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The '''Downfall of Númenor''', also called the '''Drowning of Númenor''', was the utter destruction of the island of [[Númenor]], a divine punishment by [[Eru Ilúvatar]] to the [[Númenóreans]] for breaking the [[Ban of the Valar]]. [[Ar-Pharazôn]], the [[king of Númenor]], was coerced by [[Sauron]] to assault the [[Undying Lands]] which ultimately led to the island's destruction and death of most of its people in {{SA|3319}}.
The '''Downfall of Númenor''' was the utter destruction of the island of [[Númenor]], a divine punishment for King [[Ar-Pharazôn]]'s assault on the [[Undying Lands]].  


[[Elendil]], son of the leader of the Faithful during the reign of Ar-Pharazôn, his sons and his followers had foreseen the disaster that was to befall Númenor, and they had set sail in nine ships before the island fell. His father [[Amandil (Lord of Andúnië)|Amandil]] the [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]], imitating [[Eärendil]], decided to go West to warn the [[Valar]] about the King's plans.  
==History==
===Prelude===
During the early years of the [[Second Age]], [[Morgoth|Morgoth's]] greatest servant [[Sauron]], had grown mighty in [[Middle-earth]], ruling through terror, force, and persuasion, Sauron dominated the peoples of Middle-earth in the south and east. After the forging of the [[One Ring]] Sauron launched an invasion of [[Eriador]] and [[Sack of Eregion|destroyed Eregion]]. [[Númenor]] dispatched an immense military force to Middle-earth to aid the [[Elves of Lindon]] and after a period of heavy fighting, [[Battle of the Gwathló|defeated]] Sauron and his hosts.<ref name=akallabeth>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>


[[Image:Darrell Sweet - The Fall of Numenor.jpg|thumb|left|''The [[Downfall of Númenor|Fall]] of [[Númenor]]'' by [[Darrell Sweet]]]]
Sauron returned to Mordor to rebuild his strength and having tasted the power of conquest and victory in arms, the [[Númenóreans]] began establishing settlements along the coasts and oppressed the Men of Middle-earth. Many began to speak openly of their envy of the Eldar's immortality and in defiance of the [[Ban of the Valar|Ban]]. It appeared to the [[Valar]] that the shadow of Morgoth had returned to plague their hearts. Emissaries of the Valar came to Númenor, seeking to remind them that death was not given as a punishment but the people of Númenor did not heed their words and later became split into two factions; the [[King's Men]], those loyal to the King and prone to oppose the restraints upon Númenor, and the [[Faithful]], those who remained true to their friendship with the Eldar and loyalty to the Valar. As time went on, Númenor continued to grow in wealth and might, yet somehow its people's bliss was diminished.<ref name=akallabeth/>
[[Manwë]], chief of the Valar, called upon [[Ilúvatar]], who destroyed the [[Great Armament]] of [[Ar-Pharazôn]] that had landed on Aman by crushing it under stones; he also broke and changed the world, taking [[Aman]] and [[Tol Eressëa]] from the world forever, changing [[Arda]]'s shape from flat to round so that no sailor would seek the [[Aman|True West]] again. Númenor was covered by great waves and sank into the abyss, killing its inhabitants.


New lands formed in the West, islands rose and hills were formed. However the coastline of Middle-earth was not much affected, other than [[Tolfalas]] was drowned a bit, and the lands around it formed the [[Ethir Anduin]].
===Adviser to the King===
[[File:Turner Mohan - The King's Councelor.jpg|thumb|right|''The King's Councillor'' by [[Turner Mohan]]]]
After returning to the height of his power, Sauron began attacking Númenórean cities by the coasts and took on the titles ''''Lord of the Earth'''' and ''''King of Men''''. [[Ar-Pharazôn]] the King, received word of his rise in power angered by Sauron's pride the Númenóreans swiftly came once more to Middle-earth with a great military force to confront Sauron a final time. So mighty were they that Sauron's forces fled from them with barely a fight. Sauron realising he could not defeat the Númenóreans militarily allowed himself to be captured, and begged falsely for mercy. The Númenóreans brought him back as a prisoner.<ref name=akallabeth/>


