#Erendis Tar~Elestirnë

[shadowonthewaves-blog]

that quote of aldarions ALWAYS strikes me when i read it because i'm always like.... why did you think she would do that dbhnjf. she literally has never clashed in public with him before... the times when she felt offended or scorned she just  retired to her parent's house fhdd. i agree it would have been awesome -- but it's just a fantasy. erendis expecting aldarion to be penitent is a little less bizarre bc he has been so before, but he had been on the verge between annoyance and repentance and it was her show of vulnerability that tipped him over not her coldness! though i guess she doesn't know that - elwing

Another thing about Erendis and Aldarion that absolutely gets me is how Erendis seems to reflect about their falling out majorly in terms of gender. We her famous speech to Ancalimë in the Unfinished Tales:

Thus it is, Ancalimë, and we cannot alter it. For men fashioned Númenor: men, those heroes of old that they sing of – of their women we hear less, save that they wept when their men were slain. Númenor was to be a rest after war. But if they weary of rest and the plays of peace, soon they will go back to their great play, manslaying and war. Thus it is; and we are set here among them. But we need not assent. If we love Númenor also, let us enjoy it before they ruin it. We also are daughters of the great, and we have wills and courage of our own. Therefore do not bend, Ancalimë. Once bend a little, and they will bend you further until you are bowed down. Sink your roots into the rock, and face the wind, though it blow away all your leaves.

And in The Nature of Middle Earth* we find this bit:

As Erendis said later, [the Númenóreans] became a kind of imitation Elves; and their Men had so much in their heads and desire of doing that they ever felt the pressure of time, and so seldom rested or rejoiced in the present. Fortunately their wives were cool and busy – but Númenor was no place for great love.’

Aldarion's only gendered comment on this conflict is when he tells his father:

I will go from this misenchanted isle of daydreams where women in their insolence would have men cringe. 

But otherwise he doesn't seem very invested in or aware of the war of the sexes: in fact, he famously changes the laws of Númenor to allow Ancalimë to be heir, and part of his motivation is framed as a desire to strike a blow against Erendis. Erendis is much more insistent (and insightful) on seeing their domestic problems through the lens of a systemic social issue.

OTOH, Aldarion does see their domestic problems as fundamentally tied to the social norms, and reflected on the social sphere. When Erendis sends Ancalimë to attend his ascension to the throne but refuses to come herself, he says:

‘Not for this, at least,’ said Aldarion. ‘It is far below my hope of her. She has dwindled; and if I have wrought this, then black is my blame. But do the large shrink in adversity? This was not the way, not even in hate or revenge! She should have demanded that a great house be prepared for her, called for a Queen’s escort, and come back to Armenelos with her beauty adorned, royally, with the star on her brow; then well nigh all the Isle of Númenor she might have bewitched to her part, and made me seem madman and churl. The Valar be my witness, I would rather have had it so: rather a beautiful Queen to thwart me and flout me, than freedom to rule while the Lady Elestirnë falls down dim into her own twilight.

It's not that he's wrong; it's just that this is his fantasy, not Erendis's. In the tale until that point, whenever they clashed, she withdrawed. Aldarion here doesn't remember that, or realize that they're playing very different games! Erendis is striking on the personal, intimate, domestic sphere; Aldarion's domestic sphere IS public and political (and how else could it be, being the prince and heir!).

The general feeling I get from reading this tale, honestly, is that both Erendis and Aldarion have extremely accurate insights and valid points about the stifling social norms they're bound to... and yet, at the same time, that none of those things were more responsible in their domestic unhappiness than their own personalities and unwillingness to compromise ⚰️

[spruceneedles]

Erendis

[arwendeluhtiene]

✨♀️Tolkien Women series♀️✨ - Erendis for Women's History Month, a 2016 graphite portrait and the 2018 digitally colourized version. This started being just a Preraphaelite Rossetti study, but ended up joining the ranks as Erendis Tar-Elestirnë of Númenor. This is also my main (and simple) foray into the world of digital colouring to date, and, although I prefer colouring as traditional art, I'd really like to delve into it more!

And apart from Erendis, here are all the women (to date) in this series of Tolkien women portraits, often inspired by Preraphaelite portraits: Artanis Nerwen (Galadriel), Lúthien, Bëorian wise-woman, Morwen, Nienor

"All Day Everyday Therapist Mother Maid Nymph Then a Virgin Nurse Then a Servant Just an Appendage Live to Attend Him So That He Never Lifts a Finger

24/7 Baby Machine So He Can Live Out His Picket Fence Dream It’s Not an Act of Love If You Make Her You Make Me Do Too Much Labour (...) If Our Love Ends Would That Be a Bad Thing And the Silence Haunts Our Bed Chamber You Make Me Do Too Much Labour"  (Paris Paloma - this is a very fitting song for so many women, unfortunately :S)

Erendis is a character that I find really interesting, especially because she is one of the few women in Tolkien's universe who makes an openly feminist speech (to her daughter Ancalimë) - even though she's not that well-seen in the narrative, and often in the fandom itself as well 😬 She gets called 'bitter' and 'resentful' and the like, while ignoring her incredibly unhappy and non-fulfilling role as Aldarion's wife. 

