Third King of Númenor, son of Vardamir.

Fourth King of Númenor, ancestor of Lord Amandil and of Elendil of Westernesse.

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.

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.

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.

Sixth King of Númenor, son of Tar-Aldarion and Ancalimë's brother.

Seventh King of Númenor.

First Ruling Queen of Númenor by direct descent.

Eleventh King of Númenor who sent the fleet that broke Sauron in Eriador.

Twelfth King of Númenor, called the Shipbuilder. His reign marks the turning of Númenor's heart toward dominion.

Tar-Atanamir the Great, first King of Númenor to refuse Mandos's Gift and cling to life beyond its natural span.

Fourteenth King of Númenor whose reign saw the bitter division between the King's Men and the Faithful.

Fifteenth King of Númenor.

Third Ruling Queen of Númenor.

The usurper, called Herucalmo in his lifetime, who took the sceptre by his wife's right and was not afterwards counted in the line.

Eighteenth King of Númenor, son of Vanimeldë by Herucalmo's seizure.

Nineteenth King of Númenor.

Twentieth King of Númenor, last to bear the Quenya regnal title before the breach.

Twenty-first King of Númenor, the first to take the Adûnaic title and the first to forbid the Eldarin tongues in royal speech.

Twenty-second King of Númenor.

Twenty-third King of Númenor.

Twenty-fourth King of Númenor, persecutor of the Faithful and father of Tar-Palantir who returned to the old ways.

Twenty-fifth King of Númenor, last of the Faithful kings before the fall. Foresaw the Downfall and grieved.

Daughter of Tar-Palantir and rightful heir to the sceptre; forced to wed Ar-Pharazôn her cousin and drowned in the Downfall of Númenor.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nephew of Tar-Aldarion who presses his claim against Ancalimë's succession to the sceptre of Númenor.

Sheep-lord of Hyarastorni in Númenor, named host of the inland feast in the tale of Aldarion and Erendis.

Mother of Erendis and trusted voice in the Westernesse domestic scenes of Aldarion and Erendis.

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.

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.

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.