==Survival==
Through Sauron's cunning and persuasion he rose from prisoner to adviser for the King, convincing many officials to worship Morgoth, they quickly became corrupted to his side. Under Sauron's influence the Númenóreans prospered but became more nefarious, the Men of Middle-earth were hunted and enslaved and brought back to their temples to be slain cruelly. The White tree [[Nimloth (tree)|Nimloth]] was cut down and its wood was used to light the first fire on the altar of a mighty temple built in [[Armenelos]]. Recognising the corruption of the council [[Amandil]], the [[Lords of Andúnië|lord of Andúnië]], withdrew to [[Rómenna]] summoning more of the [[Faithful]] to follow him.<ref name=akallabeth/>
Just a few people, the [[Faithful]], still uncorrupted by Sauron managed to escape the catastrophe; they fled Númenor by ship, carrying some gifts that the Dúnedain had received from the Valar and the Elves in times of peace. These were the [[Palantíri]], the [[Ring of Barahir]], the [[Sceptre of Annúminas]], [[Narsil]] and a fruit of [[Nimloth the Fair]] stolen by [[Isildur]]. They were led by [[Elendil]] the Tall and his two sons, Isildur and [[Anárion]].


They landed in [[Middle-earth]] and met the colonists who were in the settlements of those lands among the [[Middle Men]]; the followers of Elendil united them by establishing two kingdoms which came to be known as as the realms of Exile: [[Gondor]] in the south, and [[Arnor]] in the north. The culture of Númenor became the dominant culture of Middle-earth (thus, [[Westron]], a descendant of the [[Adûnaic]] language of Númenor, became the [[Westron|Common Speech]]). The sadness and the shock from the loss of their island home always remained in the hearts of Kings of Númenórean descent.  
The shadow of death soon loomed over Ar-Pharazôn and fearing death and old age the king was prompted by Sauron to make war upon the Valar, seize the Undying Lands and take immortality by force and so preparations began in {{SA|3310}} of a great armada for the invasion.<ref name=APSA>{{App|SA}}</ref> Amandil was aware of the king's machinations and called his son [[Elendil]] revealing his plan to sail west in secret, imitating their forefather [[Eärendil]], and seek mercy from the Valar for what is to come, as Amandil perceived there is no turning back from the Númenórean's course of war and the ruin of them will be devastating. Amandil then departed along with three servants he held close, sailing east then going about towards the west and was never seen or heard of again. Following the advice of his father Elendil prepared for the ruin of Númenor, gathering more of the Faithful and prepared their ships that were anchored in the east coast, storing their heirlooms and goods.<ref name=akallabeth/>


They were dismayed to discover that Sauron, although greatly diminished and bereft of shape, had survived the Downfall and returned to Middle-earth with [[the One Ring]] to continue troubling its inhabitants.  
===Drowning of Númenor===
[[Image:Darrell Sweet - The Fall of Numenor.jpg|thumb|left|''The Fall of Númenor'' by [[Darrell Sweet]]]]
{{seealso|Changing of the World}}
During these days the weather in Númenor grew restless, the skies darkened and the storms wrecked the ships of the Númenóreans. Then a great cloud shaped as an eagle loomed over the island and beneath its wings lightning struck the land. Few of the Númenóreans repented but many defied the warning and Sauron stood in the Temple and was unscathed from the lightning. In {{SA|3319|n}} Ar-Pharazôn's armada was complete,<ref name=APSA/> known as the [[Great Armament]], Ar-Pharazôn boarded his flagship [[Alcarondas]] ahead of his fleet and departed for Aman. Sauron remained behind. The fleet finally arrived on the shores of Aman and Ar-Pharazôn's host made their camp about [[Túna]].<ref name=akallabeth/>


Meanwhile some of the [[King's Men]] had established other realms in exile to the south; of these the [[Haven of Umbar]] was the chief and continued to reign the lands there. These were known as [[Black Númenóreans]].
The Valar feared that the Númenorean army could wreak havoc in [[Valinor]],<ref>{{L|131}}</ref> but they were forbidden from killing or otherwise using force against Men.<ref>{{L|156}}</ref><ref>{{MR|P4k}}, p. 350</ref> [[Manwë]], chief of the Valar, thus called upon [[Ilúvatar]], who opened a massive chasm in the sea between Númenor and Aman which swallowed the Great Armament of Ar-Pharazôn and he himself along with his host that had landed on Aman was 'buried under falling hills' and would remain [[Caves of the Forgotten|there]] until the [[Last Battle]]. Númenor was covered by great waves and sank into the abyss, killing its inhabitants, including the body of Sauron, which robbed him his ability to assume fair and charming forms. Ilúvatar broke and [[Changing of the World|changed the world]], changing [[Arda]]'s shape from flat to round and taking [[Aman]] and [[Tol Eressëa]] from the world forever, so that no mortal sailor would reach the [[Aman|True West]] again.<ref name=akallabeth/>
 
