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Elros Tar-Minyatur Son of Eärendil and Elwing, twin brother of Elrond. He chose the fate of Men and became the first King of Númenor, reigning for 410 years. The longest-lived of all mortal Men, he laid down his life of his own will in the year 442 of the Second Age. | Founder |
Second King of Númenor, son of Elros Tar-Minyatur. Did not in practice rule, but yielded the sceptre at once to his son.
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Tar-Amandil Third King of Númenor, son of Vardamir. | Member |
Tar-Elendil Fourth King of Númenor, ancestor of Lord Amandil and of Elendil of Westernesse. | Member |
Tar-Meneldur Fifth King of Númenor, a gentle, scholarly man enamoured of star-lore. He built an observatory tower in the Forostar. He opposed his son Aldarion's sea-voyaging and resigned the Sceptre early as a stroke of policy during the troubles with Gil-galad. | Member |
Tar-Aldarion Tar-Aldarion, sixth King of Númenor, also called Anardil. Golden-haired son of Tar-Meneldur, a great mariner and shipbuilder who founded the Guild of Venturers and established havens in Middle-earth. His love of the sea destroyed his marriage to Erendis. He changed the law of succession to allow his daughter Ancalimë to inherit the Sceptre. | Member |
Tar-Ancalimë Daughter of Aldarion and Erendis, the first Ruling Queen of Númenor. Proud and wilful, she long refused to marry, and when she did wed Hallacar it was partly in despite of her cousin Soronto. She reigned for 205 years, longer than any ruler after Elros. | Member |
Tar-Anárion Sixth King of Númenor, son of Tar-Aldarion and Ancalimë's brother. | Member |
Tar-Súrion Seventh King of Númenor. | Member |
Tar-Telperien First Ruling Queen of Númenor by direct descent. | Member |
Tar-Minastir Eleventh King of Númenor who sent the fleet that broke Sauron in Eriador. | Member |
Tar-Ciryatan Twelfth King of Númenor, called the Shipbuilder. His reign marks the turning of Númenor's heart toward dominion. | Member |
Tar-Atanamir Tar-Atanamir the Great, first King of Númenor to refuse Mandos's Gift and cling to life beyond its natural span. | Member |
Tar-Ancalimon Fourteenth King of Númenor whose reign saw the bitter division between the King's Men and the Faithful. | Member |
Tar-Telemmaitë Fifteenth King of Númenor. | Member |
Tar-Vanimeldë Third Ruling Queen of Númenor. | Member |
Tar-Anducal The usurper, called Herucalmo in his lifetime, who took the sceptre by his wife's right and was not afterwards counted in the line. | Member |
Tar-Alcarin Eighteenth King of Númenor, son of Vanimeldë by Herucalmo's seizure. | Member |
Tar-Calmacil Nineteenth King of Númenor. | Member |
Tar-Ardamin Twentieth King of Númenor, last to bear the Quenya regnal title before the breach. | Member |
Ar-Adûnakhôr Twenty-first King of Númenor, the first to take the Adûnaic title and the first to forbid the Eldarin tongues in royal speech. | Member |
Ar-Zimrathôn Twenty-second King of Númenor. | Member |
Ar-Sakalthôr Twenty-third King of Númenor. | Member |
Ar-Gimilzôr Twenty-fourth King of Númenor, persecutor of the Faithful and father of Tar-Palantir who returned to the old ways. | Member |
Tar-Palantir Twenty-fifth King of Númenor, last of the Faithful kings before the fall. Foresaw the Downfall and grieved. | Member |
Tar-Míriel Daughter of Tar-Palantir and rightful heir to the sceptre; forced to wed Ar-Pharazôn her cousin and drowned in the Downfall of Númenor. | Member |
Ar-Pharazôn Ar-Pharazôn the Golden, last King of Númenor. Challenges Sauron and is undone by him; launches the fleet that breaks Aman's veil and brings the Downfall. | Member |
Erendis Wife of Aldarion, a dark-haired woman of the House of Bëor. Beautiful and slender with clear grey eyes, she grew bitter from her husband's endless voyages and withdrew to Emerië with their daughter, refusing to return to Armenelos. | Member |
Almarian Queen of Tar-Meneldur, mother of Aldarion. Daughter of Vëantur the Captain of Ships, she was a woman of great beauty. She supported her son's voyaging ambitions against her husband's wishes. | Member |
Vëantur Captain of the King's Ships under Tar-Elendil. Grandfather of Aldarion, he inspired his grandson's love of the sea by taking him on his first voyage to Middle-earth. His ship Entulessë ('Return') was the first to reach the Grey Havens in the year 600. | Member |
Beregar Father of Erendis. He came from the west of Númenor and was of the House of Bëor by ancient descent, though not of the royal line of Elros. | Member |
Soronto Nephew of Tar-Aldarion who presses his claim against Ancalimë's succession to the sceptre of Númenor. | Member |
Hallatan Sheep-lord of Hyarastorni in Númenor, named host of the inland feast in the tale of Aldarion and Erendis. | Member |
Núneth Mother of Erendis and trusted voice in the Westernesse domestic scenes of Aldarion and Erendis. | Member |
Elendil Elendil the Tall, last lord of Andúnië, founder of the Númenórean realms in exile. He fell with Gil-galad in the final battle against Sauron. His tomb was set by Isildur on the summit of the beacon-hill Halifirien. | Member |
Isildur Son of Elendil, second King of the Dúnedain. He cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand but refused to destroy it. Ambushed at the Gladden Fields while travelling to Imladris, he was slain by Orc-arrows after the Ring slipped from his finger in the Anduin. | Member |
Meneldil Nephew of Isildur, left as King of Gondor when Isildur departed northward. He bade farewell to Isildur at the Eastgate of the Bridge of Osgiliath on the morning of his ill-fated journey. | Member |