This vision many people have of this kind of female character made me think of Preraphaelism and especially Rossetti's portraits. While I absolutely love the art style, Preraphaelites are well known for drawing either passive women (dead, asleep, trapped, waiting to be rescued, dying) or intense 'femme fatales' who frighten and allure men at the same time.  I see Erendis as having quite an intense presence, in the manner of many of Rossetti's portraits of Jane Morris, the kind of intense presence, in the manner of many of Rossetti's portraits of Jane Morris, the kind of woman who gets called 'femme fatale' (and worse) because of her assertiveness, intensity and intelligence. These portraits, showing the woman so serene and intense and 'alluring' often from the pov of men, also makes me think of sadness, anger and frustration, often pretty well hidden and yet present. And she's holding an apple instead of a pomegranate, yes, make of the symbolism what you will xD Maybe Erendis did eat from the Tree of Wisdom xD

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Daughter of Ill-Pairing

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Day 1: Family / Day 5: Culture|Diversity|Traditions

The first ruling queen of Númenor is burdened and overshadowed with the weight of her family's history. As the only daughter of an exceedingly unhappy couple, Ancalimë faces bittersweet feelings about her upbringing and dearly won position, but is determined in spite to live happily free of love.

Words: 2024, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Tar-Ancalimë, Tar-Aldarion, Erendis | Tar-Elestirnë

Additional Tags: Aromantic Character, all characters but ancalime are only mentioned, Númenor, stupid royal family problems, written for prompts family diversity culture and tradition, Character Study, most problems in this age of numenor could have been solved by legal divorce, or yknow maybe just not having a monarchy, everyone say hooray for complicated problem women, let's examine tolkien's really normal takes on feminism

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[yavieriel]

Agreed on Aerin never doing anything wrong, and also this is Erendis erasure. If anyone in Middle-earth stands for Women's Wrongs it's Erendis "I invented misandry" Tar-Elestirnë and I am deeply disappointed that she's neglected in this poll. She belongs here WAY more than Aerin or Elwing!

alrighty new poll

i wanted to add luthien here too but apparently luthien is too much of an "angelic character" and "mary sue" to satisfy some people

[arofili]

the line of elros ♚ royalty of númenor ♚ headcanon disclaimer

          Tar-Aldarion was the sixth King of Númenor. He was born Anardil, the son of Tar-Meneldur the elder brother to Ailinel and Almiel. From an early age he loved the sea, and he accompanied his maternal grandfather Vëantur on many voyages, though this displeased his father the King, who commanded that no trees should be felled in Númenor for the purpose of shipbuilding. When he was grown, Anardil established a Guild of Venturers and led several expeditions to Middle-earth, establishing the haven of Vinyalondë at the mouth of the river Gwathló and aiding the Elvenking Gil-galad against the rising threat of Sauron.           Anardil was beloved of Erendis, one of his mother’s handmaidens, the daughter of the wise-woman Núneth and Lord Beregar, a descendant of Beleth of the House of Bëor. Tar-Meneldur had forbidden any of the royal family from blessing his son’s voyages with boughs of oiolairë, as was the tradition for departing mariners, and so instead Erendis performed this honor. In thanks, he gave Erendis a diamond she would come to wear upon her brow.           Though his journeys delayed their marriage, Anardil and Erendis were eventually wed. Together they had one daughter, Ancalimë, but their love was ever difficult in the face of Anardil’s love of the sea.           When Anardil delivered a letter to his father from King Gil-galad requesting further aid against the Shadow, Tar-Meneldur relinquished the scepter to his son before his due time. Anardil was crowned Tar-Aldarion, thus named for his efforts to plant new trees in Middle-earth after felling forests for lumber. Under his rule, the Drúedain warned that interfering with the mainland would lead to the downfall of Númenor, but Tar-Aldarion did not heed their warnings, and the Drúedain began to migrate from Elenna to Middle-earth.           As Tar-Aldarion only continued his voyages and was frequently away from home, he and Erendis became estranged. She took the name Tar-Elestirnë, the lady of the star-brow, for the jewel she wore on her forehead, refusing the title of Tári reserved for the Queen in favor of the kingly Tar, since her husband was not at court to rule. In time she grew frustrated in her attempts to manage Tar-Aldarion’s court, and retired to her family’s holdings in Emerië where she raised her daughter to bitterly resent men. Ancalimë would eventually be crowned Tar-Ancalimë, the first Ruling Queen of Númenor, inheriting her mother’s iron will.