===Aftermath===
The Faithful managed to escape the catastrophe, led by Elendil and his two sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]] they fled Númenor on nine ships. Among their possessions were the [[Palantíri]], the [[Ring of Barahir]], a [[Sceptre of Annúminas|silver rod]], [[Narsil]] and a scion of Nimloth which grew from a fruit Isildur saved before the tree was cut down. They landed in [[Middle-earth]], but due to the upheaval caused by the destruction of Númenor their ships were separated, Elendil landed in Lindon while Isildur and Anárion were borne to the south. The followers of Elendil united the colonists who were in the settlements of those lands among the [[Middle Men]] and established two kingdoms which came to be known as the [[Realms in Exile]]: [[Gondor]] in the south, and [[Arnor]] in the north.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> The few Númenóreans endeavoured to preserve the culture of Númenor in their new kingdoms, [[Adûnaic]] the language of Númenor, was used in the realms (even before the Downfall) and later it evolved into [[Westron]] or the Common Speech, burrowing some words from [[Elvish]].<ref>{{App|F1ii}}</ref> The sadness and the shock from the loss of their island home always remained in the hearts of the Númenóreans and their descendants.<ref name=akallabeth/>
 
Other Númenóreans survived that were of the [[King's Men]], they were already in Middle-earth before the Downfall and established other realms in exile to the south; of these the [[Umbar|Haven of Umbar]] was the chief and continued to reign the lands there. They later became known as the [[Black Númenóreans]]<ref>{{App|A1iv}}</ref> and continued to serve Sauron, whom had also survived the Downfall, although greatly diminished and bereft of shape returned to Middle-earth with [[the One Ring]] to continue troubling its inhabitants.<ref name=akallabeth/>
 
New lands formed in the West to replace the absence of Aman; islands rose and hills were formed. The coastline of Middle-earth also felt the effects of the cataclysm. In some places the coasts retreated, and in others they had advanced. [[Lindon]] in particular suffered great loss from the advance of the coasts, whereas the coasts had retreated to the east and south of the [[Bay of Belfalas]], putting [[Pelargir]] much further inland than it had been and nearly destroying [[Tolfalas]]. As the [[Anduin]] found new courses along the new coasts, the [[Ethir Anduin]] formed.<ref>{{PM|Second}}</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
After its fall Númenor was called ''[[Akallabêth]]'' or ''[[Atalantë]]'' in [[Quenya]], meaning "the Downfallen", ''[[Mar-nu-Falmar]]'' ("Land under the Waves").
After its fall Númenor was called ''[[Akallabêth]]'' or ''[[Atalantë]]'' in [[Quenya]], meaning "the Downfallen", ''[[Mar-nu-Falmar]]'' ("Land under the Waves").
Sauron's plan to destroy Númenor had been overwhelmingly successful, and though he too was caught by the flooding, he escaped, and at some point, returned to Middle-earth, believing himself to now be fully unopposed.
==Other versions of the legendarium==
The manner of Sauron's arrival to Númenor took different forms in earlier versions of the story. In ''The Fall of Númenor'', Sȗr (an earlier name for Sauron) came to Númenor in the 'likeness of a great bird' and preached the return of Morgoth.<ref>{{LR|P1II2}}, §5</ref> In a later version, the King of Númenor sends ships to Middle-earth after hearing the rise of Sauron and summons him to do homage.<ref>{{LR|P1II3}}, §5</ref> The element of the king sending an armed host appears later in ''The Drowning of Anadûnê'' where he smithies weapons of war.<ref>{{SD|3ii}}, §28</ref> This would later be expanded to what closely resembles what is in the ''Akallabêth''.<ref>{{SD|3iv}}, §28</ref>
In earlier versions of the story Ar-Pharazôn did not set foot on Aman with his army, instead he remained aboard his ship along with his queen [[Tar-Míriel#Other versions of the legendarium|Istar]] (an earlier name of Tar-Míriel) and both perished when the sea swallowed the fleet.<ref>{{LR|P1II2}}, §7</ref><ref>{{SD|3i}}, §7</ref> This was also the only instance in the texts that mentions Tar-Míriel accompanying Ar-Pharazôn to Aman, whereas in later writings she remained on the island.


