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House of Fingolfin

2025-05-22T16:09:51Z

Kaiochry: /* Other versions of the legendarium */

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The '''House of Fingolfin''' were the descendants and followers of [[Fingolfin]], second son of [[Finwë]]. They held the [[High King of the Noldor|High Kingship of the Noldor]] during the late [[First Age]].

==History==
Fingolfin was accounted [[High King of the Noldor]] after [[Maedhros]] bestowed the Kingship to him, in gratitude for his son [[Fingon]] rescuing him from [[Thangorodrim]] and as compensation for the acts of [[Fëanor|his father]] against him.<ref>{{S|Return}}</ref>

During the early years of the [[Exile of the Noldor]], the House of Fingolfin held the lands to the northwest of [[Beleriand]]: [[Hithlum]], [[Nevrast]] and [[Gondolin]]. Of these, the city of Gondolin held until {{FA|510}}, but Hithlum was overrun by [[Morgoth]] in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], where Fingon was slain (Fingolfin had already met his end in the [[Dagor Bragollach]]).<ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> The remnant of the House, including Fingon's son [[Gil-galad|Ereinion Gil-galad]], were succoured by [[Círdan]] in the [[Grey Havens]].

After the Nirnaeth, [[Tuor]] son of [[Huor]] was sent as a messenger to [[Turgon]] in [[Gondolin]], and there wedded Turgon's daughter [[Idril]]. Thus was the blood of [[Men]] introduced into the House, and the descendants of their line were named half-elven, given the choice of whether they were to considered [[Men]] or [[Elves]].<ref>{{cite DTP|S QS.24.015}}</ref>All these descendants chose to be considered among the [[Firstborn]], except [[Elrond]]'s brother [[Elros]] (who became the first King of [[Númenor]] and was a direct ancestor of [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]), and Elrond's daughter [[Arwen]] (Queen to Aragorn at the end of the [[Third Age]]).

After the [[Fall of Gondolin]], the survivors of the House lived as exiles at the [[Mouths of Sirion]] or in the [[Falas]], until [[Eärendil]], descendant of Fingolfin's second son Turgon, sailed into the West to seek the aid of the [[Valar]], who overthrew Morgoth in the [[War of Wrath]] in c. {{FA|583}}.<ref>{{S|Earendil}}</ref>

The House of Fingolfin was probably no more as an entity; the only known descendants were the two [[Half-elven]] sons of [[Eärendil]]; [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]], the patriarch of the [[Men|Mannish]] [[House of Elros]] and the [[Kings of Númenor]].

==Genealogy==
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
The last High King of the Noldor, Ereinion Gil-galad, remained in Middle-earth. Despite having been listed as the son of Fingon in the published ''Silmarillion'', Christopher Tolkien later admitted this was an editorial error on his part. Gil-Galad's correct parentage is [[Orodreth]] of the [[House of Finarfin]].<ref>{{PM|XI5}}</ref>

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[[Category:Elven noble houses]]
[[Category:House of Fingolfin| ]]

Maedhros

2025-05-16T07:02:20Z

Kaiochry: Removed [source?] tag (resolved in previous edit)

{{short description|Eldest son of Fëanor}}
{{disambig-two|the son of [[Fëanor]]|non-canonical grandfather of [[Fëanor]]|[[Maidros (grandfather of Fëanor)|Maidros]]}}
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| name=Maedhros
| image=Jenny Dolfen - There will be blood.jpg
| caption="There will be blood" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
| pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈmaɛðrɔs]}}
| othernames="the Tall" ''Nelyafinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]), ''Maitimo'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]]), ''Russandol'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[epessë]]), 
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| birthlocation=[[Tirion]]
| rule={{FA|7}} – {{FA|472|n}}
| death={{FA|587}}
| deathlocation=Cast himself into a fiery chasm (suicide)
| age=2886+
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| parentage=[[Fëanor]] & [[Nerdanel]]
| siblings=[[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]
| spouse=Never married
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{{Quote|Maedhros did deeds of surpassing valour, and the Orcs fled before his face; for since his torment upon Thangorodrim his spirit burned like a white fire within, and he was as one that returns from the dead.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]"}}

'''Maedhros''' was one of the princes of the [[Noldor]] and was eldest of the [[Sons of Fëanor]].

