Tar-Alcarin

Tar-Alcarin
Númenórean
Biographical Information
Birth	S.A. 2406
Rule	S.A. 2657 (de jure 2637) - 2737 (80 years)
Death	S.A. 2737 (aged 331 years)
Family
Parentage	Tar-Vanimeldë and Herucalmo
Children	Tar-Calmacil
Physical Description
Gender	Male

Tar-Alcarin was the seventeenth King of Númenor. His name means "the Glorious".

His parents were the Ruling Queen, Tar-Vanimeldë, and her husband, Herucalmo. Tar-Alcarin should have succeeded his mother upon her death, but Herucalmo usurped the Sceptre as Tar-Anducal. He ruled the Kingdom illegally for twenty years before he died, at which time Tar-Alcarin became the rightful King. Tar-Alcarin then removed his father from the Royal Line so he would never be recorded as a King of Númenor.

Despite the troubled beginning, Tar-Alcarin's reign was a peaceful one in Númenor. In Middle-earth, however, Sauron again ruled the lands. After his death, he was succeeded by his son Tar-Calmacil.

References

• Unfinished Tales, The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor

Preceded by: Tar-Anducal (de facto)

17th King of Númenor II 2657 – 2737

Followed by: Tar-Calmacil