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The Downfall of Númenor
Event
Other namesThe Drowning of Númenor
LocationPrimarily Númenor, but affected the shores of Middle-earth
DateS.A. 3319
ResultDestruction of Númenor, exile of the Faithful
Part ofThe Changing of the World
ParticipantsNúmenóreans, Valar, Eru
DescriptionCatastrophe that caused Númenor to sink into the Sea

The Downfall of Númenor, also called the Drowning of Númenor, was the utter destruction of the island of Númenor, a divine punishment by Eru Ilúvatar to the Númenóreans for breaking the Ban of the Valar. Ar-Pharazôn, the king of Númenor, was coerced by Sauron to assault the Undying Lands which ultimately led to the island's destruction and death of most of its people in S.A. 3319.

History

Prelude

During the early years of the Second Age, Morgoth's greatest servant Sauron, had grown mighty in Middle-earth, ruling through terror, force, and persuasion, Sauron dominated the peoples of Middle-earth in the south and east. After the forging of the One Ring Sauron launched an invasion of Eriador and destroyed Eregion. Númenor dispatched an immense military force to Middle-earth to aid the Elves of Lindon and after a period of heavy fighting, defeated Sauron and his hosts.[1]

Sauron returned to Mordor to rebuild his strength and having tasted the power of conquest and victory in arms, the Númenóreans began establishing settlements along the coasts and oppressed the Men of Middle-earth. Many began to speak openly of their envy of the Eldar's immortality and in defiance of the Ban. It appeared to the Valar that the shadow of Morgoth had returned to plague their hearts. Emissaries of the Valar came to Númenor, seeking to remind them that death was not given as a punishment but the people of Númenor did not heed their words and later became split into two factions; the King's Men, those loyal to the King and prone to oppose the restraints upon Númenor, and the Faithful, those who remained true to their friendship with the Eldar and loyalty to the Valar. As time went on, Númenor continued to grow in wealth and might, yet somehow its people's bliss was diminished.[1]

Adviser to the King

The King's Councillor by Turner Mohan

After returning to the height of his power, Sauron began attacking Númenórean cities by the coasts and took on the titles 'Lord of the Earth' and 'King of Men'. Ar-Pharazôn the King, received word of his rise in power angered by Sauron's pride the Númenóreans swiftly came once more to Middle-earth with a great military force to confront Sauron a final time. So mighty were they that Sauron's forces fled from them with barely a fight. Sauron realising he could not defeat the Númenóreans militarily allowed himself to be captured, and begged falsely for mercy. The Númenóreans brought him back as a prisoner.[1]

Through Sauron's cunning and persuasion he rose from prisoner to adviser for the King, convincing many officials to worship Morgoth, they quickly became corrupted to his side. Under Sauron's influence the Númenóreans prospered but became more nefarious, the Men of Middle-earth were hunted and enslaved and brought back to their temples to be slain cruelly. The White tree Nimloth was cut down and its wood was used to light the first fire on the altar of a mighty temple built in Armenelos. Recognising the corruption of the council Amandil, the lord of Andúnië, withdrew to Rómenna summoning more of the Faithful to follow him.[1]

The shadow of death soon loomed over Ar-Pharazôn and fearing death and old age the king was prompted by Sauron to make war upon the Valar, seize the Undying Lands and take immortality by force and so preparations began in S.A. 3310 of a great armada for the invasion.[2] Amandil was aware of the king's machinations and called his son Elendil revealing his plan to sail west in secret, imitating their forefather Eärendil, and seek mercy from the Valar for what is to come, as Amandil perceived there is no turning back from the Númenórean's course of war and the ruin of them will be devastating. Amandil then departed along with three servants he held close, sailing east then going about towards the west and was never seen or heard of again. Following the advice of his father Elendil prepared for the ruin of Númenor, gathering more of the Faithful and prepared their ships that were anchored in the east coast, storing their heirlooms and goods.[1]

Drowning of Númenor

The Fall of Númenor by Darrell Sweet
See also: Changing of the World

During these days the weather in Númenor grew restless, the skies darkened and the storms wrecked the ships of the Númenóreans. Then a great cloud shaped as an eagle loomed over the island and beneath its wings lightning struck the land. Few of the Númenóreans repented but many defied the warning and Sauron stood in the Temple and was unscathed from the lightning. In 3319 Ar-Pharazôn's armada was complete,[2] known as the Great Armament, Ar-Pharazôn boarded his flagship Alcarondas ahead of his fleet and departed for Aman. Sauron remained behind. The fleet finally arrived on the shores of Aman and Ar-Pharazôn's host made their camp about Túna.[1]