==History==
Maedhros was born in [[Valinor]] during the Time of the [[Two Trees]]. After the banishment of [[Fëanor]] from [[Tirion]] in Valinor, he went with his father to [[Formenos]] in exile.<ref>{{S|7}}</ref> When [[Morgoth]] killed [[Finwë]] and stole Fëanor's beloved [[Silmarils]], Maedhros and his brothers took the terrible [[Oath of Fëanor]] to recover the jewels.<ref name="Flight">{{S|9}}</ref>

Maedhros went with his father to [[Alqualondë]], where the [[First Kinslaying]] broke out, in which he took part. When Fëanor sailed off without the host of [[Fingolfin]], Maedhros thought that he was planning to return and carry across the others. He expected that the first ship would carry [[Fingon]], his friend. When he learned that in fact, Fëanor planned to abandon them to prevent Fingolfin from following, he was angry and, alone of his brothers, refused to help burn the ships.<ref name="Flight" />

[[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros’s Rescue from Thangorodrim.jpg|thumb|left|''Maedhros's rescue from Thangorodrim'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
When Fëanor was killed in the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]], Maedhros inherited the claim to the [[King of the Noldor|kingship]] in [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]]. However, there was no time for him to fulfill this claim, as Morgoth sent an embassy, feigning the surrender of a Silmaril. The Oath driving him, Maedhros also feigned to treat with Morgoth, but instead he was captured by Morgoth's embassy. Morgoth held Maedhros captive for around thirty years<ref name=":0">{{GA|49-61}}</ref>, hanging him by a steel shackle about the wrist of his right hand from the face of a precipice of [[Thangorodrim]]. In a daring rescue, his cousin Fingon, helped by [[Thorondor]] the King of Eagles, saved him from torment, but he was forced to cut off Maedhros' hand to release him. With the griefs between their houses assuaged, at the [[council in Mithrim]], Maedhros relinquished his claim as High King of the Noldor to [[Fingolfin]], an action his brothers did not approve of.<ref name="Return">{{S|13}}</ref>

Seeing that his brothers were likely to cause feuds with their kinsmen, Maedhros moved them out of [[Hithlum]], and later ruled the lands around the [[Hill of Himring]], which became known as the [[March of Maedhros]]. Allied with Fingolfin, he won the battle of [[Dagor Aglareb]], and, thanks to his daring deeds during the [[Dagor Bragollach]], [[Himring]] stood while many other elven realms fell.<ref name="Return" />

Hearing word of the deeds of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], he took hope and gathered his brothers and united with other Elven Houses to create the [[Union of Maedhros]], an alliance to lay siege to Morgoth's fortress of [[Angband]]. However, no support came from [[Thingol]] or [[Nargothrond]], due to the deeds of [[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]], Maedhros' brothers. The Union and the siege was utterly broken after the defeat in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. Himring was garrisoned by [[Orcs]]. Maedhros and his brothers lived in [[Ossiriand]], consorting with the [[Laiquendi]].<ref>{{S|20}}</ref>

Maedhros learned that [[Dior]], son of Beren and Lúthien, had inherited the Silmaril that they had recovered from Morgoth. Still driven by the Oath, he was convinced by his brother [[Celegorm]] to attack Doriath. Celegorm, [[Caranthir]], and Curufin were slain by Dior Eluchíl, the King of Doriath, who was in turn slain by them. Dior's sons, [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]], were captured and abandoned by Celegorm's servants in the forest, leading Maedhros to search for the innocent youths, but to no avail. After learning that [[Elwing]], Dior's daughter, had survived, he and his surviving brothers descended with an army upon the remnants of the people of Doriath living in the [[Havens of Sirion]]. The Noldorin princes killed many Elves and captured Elwing's sons [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]] in the sack, but Elwing escaped with the Silmaril, jumping off a cliff and into the ocean.<ref>{{S|22}}</ref>

[[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros Casts Himself into a Chasm.jpg|thumb|''Maedhros casts himself into a chasm'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
After the [[War of Wrath]], he and his last surviving brother, [[Maglor]], stole the two remaining Silmarils taken by the [[Valar]] from Morgoth. But because of the evil deeds committed by the brothers to regain the jewels, they burned the hands of Maglor and Maedhros. Unable to bear the suffering, Maedhros cast himself and the Silmaril he carried into a fiery chasm in the Earth.<ref>{{S|24}}</ref> It is uncertain whether he was eventually released from [[Mandos]], or whether he still remains there with his father till the [[Dagor Dagorath|End of the World]].

==Etymology==
''Maedhros'' is [[Sindarin]], a compound of ''maed'' ("shapely") + ''ross'' ("red-haired"), which are [[Sindarized]] elements of his names '''''Mai'''timo'' and '''''Russ'''andol'' (both explained below).<ref name="Notes">{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 366</ref> Thus this name would be properly spelled ''Maedros''.<ref name="Feanor">{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref>

In the earlier [[Noldorin]] phase of the language, the name ''Maidhros''/''Maedhros'' is said to mean "Pale-glitter". It is formed by the adding up ''[[maidh]]'' ("pale", "fallow" or "fawn") and "archaic" ''[[rhoss]]'' ("flash", "glitter of metal").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "MAD", "RUS-"</ref>

==Other names==
Maedhros' [[father-name]] was '''''Nelyafinwë''''' ("Finwë third"), shorter form '''''Nelyo''''', as his grandfather and father both shared the name ''Finwë''.<ref name="Feanor" /> ''[[Nelya]]'' is a [[Quenya]] adjective that means "third".

