Vëantur

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Vëantur
Númenórean
Biographical Information
TitlesCaptain of the King's Ships
LocationNúmenor
LanguageAdûnaic, Sindarin
BirthS.A. 451[1]
Númenor
DeathAfter S.A. 727 (aged >276)
Family
ChildrenAlmarian
Physical Description
GenderMale
SteedEntulessë (ship)
GalleryImages of Vëantur

Vëantur (Q, pron. [veˈantur]) was the Captain of the King's Ships during the reign of Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor.

History[edit | edit source]

In S.A. 600 Vëantur commanded the Entulessë or "Return", the first Númenórean ship to venture back to Middle-earth.[2] He sailed into the Grey Havens and became acquainted with Círdan[3], the Elven King Gil-galad, and twelve Men from Eriador who came to see those "who had returned from death in the deeps of the Sea".[1]

Vëantur's daughter, Almarian, married Meneldur, who would be the fifth King of Númenor, and bore him a son, Aldarion. Vëantur greatly loved his grandson and welcomed him often to his house, where Aldarion learned how to row, to sail, and then to captain his own ship. In S.A. 725, when Aldarion was twenty-five years old, the aging Vëantur invited him to sail to Middle-earth to meet Círdan and Gil-galad. Aldarion obtained Meneldur's permission and in the great ship Númerrámar or "West-wings", Vëantur and Aldarion proceeded to journey to the eastern lands on a voyage that lasted two years.[4]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Vëantur is a Quenya name. Its meaning is not glossed, but Helge Fauskanger suggests it means either "Sea-lord" or "Vigorous lord" and is a compound of either vea ("sea") or vea ("adult", "manly", "vigorous") and the suffixal form -(n)tur of tur ("master", "lord", "ruler").[5][6]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

 
 
 
 
 
 
VËANTUR
b. 451
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Meneldur
543 - 942
 
Almarian
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tar-Aldarion
700 - 1098
 
Ailinel
b. 712
 
Almiel
b. 729


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