The Valar feared that the Númenorean army could wreak havoc in Valinor,[3] but they were forbidden from killing or otherwise using force against Men.[4][5] Manwë, chief of the Valar, thus called upon Ilúvatar, who opened a massive chasm in the sea between Númenor and Aman which swallowed the Great Armament of Ar-Pharazôn and he himself along with his host that had landed on Aman was 'buried under falling hills' and would remain there until the Last Battle. Númenor was covered by great waves and sank into the abyss, killing its inhabitants, including the body of Sauron, which robbed him his ability to assume fair and charming forms. Ilúvatar broke and changed the world, changing Arda's shape from flat to round and taking Aman and Tol Eressëa from the world forever, so that no mortal sailor would reach the True West again.[1]

Aftermath

The Faithful managed to escape the catastrophe, led by Elendil and his two sons Isildur and Anárion they fled Númenor on nine ships. Among their possessions were the Palantíri, the Ring of Barahir, a silver rod, Narsil and a scion of Nimloth which grew from a fruit Isildur saved before the tree was cut down. They landed in Middle-earth, but due to the upheaval caused by the destruction of Númenor their ships were separated, Elendil landed in Lindon while Isildur and Anárion were borne to the south. The followers of Elendil united the colonists who were in the settlements of those lands among the Middle Men and established two kingdoms which came to be known as the Realms in Exile: Gondor in the south, and Arnor in the north.[6] The few Númenóreans endeavoured to preserve the culture of Númenor in their new kingdoms, Adûnaic the language of Númenor, was used in the realms (even before the Downfall) and later it evolved into Westron or the Common Speech, burrowing some words from Elvish.[7] The sadness and the shock from the loss of their island home always remained in the hearts of the Númenóreans and their descendants.[1]

Other Númenóreans survived that were of the King's Men, they were already in Middle-earth before the Downfall and established other realms in exile to the south; of these the Haven of Umbar was the chief and continued to reign the lands there. They later became known as the Black Númenóreans[8] and continued to serve Sauron, whom had also survived the Downfall, although greatly diminished and bereft of shape returned to Middle-earth with the One Ring to continue troubling its inhabitants.[1]

New lands formed in the West to replace the absence of Aman; islands rose and hills were formed. The coastline of Middle-earth also felt the effects of the cataclysm. In some places the coasts retreated, and in others they had advanced. Lindon in particular suffered great loss from the advance of the coasts, whereas the coasts had retreated to the east and south of the Bay of Belfalas, putting Pelargir much further inland than it had been and nearly destroying Tolfalas. As the Anduin found new courses along the new coasts, the Ethir Anduin formed.[9]

Legacy

After its fall Númenor was called Akallabêth or Atalantë in Quenya, meaning "the Downfallen", Mar-nu-Falmar ("Land under the Waves").

Sauron's plan to destroy Númenor had been overwhelmingly successful, and though he too was caught by the flooding, he escaped, and at some point, returned to Middle-earth, believing himself to now be fully unopposed.

Other versions of the legendarium

The manner of Sauron's arrival to Númenor took different forms in earlier versions of the story. In The Fall of Númenor, Sȗr (an earlier name for Sauron) came to Númenor in the 'likeness of a great bird' and preached the return of Morgoth.[10] In a later version, the King of Númenor sends ships to Middle-earth after hearing the rise of Sauron and summons him to do homage.[11] The element of the king sending an armed host appears later in The Drowning of Anadûnê where he smithies weapons of war.[12] This would later be expanded to what closely resembles what is in the Akallabêth.[13]

In earlier versions of the story Ar-Pharazôn did not set foot on Aman with his army, instead he remained aboard his ship along with his queen Istar (an earlier name of Tar-Míriel) and both perished when the sea swallowed the fleet.[14][15] This was also the only instance in the texts that mentions Tar-Míriel accompanying Ar-Pharazôn to Aman, whereas in later writings she remained on the island.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor"
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 131, (undated, written late 1951)
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 156, (dated 4 November 1954)
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth: Glossary", p. 350
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
  7. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of Men"
  8. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
  9. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VI. The Tale of Years of the Second Age"
  10. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One: II. The Fall of Númenor, (ii) The first version of The Fall of Númenor", §5
  11. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One: II. The Fall of Númenor, (iii) The second version of The Fall of Númenor", §5
  12. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Three: The Drowning of Anadûnê: (ii) The original text", §28
  13. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Three: The Drowning of Anadûnê: (iv) The final form", §28
  14. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One: II. The Fall of Númenor, (ii) The first version of The Fall of Númenor", §7
  15. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Three: The Drowning of Anadûnê: (i) The third version of The Fall of Númenor", §7