His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Maitimo''''' ("Well-shaped One"), for he was noted for his bodily comeliness.<ref name="Feanor" />

His brothers and other kin gave him the [[epessë]] '''''Russandol''''' ("Copper-top"), referring to the dark red hair he inherited from his grandfather [[Mahtan]].<ref name="Feanor" /> It is clearly derived from ''[[russa]]'' ("red-haired"). In relation with this name, it is also notable that Maedhros also wore a copper circlet.<ref name="Notes" />

In [[Noldorin]], he was given the surname of '''''Erchamui''''' ('One-handed'); the same as [[Beren]].<ref>{{VT|45a}}</ref>

==Genealogy==
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[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:First Age characters]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Sons of Fëanor]]
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[[fi:Maedhros]]

Maedhros

2025-05-16T06:57:28Z

Kaiochry: Added citation for the thirty years number from the Grey Annals--based on the time between the battle under the stars and the arrival of Fingolfin's host (~3 tree years/just under 30 sun years) plus 5 years of the sun. Rearranged phrasing for clarity and ease of reading.

{{short description|Eldest son of Fëanor}}
{{disambig-two|the son of [[Fëanor]]|non-canonical grandfather of [[Fëanor]]|[[Maidros (grandfather of Fëanor)|Maidros]]}}
{{infobox character
| people=[[Noldor|Noldo]]
| name=Maedhros
| image=Jenny Dolfen - There will be blood.jpg
| caption="There will be blood" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
| pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈmaɛðrɔs]}}
| othernames="the Tall" ''Nelyafinwë'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]]), ''Maitimo'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Amilessë|mn]]), ''Russandol'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[epessë]]), 
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| position=
| location=[[Eldamar]]; [[Himring]], [[March of Maedhros]]; [[Amon Ereb]]
| affiliation=[[Oath of Fëanor]], [[Union of Maedhros]]
| language=[[Fëanorian dialect]] ([[Quenya]]) and [[Sindarin]]
| birth=Between {{YT|1190}} and {{YT|1260|n}}
| birthlocation=[[Tirion]]
| rule={{FA|7}} – {{FA|472|n}}
| death={{FA|587}}
| deathlocation=Cast himself into a fiery chasm (suicide)
| age=2886+
| notablefor=
| house=[[House of Fëanor]]
| parentage=[[Fëanor]] & [[Nerdanel]]
| siblings=[[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]], [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]
| spouse=Never married
| children=None
| gender=Male
| height=Tall
| hair=Copper red
| eyes=
| clothing=
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| steed=
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{{Quote|Maedhros did deeds of surpassing valour, and the Orcs fled before his face; for since his torment upon Thangorodrim his spirit burned like a white fire within, and he was as one that returns from the dead.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]"}}

'''Maedhros''' was one of the princes of the [[Noldor]] and was eldest of the [[Sons of Fëanor]].

==History==
Maedhros was born in [[Valinor]] during the Time of the [[Two Trees]]. After the banishment of [[Fëanor]] from [[Tirion]] in Valinor, he went with his father to [[Formenos]] in exile.<ref>{{S|7}}</ref> When [[Morgoth]] killed [[Finwë]] and stole Fëanor's beloved [[Silmarils]], Maedhros and his brothers took the terrible [[Oath of Fëanor]] to recover the jewels.<ref name="Flight">{{S|9}}</ref>

Maedhros went with his father to [[Alqualondë]], where the [[First Kinslaying]] broke out, in which he took part. When Fëanor sailed off without the host of [[Fingolfin]], Maedhros thought that he was planning to return and carry across the others. He expected that the first ship would carry [[Fingon]], his friend. When he learned that in fact, Fëanor planned to abandon them to prevent Fingolfin from following, he was angry and, alone of his brothers, refused to help burn the ships.<ref name="Flight" />

[[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros’s Rescue from Thangorodrim.jpg|thumb|left|''Maedhros's rescue from Thangorodrim'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
When Fëanor was killed in the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]], Maedhros inherited the claim to the [[King of the Noldor|kingship]] in [[Exile of the Noldor|exile]]. However, there was no time for him to fulfill this claim, as Morgoth sent an embassy, feigning the surrender of a Silmaril. The Oath driving him, Maedhros also feigned to treat with Morgoth, but instead he was captured by Morgoth's embassy. Morgoth held Maedhros captive for around thirty years<ref name=":0">{{GA|49-61}}</ref>, hanging him by a steel shackle about the wrist of his right hand from the face of a precipice of [[Thangorodrim]].{{fact}}<ref name="Return" /> In a daring rescue, his cousin Fingon, helped by [[Thorondor]] the King of Eagles, saved him from torment, but he was forced to cut off Maedhros' hand to release him. With the griefs between their houses assuaged, at the [[council in Mithrim]], Maedhros relinquished his claim as High King of the Noldor to [[Fingolfin]], an action his brothers did not approve of.<ref name="Return">{{S|13}}</ref>

