What if??

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Tuor of Gondolin

On a related point about Isildur claiming the Ring as weregild, did Gilgalad have descendents?

Regardless of weregild claims, the point is moot since Gil-galad left no known offspring, and seems to have been single all of his life. For that reason, after his death, Elrond was the de facto Seventh High King of the Noldor- although the decimation and migration of the Noldor that occurred as a result of the War of the Last Alliance meant that actually claiming any such title would have been a rather silly thing to do...