldry's Isildur late in Season 1, he was lost in the wreckage of the newly erupted Mount Doom. Will the two meet and bond as they survive the wreck and slaughter together? It certainly seems possible.
To be fair, though, there are some potential issues that could make this not work. For instance, one Reddit thread broke down the possibility of a marriage between the two actors' characters and pointed out that if Towle's character is from Middle-earth rather than Númenor, she wouldn't have the same long life as the humans who hail from that blessed island. IIsildur himself lives for nearly 250 years before dying in battle — not of old age. The Humans in Middle-earth live much shorter, normal lifespans, which could make things difficult. In that case, perhaps Estrid is just a chance companion Isildur meets on the road. Or maybe the showrunners will even be gutsy enough to write their own doomed Tolkienian romance, which will flame out due to the cruelties of time itself ... making way for Isildur to remarry and have his family.
However, considering the show's willingness to bend the details of J.R.R. Tolkien's original text so far — especially in areas like timelines and lifespans — there's a good chance they ignore the aging aspects and dive into an Isildur/Estrid romance full bore. Either way, we'll have to wait for a while still before we see the relationship unfold when Season 2 finally airs at some point down the road.