Seeing that his brothers were likely to cause feuds with their kinsmen, Maedhros moved them out of [[Hithlum]], and later ruled the lands around the [[Hill of Himring]], which became known as the [[March of Maedhros]]. Allied with Fingolfin, he won the battle of [[Dagor Aglareb]], and, thanks to his daring deeds during the [[Dagor Bragollach]], [[Himring]] stood while many other elven realms fell.<ref name="Return" />

Hearing word of the deeds of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], he took hope and gathered his brothers and united with other Elven Houses to create the [[Union of Maedhros]], an alliance to lay siege to Morgoth's fortress of [[Angband]]. However, no support came from [[Thingol]] or [[Nargothrond]], due to the deeds of [[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]], Maedhros' brothers. The Union and the siege was utterly broken after the defeat in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. Himring was garrisoned by [[Orcs]]. Maedhros and his brothers lived in [[Ossiriand]], consorting with the [[Laiquendi]].<ref>{{S|20}}</ref>

Maedhros learned that [[Dior]], son of Beren and Lúthien, had inherited the Silmaril that they had recovered from Morgoth. Still driven by the Oath, he was convinced by his brother [[Celegorm]] to attack Doriath. Celegorm, [[Caranthir]], and Curufin were slain by Dior Eluchíl, the King of Doriath, who was in turn slain by them. Dior's sons, [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]], were captured and abandoned by Celegorm's servants in the forest, leading Maedhros to search for the innocent youths, but to no avail. After learning that [[Elwing]], Dior's daughter, had survived, he and his surviving brothers descended with an army upon the remnants of the people of Doriath living in the [[Havens of Sirion]]. The Noldorin princes killed many Elves and captured Elwing's sons [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]] in the sack, but Elwing escaped with the Silmaril, jumping off a cliff and into the ocean.<ref>{{S|22}}</ref>

[[File:Ted Nasmith - Maedhros Casts Himself into a Chasm.jpg|thumb|''Maedhros casts himself into a chasm'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
After the [[War of Wrath]], he and his last surviving brother, [[Maglor]], stole the two remaining Silmarils taken by the [[Valar]] from Morgoth. But because of the evil deeds committed by the brothers to regain the jewels, they burned the hands of Maglor and Maedhros. Unable to bear the suffering, Maedhros cast himself and the Silmaril he carried into a fiery chasm in the Earth.<ref>{{S|24}}</ref> It is uncertain whether he was eventually released from [[Mandos]], or whether he still remains there with his father till the [[Dagor Dagorath|End of the World]].

==Etymology==
''Maedhros'' is [[Sindarin]], a compound of ''maed'' ("shapely") + ''ross'' ("red-haired"), which are [[Sindarized]] elements of his names '''''Mai'''timo'' and '''''Russ'''andol'' (both explained below).<ref name="Notes">{{PM|XINotes}}, p. 366</ref> Thus this name would be properly spelled ''Maedros''.<ref name="Feanor">{{PM|Feanor}}, pp. 352-353</ref>

In the earlier [[Noldorin]] phase of the language, the name ''Maidhros''/''Maedhros'' is said to mean "Pale-glitter". It is formed by the adding up ''[[maidh]]'' ("pale", "fallow" or "fawn") and "archaic" ''[[rhoss]]'' ("flash", "glitter of metal").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "MAD", "RUS-"</ref>

==Other names==
Maedhros' [[father-name]] was '''''Nelyafinwë''''' ("Finwë third"), shorter form '''''Nelyo''''', as his grandfather and father both shared the name ''Finwë''.<ref name="Feanor" /> ''[[Nelya]]'' is a [[Quenya]] adjective that means "third".

His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was '''''Maitimo''''' ("Well-shaped One"), for he was noted for his bodily comeliness.<ref name="Feanor" />

His brothers and other kin gave him the [[epessë]] '''''Russandol''''' ("Copper-top"), referring to the dark red hair he inherited from his grandfather [[Mahtan]].<ref name="Feanor" /> It is clearly derived from ''[[russa]]'' ("red-haired"). In relation with this name, it is also notable that Maedhros also wore a copper circlet.<ref name="Notes" />

In [[Noldorin]], he was given the surname of '''''Erchamui''''' ('One-handed'); the same as [[Beren]].<ref>{{VT|45a}}</ref>

==Genealogy==
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King of Númenor

2025-05-16T04:48:04Z

Kaiochry: Correcting tenses

The '''King of Númenor''' was the title of twenty-two rulers of [[Númenor]] (there were also three [[Ruling Queens of Númenor|Ruling Queens]]). Beginning with [[Elros|Elros Tar-Minyatur]] in {{SA|32}}, the line of kings lasted for 3,287 years, until [[Ar-Pharazôn]] brought about the [[Downfall of Númenor]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}</ref>

All the Kings of Númenor used either the [[Quenya]] prefix ''[[Tar]]'' or the [[Adûnaic]] prefix ''[[Ar]]'' before their royal name. Both prefixes meant "High".

