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[[Image:John Howe - Drowning-of-Numenor.jpeg|left|260px]]'''[[Númenor]]''' was a Kingdom founded on the Isle of [[Elenna]], an island raised from the [[Great Sea]] as a gift to the [[Edain]] after the [[War of Wrath]]. It became one of the most powerful realms during the [[Second Age]] and was very influential on the events of the [[Third Age]]. Númenoreans were forbidden - by the [[Valar]] - from sailing so far westward that Númenor was no longer visible; however they would eventually begin to resent the [[Ban of the Valar]], compensating by travelling and establishing colonies eastwards instead. Nonetheless this resentment grew. After King [[Ar-Pharazôn]] took [[Sauron]] hostage in [[Second Age 3262|S.A. 3262]], Sauron soon began to corrupt the King claiming that Númenoreans could achieve eternal life by worshipping [[Morgoth|Melkor]]. Upon Saurons bidding, Ar-Pharazôn built a great armada which set sail to wage war on the Valar in the west. [[Manwë]] called upon [[Ilúvatar]], who destroyed the [[Great Armament]] and reshaped the world; making the world round, drowning Elenna and Númenor with it. | [[Image:John Howe - Drowning-of-Numenor.jpeg|left|260px]]'''[[Númenor]]''' was a Kingdom founded on the Isle of [[Elenna]], an island raised from the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]] as a gift to the [[Edain]] after the [[War of Wrath]]. It became one of the most powerful realms during the [[Second Age]] and was very influential on the events of the [[Third Age]]. Númenoreans were forbidden - by the [[Valar]] - from sailing so far westward that Númenor was no longer visible; however they would eventually begin to resent the [[Ban of the Valar]], compensating by travelling and establishing colonies eastwards instead. Nonetheless this resentment grew. After King [[Ar-Pharazôn]] took [[Sauron]] hostage in [[Second Age 3262|S.A. 3262]], Sauron soon began to corrupt the King claiming that Númenoreans could achieve eternal life by worshipping [[Morgoth|Melkor]]. Upon Saurons bidding, Ar-Pharazôn built a great armada which set sail to wage war on the Valar in the west. [[Manwë]] called upon [[Ilúvatar]], who destroyed the [[Great Armament]] and reshaped the world; making the world round, drowning Elenna and Númenor with it. | ||
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