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'''Ar-Pharazôn the Golden''' ([[Second Age]] 3118 – 3319, aged 201 years), '''Tar-Calion''' in [[Quenya]], was the 25th and last king of [[Númenor]], ruling from 3255 to 3319.
[[Image:John Howe - Fleet of Ar-Pharazon.jpg|thumb|200px|''The Fleet of Ar-Pharazôn'' by [[John Howe]]]]
'''Ar-Pharazôn the Golden''' ([[Second Age]] 3118 – 3319, aged 201 years), '''Tar-Calion''' in [[Quenya]], was the 25th and last King of [[Númenor]], ruling for 64 years, from 3255 to 3319.


Ar-Pharazôn was the nephew of King [[Tar-Palantir]] and took to wife Tar-Palantir's daughter, [[Míriel of Númenor|Míriel]] (much against her will). As Tar-Míriel was the rightful Ruling Queen of Númenor, Ar-Pharazôn was able to usurp the throne. He gave to his wife the name Ar-Zimraphel, refused to use the Elven speech and persecuted the last vestiges of the [[Faithful]].
Ar-Pharazôn was the nephew of King [[Tar-Palantir]] and took to wife Tar-Palantir's daughter, [[Míriel of Númenor|Míriel]] (much against her will). As Tar-Míriel was the rightful Ruling Queen of Númenor, Ar-Pharazôn was able to usurp the throne. He gave to his wife the name Ar-Zimraphel, refused to use the Elven speech and persecuted the last vestiges of the [[Faithful]].


He attacked [[Mordor]] and brought [[Sauron]] back as a hostage to his kingdom, but Sauron was able to corrupt Ar-Pharazôn and convinced him to attack [[Valinor]].  Ar-Pharazôn began building a huge fleet to attack Valinor in 3310 [[Second Age|S.A.]] and finally broke the [[Ban of the Valar]], landing on the shores of the [[Undying Lands]] in 3319. The [[Valar]] then laid down their guardianship of the world and called upon [[Eru]] the One, who sank Ar-Pharazôn, his fleet, and all of Númenor beneath the ocean, and changed the shape of the world so that Valinor was no longer connected to Middle-Earth.
He attacked [[Mordor]] and brought [[Sauron]] back as a hostage to his kingdom, but Sauron was able to corrupt Ar-Pharazôn and convinced him to attack [[Valinor]].  Ar-Pharazôn began building a huge fleet to attack Valinor in Second Age 3310 and finally broke the [[Ban of the Valar]], landing on the shores of the [[Undying Lands]] in 3319. The [[Valar]] then laid down their guardianship of the world and called upon [[Eru]] the One, who sank Ar-Pharazôn, his fleet, and all of Númenor beneath the ocean, and changed the shape of the world so that Valinor was no longer connected to Middle-Earth.


The line of [[Elros]] would later survive by [[Elendil]] and his two surviving sons, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion son of Elendil|Anárion]].
The line of [[Elros]] would later survive by [[Elendil]] and his two surviving sons, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion son of Elendil|Anárion]].

Revision as of 05:24, 30 May 2006

Ar-Pharazôn the Golden (Second Age 3118 – 3319, aged 201 years), Tar-Calion in Quenya, was the 25th and last King of Númenor, ruling for 64 years, from 3255 to 3319.

Ar-Pharazôn was the nephew of King Tar-Palantir and took to wife Tar-Palantir's daughter, Míriel (much against her will). As Tar-Míriel was the rightful Ruling Queen of Númenor, Ar-Pharazôn was able to usurp the throne. He gave to his wife the name Ar-Zimraphel, refused to use the Elven speech and persecuted the last vestiges of the Faithful.

He attacked Mordor and brought Sauron back as a hostage to his kingdom, but Sauron was able to corrupt Ar-Pharazôn and convinced him to attack Valinor. Ar-Pharazôn began building a huge fleet to attack Valinor in Second Age 3310 and finally broke the Ban of the Valar, landing on the shores of the Undying Lands in 3319. The Valar then laid down their guardianship of the world and called upon Eru the One, who sank Ar-Pharazôn, his fleet, and all of Númenor beneath the ocean, and changed the shape of the world so that Valinor was no longer connected to Middle-Earth.

The line of Elros would later survive by Elendil and his two surviving sons, Isildur and Anárion.