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|- style="background: var(--tg-color-surface-2);"
! '''#''' !! '''Name''' !! '''Reign''' !! '''Notes'''
|-
| 1. || [[Elros|Elros Tar-Minyatur]] || {{SA|32}} – {{SA|442}} || A lord of the [[Edain]] and founder of the Kingdom of [[Númenor]].
|-
| 2. || [[Vardamir]] || {{SA|442}} || Better known as [[Vardamir|Vardamir Nólimon]]. His rule was only titular.
|-
| 3. || [[Tar-Amandil]] || {{SA|442}} – {{SA|590}} ||  
|-
| 4. || [[Tar-Elendil]] || {{SA|590}} – {{SA|740}} || During his reign [[Númenóreans]] first sailed back to [[Middle-earth]].
|-
| 5. || [[Tar-Meneldur]] || {{SA|740}} – {{SA|883}} || Younger brother of [[Silmariën]]. Established the first [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] havens in [[Middle-earth]].
|-
| 6. || [[Tar-Aldarion]] || {{SA|883}} – {{SA|1075}} || Founded the [[Guild of Venturers]]
|-
| 7. || [[Tar-Ancalimë]] || {{SA|1075}} – {{SA|1280}} || 1st [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]].
|-
| 8. || [[Tar-Anárion]] || {{SA|1280}} – {{SA|1394}} ||  
|-
| 9. || [[Tar-Súrion]] || {{SA|1394}} – {{SA|1556}} ||  
|-
| 10. || [[Tar-Telperiën]] || {{SA|1556}} – {{SA|1731}} || 2nd [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]]. The [[Sack of Eregion]] and [[War of the Elves and Sauron]] occur during her reign.
|-
| 11. || [[Tar-Minastir]] || {{SA|1731}} – {{SA|1869}} || With [[High King of the Noldor|High King]] [[Gil-galad]] defeats [[Sauron]] and ends the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]].
|-
| 12. || [[Tar-Ciryatan]] || {{SA|1869}} – {{SA|2029}} || [[Númenóreans]] begin military occupation of other lands.
|-
| 13. || [[Tar-Atanamir]] || {{SA|2029}} – {{SA|2221}} || First king to speak against the [[Ban of the Valar]].
|-
| 14. || [[Tar-Ancalimon]] || {{SA|2221}} – {{SA|2386}} || Establishment of the [[King's Men]] and the [[Faithful]].
|-
| 15. || [[Tar-Telemmaitë]] || {{SA|2386}} – {{SA|2526}} ||  
|-
| 16. || [[Tar-Vanimeldë]] || {{SA|2526}} – {{SA|2637}} || 3rd [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]]. Disinterested, she allows her [[Herucalmo|husband]] to rule the kingdom for her.
|-
| align="center" | – || [[Tar-Anducal]] || {{SA|2637}} – {{SA|2657}} || Illegally claimed Kingship of [[Númenor]]. After his death he was removed from the Line of Kings.
|-
| 17. || [[Tar-Alcarin]] || {{SA|2657}} – {{SA|2737}} ||  
|-
| 18. || [[Ar-Belzagar]], [[Tar-Calmacil]] || {{SA|2737}} – {{SA|2825}} || First king to adopt an [[Adûnaic]] name.
|-
| 19. || [[Ar-Abattârik]], [[Tar-Ardamin]] || {{SA|2825}} – {{SA|2899}} ||  
|-
| 20. || [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]] || {{SA|2899}} – {{SA|2962}} || He banned the speaking of [[Quenya]]. [[Falmari|Elves]] from [[Tol Eressëa]] now only visited in secret.
|-
| 21. || [[Ar-Zimrathôn]] || {{SA|2962}} – {{SA|3033}} ||  
|-
| 22. || [[Ar-Sakalthôr]] || {{SA|3033}} – {{SA|3102}} ||  
|-
| 23. || [[Ar-Gimilzôr]] || {{SA|3102}} – {{SA|3177}} || Openly persecuted the [[Faithful]].
|-
| 24. || [[Tar-Palantir]] || {{SA|3177}} – {{SA|3255}} || Attempted to bring back the old traditions of [[Númenor]].
|-
| align="center" | – || [[Tar-Míriel]] || align="center" | – || The legitimate heiress of the [[Sceptre]]. She would have been the 4th [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]].
|-
| 25. || [[Ar-Pharazôn]] || {{SA|3255}} – {{SA|3319}} || Usurped the [[Sceptre]]. Defeated and captured [[Sauron]] who later corrupted him. Led the [[Great Armament]] fleet to break the [[Ban of the Valar]], causing the [[Downfall of Númenor]].
|}

==Other names==
The title was rendered as '''''Ârû 'nAdûnâi''''' ("King of the Anadunians") in [[Adûnaic]].<ref>{{HM|SD}} p. 429</ref>

The term '''King of the Númenóreans''' is attested once in the list of Kings.<ref>{{App|A1i}}, p. 1035</ref> It was later applied by [[Arwen]] to King [[Aragorn]] in his deathbed,<ref>{{App|A1v}}, p. 1063</ref> probably in a poetic sense, as Aragorn had restored the glory of the Númenórean lineage and was dying as the old royal customs of Númenor.

