Númenóreans
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Númenóreans | |
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Race | |
File:Ivan Ulicny - The Age of Numenor.jpg | |
General Information | |
Members | Elros, Ar-Pharazôn, Elendil, Aldarion |
Physical Description | |
Lifespan | Line of Elros 400 years. Other lines 200 years |
Distinctions | Alliance with the Elves, advanced technology |
Average height | Taller than other Men |
Gallery | Images of Númenóreans |
Númenóreans were the Men of Númenor, descendants of the Edain of the First Age, who were granted the island of Elenna as a dwelling place. They turned against the Valar, and their island home was destroyed in the last years of the Second Age.
References
- The Return of the King, Appendix A
- The Return of the King, Appendix B
- The Return of the King, Appendix F
- The Silmarillion, Akallabêth
- Unfinished Tales, A Description of the Island of Númenor
- Unfinished Tales, Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife
- Unfinished Tales, The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor
- Unfinished Tales, Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan
- The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Fall of Númenor
- The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Lost Road
- Sauron Defeated, Part Three: The Drowning of Anadune
- The Peoples of Middle-earth, The History of the Akallabeth
- The Peoples of Middle-earth, The Tale of Years of the Second Age
- The Peoples of Middle-earth, The Heirs of Elendil
- The Peoples of Middle-earth, Tal-Elmar