Elros

2011-09-10T23:35:48Z

Finrod felagund:

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| image=[[Image:Hope Hoover - Elros sketch.jpg|250px]]
| name=Elros
| othernames=''Gimilzôr'' ([[Adûnaic|A]]), ''Tar-Minyatur'' ([[Quenya|Q]])
| titles=[[King of Númenor]]
| position=
| realm=[[Númenor]]
| affiliation=
| language=[[Adûnaic]], [[Sindarin]] and [[Quenya]]
| birth={{FA|532}}
| birthlocation=[[Mouths of the Sirion|Havens of Sirion]], [[Beleriand]]
| rule={{SA|32}} - {{SA|442|n}} (410 years)
| death={{SA|442}}
| deathlocation=Númenor
| age=500
| house=Founded [[House of Elros]]
| heritage=[[Half-elven]] mother and father
| parentage=[[Eärendil]] and [[Elwing]]
| siblings=[[Elrond]]
| spouse=
| children=[[Vardamir Nólimon|Vardamir]], [[Tindómiel]], [[Manwendil]] and [[Atanalcar]]
| gender=Male
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}}'''Elros''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈelros]}}) was the son of [[Eärendil]], the great hero of the [[First Age]], and his wife [[Elwing]]. He was the twin brother of [[Elrond]] and both were [[Half-elven]].<ref name="Earendil">{{S|Earendil}}</ref> The Valar gave Elros and his brother the choice to become mortal [[Men]] or immortal like the [[Elves]]. While Elrond became an Elf Lord }, Elros chose to be a Man. He would become a lord of the [[Edain]] and the first [[King of Númenor]], taking the name '''Tar-Minyatur''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[tarˈmiɲatur]}}).

== History ==
Elros and Elrond were born in the [[Havens of Sirion]] during the darkest days of the First Age, when the forces of [[Morgoth]] controlled most of [[Beleriand]]. When the twins were just four years old, the [[Sons of Fëanor]], bound by their [[Oath of Fëanor|Oath]], assaulted the Havens since they desired the [[Silmaril]] held by Eärendil. Elros' father was at sea, and Elwing barely escaped with the Silmaril, but the twins were captured. [[Maedhros]] and [[Maglor]], the only Sons of Fëanor to repudiate their deeds, protected them through the end of the First Age.<ref name="Earendil"/>

After the [[War of Wrath]] and the destruction of Beleriand, the twins chose their race and fate. Elros, having chosen Manhood,<ref name="Earendil"/> was now by right a lord of the [[Edain]]. He led his people across the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]], guided by the [[Star of Eärendil]] his father, to the land the Valar had prepared for the Edain as a reward for their struggle against Morgoth. They arrived at [[Elenna]], a large island in the western part of the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]], soon after the beginning of the [[Second Age]]. Elenna was the closest of mortal lands to the [[Blessed Realm]], though Men were [[Ban of the Valar|forbidden to go]] any further west than Elenna. However, the Valar gave the Edain substantially longer lifespans than most Men had, and Elros and his descendants had the longest lives of all the people.<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>

Elros became the first [[King of Númenor|King]] of the realm of [[Númenor]] in the year 32 of the Second Age. He took a royal name in [[Quenya]], ''Tar-Minyatur'', thus setting a tradition of Quenya being the royal language of the isle, even though the common tongue was [[Adûnaic]].<ref name="Kings">{{UT|Kings}}</ref> He brought with him the [[Ring of Barahir]], the [[Dramborleg|Axe of Tuor]], and [[Thingol]]'s sword [[Aranrúth]] as family heirlooms. Throughout his reign the kingdom received gifts from the Elves of [[Tol Eressëa]], including flowers from the gardens of [[Yavanna]] and a seed from [[Celeborn, White Tree|Celeborn]]. This was the beginning of the Númenóreans' long friendship with the Elves of the West, a relationship that would define the future of Númenor.

Tar-Minyatur had four children: three sons, [[Vardamir Nólimon]], [[Manwendil]], and [[Atanalcar]]; and one daughter, [[Tindómiel]].<ref>{{UT|earlier}}</ref> After living five centuries, and ruling Númenor for 410 years, Tar-Minyatur died and his son Vardamir Nólimon took up the [[Sceptre]] of Númenor as [[Tar-Vardamir]]. But because Elros had lived so long, Tar-Vardamir was already old, and was thus only a titular King: he immediately surrendered the Sceptre to his son, [[Tar-Amandil]].<ref name="Kings"/>

== Etymology ==
Elros' name, which is [[Sindarin]] form of the '''Elerossë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˌeleˈrosːe]}}). The Sindarin elements are ''[[el]]'', 'star', and ''[[ros]]'', 'foam'.<ref>{{S|Elements}}</ref>

It means "Elf of the spray", based on a tale from his early childhood when the [[Sons of Fëanor]] abducted the twins until [[Maedhros]] found them playing in a forest waterfall. Alternatively, his name could mean 'star-foam'.<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref>

Elros' royal name, [[Tar]]-Minyatur, is [[Quenya]] for "High First-Lord" ''[[minya]]'' "first", ''[[tur]]'' "master, lord"). All the Kings and [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Queens]] after Elros who took their names in Quenya also used the prefix ''tar-'' in their royal names.

== Genealogy ==
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|next=[[Tar-Vardamir]]
|list=1st [[King of Númenor]]<br><code>II</code> 32 – 442
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== See Also ==
*[[Twins]]
[[Category:House of Eärendil]]
[[Category:House of Dior]]
[[Category:House of Elros| ]]
[[Category:Rulers of Númenor]]
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[[fr:encyclo/personnages/hommes/2a/numenoreens/elros]]
[[fi:Elros]]

Vinyamar

2011-09-10T23:31:05Z

Finrod felagund:

{{location
| image=[[Image:Ted Nasmith - Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar.jpg|250px]]
| name=Vinyamar
| othernames=
| etymology=[[Quenya|Q.]] ''[[vinya]]'' "young, new" + ''[[-mbar|mar]]'' "house, home, dwelling"
| type=City
| location=South [[Nevrast]], [[Mount Taras|Mt. Taras]]
| inhabitants=[[Noldor]] of [[Turgon]]
| realms=[[Turgon]]
| description=City on the slopes of Mt. Taras
| events=Coming of [[Tuor]]
| references=''[[Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin]]'', ''[[The Silmarillion]]''
|}}
'''Vinyamar''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈviɲamar]}}) was a settlement built by [[Turgon son of Fingolfin]] in [[Nevrast]], on the slopes of [[Mount Taras]], at the beginning of the [[First Age]]. It was the first recorded [[Noldor|Ñoldor]] stone construction as they arrived in [[Middle-earth]]. The name is [[Quenya]] for "New Home". Vinyamar's population was primarily Ñoldorin, with a large influx of [[Sindar]]in elves.

==History==
The city was abandoned about 125 years after the rising of the [[Sun]] at [[Ulmo]]'s behest, who told Turgon that he and his people must seek a another home that would be hidden from the eyes of [[Morgoth]].{that city was Gondolin in the Valley of Tumladen}

Vinyamar was abandoned and fell into decay, but when [[Tuor son of Hour]] was guided there by Ulmo he still found remnants of the great city and the sword, armour and helm left there by Turgon {because of the councils of Ulmo} for a mystery person who would need them. {Tuor}

[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:Quenya Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, Towns and Villages]]
[[Category:Beleriand]]

[[de:Vinyamar]]
[[fi:Vinyamar]]
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/villes_tours_et_forteresses/beleriand/vinyamar]]

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