==See also==
For the family tree of the rulers of Númenor and their relations, see the '''[[House of Elros]]'''.

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King of Númenor

2025-05-16T04:40:58Z

Kaiochry: Added detail to Tar-Telperiën's entry.

The '''King of Númenor''' was the title of twenty-two rulers of [[Númenor]] (there were also three [[Ruling Queens of Númenor|Ruling Queens]]). Beginning with [[Elros|Elros Tar-Minyatur]] in {{SA|32}}, the line of kings lasted for 3,287 years, until [[Ar-Pharazôn]] brought about the [[Downfall of Númenor]].<ref>{{UT|Kings}}</ref>

All the Kings of Númenor used either the [[Quenya]] prefix ''[[Tar]]'' or the [[Adûnaic]] prefix ''[[Ar]]'' before their royal name. Both prefixes meant "High".

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|- style="background: var(--tg-color-surface-2);"
! '''#''' !! '''Name''' !! '''Reign''' !! '''Notes'''
|-
| 1. || [[Elros|Elros Tar-Minyatur]] || {{SA|32}} – {{SA|442}} || A lord of the [[Edain]] and founder of the Kingdom of [[Númenor]].
|-
| 2. || [[Vardamir]] || {{SA|442}} || Better known as [[Vardamir|Vardamir Nólimon]]. His rule was only titular.
|-
| 3. || [[Tar-Amandil]] || {{SA|442}} – {{SA|590}} ||  
|-
| 4. || [[Tar-Elendil]] || {{SA|590}} – {{SA|740}} || During his reign [[Númenóreans]] first sailed back to [[Middle-earth]].
|-
| 5. || [[Tar-Meneldur]] || {{SA|740}} – {{SA|883}} || Younger brother of [[Silmariën]]. Established the first [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] havens in [[Middle-earth]].
|-
| 6. || [[Tar-Aldarion]] || {{SA|883}} – {{SA|1075}} || Founded the [[Guild of Venturers]]
|-
| 7. || [[Tar-Ancalimë]] || {{SA|1075}} – {{SA|1280}} || 1st [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]].
|-
| 8. || [[Tar-Anárion]] || {{SA|1280}} – {{SA|1394}} ||  
|-
| 9. || [[Tar-Súrion]] || {{SA|1394}} – {{SA|1556}} ||  
|-
| 10. || [[Tar-Telperiën]] || {{SA|1556}} – {{SA|1731}} || 2nd [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]]. The [[Sack of Eregion]] and [[War of the Elves and Sauron]] both took place during her reign.
|-
| 11. || [[Tar-Minastir]] || {{SA|1731}} – {{SA|1869}} || With [[High King of the Noldor|High King]] [[Gil-galad]] defeats [[Sauron]] and ends the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]].
|-
| 12. || [[Tar-Ciryatan]] || {{SA|1869}} – {{SA|2029}} || [[Númenóreans]] begin military occupation of other lands.
|-
| 13. || [[Tar-Atanamir]] || {{SA|2029}} – {{SA|2221}} || First king to speak against the [[Ban of the Valar]].
|-
| 14. || [[Tar-Ancalimon]] || {{SA|2221}} – {{SA|2386}} || Establishment of the [[King's Men]] and the [[Faithful]].
|-
| 15. || [[Tar-Telemmaitë]] || {{SA|2386}} – {{SA|2526}} ||  
|-
| 16. || [[Tar-Vanimeldë]] || {{SA|2526}} – {{SA|2637}} || 3rd [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]]. Disinterested, she allows her [[Herucalmo|husband]] to rule the kingdom for her.
|-
| align="center" | – || [[Tar-Anducal]] || {{SA|2637}} – {{SA|2657}} || Illegally claimed Kingship of [[Númenor]]. After his death he was removed from the Line of Kings.
|-
| 17. || [[Tar-Alcarin]] || {{SA|2657}} – {{SA|2737}} ||  
|-
| 18. || [[Ar-Belzagar]], [[Tar-Calmacil]] || {{SA|2737}} – {{SA|2825}} || First king to adopt an [[Adûnaic]] name.
|-
| 19. || [[Ar-Abattârik]], [[Tar-Ardamin]] || {{SA|2825}} – {{SA|2899}} ||  
|-
| 20. || [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]] || {{SA|2899}} – {{SA|2962}} || He banned the speaking of [[Quenya]]. [[Falmari|Elves]] from [[Tol Eressëa]] now only visited in secret.
|-
| 21. || [[Ar-Zimrathôn]] || {{SA|2962}} – {{SA|3033}} ||  
|-
| 22. || [[Ar-Sakalthôr]] || {{SA|3033}} – {{SA|3102}} ||  
|-
| 23. || [[Ar-Gimilzôr]] || {{SA|3102}} – {{SA|3177}} || Openly persecuted the [[Faithful]].
|-
| 24. || [[Tar-Palantir]] || {{SA|3177}} – {{SA|3255}} || Attempted to bring back the old traditions of [[Númenor]].
|-
| align="center" | – || [[Tar-Míriel]] || align="center" | – || The legitimate heiress of the [[Sceptre]]. She would have been the 4th [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Ruling Queen]].
|-
| 25. || [[Ar-Pharazôn]] || {{SA|3255}} – {{SA|3319}} || Usurped the [[Sceptre]]. Defeated and captured [[Sauron]] who later corrupted him. Led the [[Great Armament]] fleet to break the [[Ban of the Valar]], causing the [[Downfall of Númenor]].
|}

