people. Tolkien intended Númenor to allude to the legendary Atlantis. Commentators have noted that the destruction of Númenor echoes the Biblical stories...
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The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth is a 2022 fantasy work collecting all J. R. R. Tolkien's Second Age writings...
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The Silmarillion (redirect from Downfall of Númenor)
beyond that of other Men. Indeed, the isle of Númenor lay closer to Aman than to Middle-earth. The fall of Númenor came about through the influence of the corrupted...
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Unfinished Tales (redirect from Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth)
father Tar-Meneldur. "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", a chronicle listing all the Kings of Númenor from its foundation to its destruction "The History...
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that drowned Númenor, itself an echo of the myth of Atlantis, founding new Númenórean kingdoms in Middle-earth. Elendil was born in Númenor, son of Amandil...
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Sauron (section Downfall of Númenor)
Second Age, Ar-Pharazôn, king of Númenor, led a massive army to Middle-earth. Sauron surrendered, to corrupt Númenor from within. With the One Ring, Sauron...
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powerful of the Kings of Númenor, humbled Sauron – his armies deserting in the face of Númenor's might – and brought him to Númenor as a hostage, although...
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of a family of the Faithful from Númenor who had ruled over the land of Belfalas since the Second Age, before Númenor was destroyed. This family of Númenóreans...
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At the beginning of the Second Age, the Valar gave the Edain Númenor to live on. Númenor was an island-continent located far to the west of Middle-earth...
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Old Straight Road (section "The Fall of Númenor")
the isle of Númenor lay closer to the Valar's earthly paradise of Valinor, on the continent of Aman, than to Middle-earth. The fall of Númenor came about...
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create the island of Númenor as a reward to the Edain, Men who had fought alongside the Noldor. Centuries later the kingdom of Númenor grows so powerful...
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Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. The series was originally...
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descendants" Tolkien 1987 Part One: II. The Fall of Númenor, (iii) "The second version of The Fall of Númenor" Tolkien 1994 Part Two: "The Later Quenta Silmarillion:...
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Volume V reads "Herein are collected the oldest Tale of the Downfall of Númenor, the story of the Lost Road into the West, the Annals of Valinor and the...
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a three-stage process, like that of Númenor. Hamish Williams regards the narrative of decline and fall in Númenor as a thought-experiment exercise recalling...
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Beleriand, was drowned in the War of Wrath. In the Second Age, a large island, Númenor, was created in the Great Sea, Belegaer, between Aman and Middle-earth;...
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brought as a gift to the Men who live on the island of Númenor. It is Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor. When the dark lord Sauron takes control of the island...
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Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. These events take place over...
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most powerful king of Númenor, landed at Umbar with an immense army, forcing Sauron's armies to flee. Sauron was taken to Númenor as a prisoner. Tolkien...
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about Númenor, a lost civilisation connected with Atlantis and with Tolkien's Middle-earth. Through these dreams, he "discovers" much about the Númenor story...
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Tolkien began to extend this framework to include the tale of The Fall of Númenor, which was inspired by the legend of Atlantis. Tolkien appointed his son...
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throughout Tolkien's writings, from The Silmarillion and the accounts of Númenor to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Where Elves are good, and fully...
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the shape of several incidents including the Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor). There is no single Christ-figure comparable to C. S. Lewis's Aslan in...
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in the Second Age of Middle-earth and introduces the island kingdom of Númenor. The episode was written by Jason Cahill and Justin Doble, and directed...
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in Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Adûnaic was spoken by the Men of Númenor during the Second Age. By the time of the War of the Ring at the end of...
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Norse myth of Ragnarök. In the Second Age, Eru buried King Ar-Pharazôn of Númenor and his army when they invaded Aman in the Second Age, trying to reach...
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Númenóreans, Avery wanted Númenor to look like the inspiration for the Gondor city Minas Tirith. The main set for Númenor was almost 300,000 square feet...
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the war, the creator, Eru Iluvatar, gives the Edain the new island of Númenor as their home. The key difference between Men and Elves now becomes central...
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launching an attack upon the Elves of Eregion, but was repelled by the Men of Númenor. Over a thousand years later, the Númenóreans under Ar-Pharazôn sailed...
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