==Other names==
The title was rendered as '''''Ârû 'nAdûnâi''''' ("King of the Anadunians") in [[Adûnaic]].<ref>{{HM|SD}} p. 429</ref>

The term '''King of the Númenóreans''' is attested once in the list of Kings.<ref>{{App|A1i}}, p. 1035</ref> It was later applied by [[Arwen]] to King [[Aragorn]] in his deathbed,<ref>{{App|A1v}}, p. 1063</ref> probably in a poetic sense, as Aragorn had restored the glory of the Númenórean lineage and was dying as the old royal customs of Númenor.

==See also==
For the family tree of the rulers of Númenor and their relations, see the '''[[House of Elros]]'''.

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Míriel

2025-05-11T04:46:40Z

Kaiochry: Corrected "in the words of the Valië" to "in the words of Vairë" as per Morgoth's Ring

{{short description|First Wife of Finwë}}
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{{quote|Míriel was the name of his mother, who was called Serindë, because of her surpassing skill in weaving and needlework; for her hands were more skilled to fineness than any hands even among the Noldor.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor]]"}}

'''Míriel Þerindë''', also spelled '''Serindë''', was the first wife of [[Finwë]], [[King of the Noldor]]. Her son was [[Curufinwë]], whom she called [[Fëanor|Fëanáro]], which means "Spirit of Fire". Miriel's hair was described as being silver in appearance, an unusual colour for one of the [[Noldor]].

==History==
Míriel was born in [[Cuiviénen]] and it is said that already there she was the lover of [[Finwë]] of the [[Tatyar]], and was devoted to crafts. Finwë was one of the three ambassadors, who on behalf of the Tatyar went to the Blessed Realm and invite the other [[Elves]] there. One wish for him to relocate the Elves to Valinor was the ability for Míriel to learn new skills.<ref>{{NM|P1xiii}}, pp. 99-102</ref>

After the [[Great Journey]] from Cuiviénen to Aman, Míriel lived in the blessed realm, in the hill city of [[Tirion]] on [[Túna]], together with her husband [[Finwë]], King of the [[Noldor]]. Her hands were skilled in the shaping of fine things, and she was unsurpassed in weaving and needlework.
[[File:Francesco Amadio - Miriel and Feanaro.jpg|thumb|left|''Míriel and Feanáro'' by [[:Category:Images by Francesco Amadio|Francesco Amadio]]]]
There was much love between Míriel and Finwë, and even more for her son, but after giving birth to [[Fëanor]] in {{YT|1169}},<ref name="Fourth">{{MR|P3II2}}, p. 205</ref> her body and spirit were consumed and she wished to be released from life everlasting, saying that there was no strength left in her to bear another child. Despite Finwë's grief, and her unhappiness at abandoning her young child, Míriel departed for the gardens of [[Lórien (Valinor)|Lórien]], to rest and regain her strength and vigour. But during her rest, the [[Fëa and hröa|fëa]] departed from her body, and entered the [[Halls of Mandos]] leaving her body lying lifeless and still in {{YT|1170}}.<ref name="Fourth" /> Maidens of [[Estë]] took care of her body while her spirit remained in the Halls of Mandos, so that it would not wither. In essence, she had died of free will. This was seen as a shocking event by the [[Valar]] and [[Eldar]] which had never before occurred.<ref name="Feanor">{{S|Feanor}}</ref>

But Finwë was in grief, and felt ashamed being the only Elf in Aman without a wife. [[Manwë]] summoned the Valar in Council, and the result was the '[[Statute of Finwë and Míriel]]', which only allowed re-marriage if the dead spouse refused to be re-embodied. [[Vairë]] told Míriel of this and of the sorrow of Finwë, but Míriel refused to come back to life. In words of Vairë: "''[The spirit of Míriel] is small, but it is strong and obdurate: one of those who having said ''this will I do'' make their words a law irrevocable unto themselves''". However, [[Mandos]] summoned the spirit of Míriel and warned her that she could not change her will with the time, living in grievance till the end of Arda. But Míriel remained silent and Mandos accepted her choice.<ref>{{MR|P3II4}}, pp. 258-260</ref>

Years later, Finwë knew this doom, being allowed to marry again, having many other children with [[Indis]]. Fëanor was resentful of her, and observed her influence on Finwë, including his speech which started to resemble [[Vanyarin|that of the Vanyar]] and considered it a disrespect against his mother.<ref name="Shibboleth" />{{rp|336}}

After the deaths of Finwë and Fëanor, the former couple were reunited in the Halls of Mandos. Meeting Finwë again, Míriel felt lightened from her sadness and released of her reluctant will. She spoke to him [[Ósanwe|through thought]], apologizing of her errors and promising to weave a tapestry about his people and children. Seeing that Míriel wished to come back to life, Finwë asked Vairë to allow it, while he would remain in the Halls of Mandos till the end of Arda with his son Fëanor. Mandos accepted this, and Míriel's spirit was released and went to her body in Lórien. Then she awoke again like from a dream, and was refreshed.

However, she was still sad and did not wish to come back with her people, so she went to the House of Vairë, being the only living creature to live there. She became the handmaid of Vairë, and fulfilled her promise, weaving historical webs telling the deeds of the Noldor.<ref name="Reborn">{{MR|P3II3d}}, pp. 248-250</ref>

==Etymology==
''Míriel'' is [[Quenya]], but it is not glossed. As Paul Strack explains, it can mean "Jewel-daughter", being a combination of ''[[mír]]'' ("jewel") + ''[[-iel]]'' ("daughter").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2932147137.html|articlename=Q. ''Míriel (Míriell-)'' f.|website=Eldamo|accessed=30 October 2021}}</ref>

==Other names==
Her [[mother-name]] '''''Þerindë''''' (also pronounced ''Serindë''), means "the Broideress", referring to her great skill in embroidery for 'her chief talent was a marvelous dexterity of hand', which she applied to her skill of embroidery, 'achieving in what even the Eldar thought haste' embroidery that 'was finer and more intricate than any that had before been seen'.<ref name="Shibboleth">{{PM|Case}}</ref>{{rp|333}} It is to be noted that she preferred and requested her kin use the older pronunciation of ''Þerindë'', and that her son upheld the use of ''Þ'' over ''s'' out of respect and in her memory.<ref name="Shibboleth" />{{rp|336}}

After coming back to life, she was renamed '''''Fíriel''''' ("She that died" or "She that sighed"). Till her death, Elves had no words for natural death, so they used the term ''fírë'' ("expire") because Míriel had sighed a deep breath in the moment of death. The term was associated with death, being used for the [[Gift of Men|death of Men]].<ref name="Reborn" />

==Genealogy==
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
In the beginning of ''[[The Shibboleth of Fëanor]]'', Fëanor is an adult, and Míriel is still alive. There the similarities between mother and son, such as their stubbornness, are revealed. Fëanor's reaction to his mother's death is also presented, as he guarded her [[hröa]], which was placed in a garden, for some time after her passing.<ref name="Shibboleth" /> In the published ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]'', Míriel died soon after his birth.<ref name="Feanor" />

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Awakening of Men

2025-01-04T03:40:56Z

Kaiochry:

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| event=Awakening of Men
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| location=[[Hildórien]]
| date={{FA|1}}
| result=The existence of [[Men]] in [[Arda]]
| partof=[[Ilúvatar]]'s plan for [[Eä]]
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The '''Awakening of Men''' was the stirring of the first [[Men]], in the far eastern land of [[Hildórien]], towards the end of the [[First Age]], when the [[Years of the Sun]] began. They wake when the first Sun rises in the West.<ref>{{S|12}}</ref>

==Other versions of the legendarium==
In the early ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'', the Men awoke thanks to the [[Elves|Elf]] [[Nuin]], who discovered them sleeping in an enclosed valley of the East called [[Murmenalda]], the Vale of Sleep.<ref>{{LT1|X}}</ref> Accidentally he stirred a sleeper, overcome with curiosity, and he woke the first pair of [[Men]], right before the first rising of the [[Sun]] from the [[West]]. Their names were [[Ermon]] and [[Elmir]]. Nuin also taught them [[Ilkorin|speech]], and thus was the '''Father of Speech'''.<ref>{{LT1|Xn}}</ref>

In the [[Round World version of the Silmarillion]] of c. [[1955]], the awakening of Men is proposed to be much earlier, sometime between the [[Awakening of the Elves]] and the [[Battle of the Powers]] ({{YT|1050}} - {{YT|1100}}).<ref>{{MR|Myths}}</ref> In a draft published in ''[[The Nature of Middle-earth]]'', the date is given as {{YT|1075}} (which is of course by no means final desision).<ref>{{NM|Awaking}}, p. 43</ref>
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