[fortuitousraven]

Númenor and Crowns

Crowns aren’t unusual in Middle-earth: Finrod, Turgon and Thingol all wear crowns as kings (implying that crowns are a wide-spread Elvish tradition), there’s Morgoth’s infamous Iron Crown, and the Witch-king wears a crown. But then Númenor (and later Arnor) bucks the trend and doesn’t use crowns. Which was mentioned in the Appendices, and is discussed in Unfinished Tales:

It is told in "Aldarion and Erendis" (p.193) that Erendis caused the diamond which Aldarion brought to her from Middle-earth "to be set as a star in a silver fillet; and at her asking he bound it on her forehead." For this reason she was known as Tar-Elestirnë, the Lady of the Star-brow; "and thus came, it is said, the manner of the Kings and Queens afterward to wear as a star a white jewel upon the brow, and they had no crown" (p. 225, note 18). This tradition cannot be unconnected with that of the Elendilmir, a star-like gem borne on the brow as a token of royalty in Arnor; but the original Elendilmir itself, since it belonged to Silmarien, was in existence in Númenor (whatever its origin may have been) before Aldarion brought Erendis' jewel from Middle-earth, and they cannot be the same.

Gondor has the winged crown, but that tradition was something that was started in Gondor. Gondor was the Númenórean offshoot that integrated more, while Arnor was the more purist offshoot, so I speculate that Gondor adopted the crown tradition from the other Middle-earth cultures and that Arnor was more committed to maintaining the old Númenórean tradition.

But strangely, Ar-Pharazôn is described as wearing a crown, despite it never being mentioned that he (or someone before him) changed the Númenórean tradition*. This is probably part of Pharazôn’s general flouting of tradition*, but I like the idea that Pharazôn specifically had a crown made for himself after he defeated Sauron. Morgoth's Iron Crown was something he made when he declared himself King of the World, which was something Pharazôn also wanted to be (hence him challenging Sauron for supremacy) and Pharazôn’s subsequent tyranny is directly compared to Morgoth's.

*Thank you to Grundy and Lyra’s input on the SWG discord.

[biginvisiblespider]

Oh my gosh she is losing nooo! I am so glad i have wifi back so I can promote her.

Here is some of her speech and it's the best thing tolkien ever wrote I think. Erendis has this air of bitterness as well as resignation that anyone who has ever faced a systemic issue will find very familiar.

Thus it is, Ancalimë, and we cannot alter it. For men fashioned Númenor: men, those heroes of old that they sing of – of their women we hear less, save that they wept when their men were slain. Númenor was to be a rest after war. But if they weary of rest and the plays of peace, soon they will go back to their great play, manslaying and war. Thus it is; and we are set here among them. But we need not assent. If we love Númenor also, let us enjoy it before they ruin it. We also are daughters of the great, and we have wills and courage of our own. Therefore do not bend, Ancalimë. Once bend a little, and they will bend you further until you are bowed down. Sink your roots into the rock, and face the wind, though it blow away all your leaves.

What I find most interesting about this is that it calls attention to one of the most frustrating things about tolkien, the lack of women. It suggests that, in his later writing, tolkien recognised this issue.

So many of the female characters in the silmarillion are barely mentioned, wives that stay behind, daughters that die off-page and mothers who are barely mentioned before they are dead. Erendis - and to a lesser extent Ancalimë - completely breaks this pattern.

She has motives! She has flaws! She is a complete character, much more fleshed out than many of the silm fandom's favourites.

The best thing about Erendis is how realistic she is. At first she ignore the rifts between herself and Aldarion out of love, she marries him even though she knows he will never leave the sea which she hates. She is proud, a descendent of the house of Beor, and when Aldarion returns to her it is her pride as well as Aldarion's that separates them again. She will not forgive him without an apology (and a bit of groveling) and he will not apologise.

She keeps Ancalimë isolated and in her old age she is diminished and that is treated as the tradgedy it is, instead of some punishment for her outspokenness. She 'falls down dim into her own twilight' - a contrast to her earlier role as 'Tar-Elestirnë, the Lady of the Star-brow'.

She dies at the end of the story, after it has become a series of footnotes strung to together and it I only described in a few lines.

'Of Erendis, it is said that when old age came upon her, neglected by Ancalimë and in bitter loneliness, she longed once more for Aldarion; and learning he was gone from Númenor on what proved to be his last voyage but that he was soon expected to return, she left Emerië at last and journeyed unrecognised and unknown to the haven of Rómenna. There, it seems, she met her fate; but only the words 'Erendis perished in water in the year 985' remain to suggest how it came to pass'

Rómenna is the port city of Númenor, so it seems the sea she feared and hated might have been her end.

With Erendis, the story is focused on her life, barely mentioning her death, which is so often not the case for women in tolkien writing.

Anyway you should vote for her even though she doesn't pass the bechdel test because I love her.

I'm sure Bill the pony is as feminist as a pony can be but he doesn't have the emotion behind him that erendis does.

Obscure Tolkien Blorbo: Round 3

Erendis vs Bill the pony

Erendis:

A Queen of Númenor, noted for her unhappy marriage to Tar-Aldarion.

Her speech to her daughter about men is generally one of the best things I've read! I don't want to type it all here but some of the greatest hits: (about men) 'Anger they show only when they become aware, suddenly, that there are other wills in the world beside their own.' 'men, those heroes of old that they sing of - of their women we hear less, save that they wept when their men were slain.' 'Therefore do not bend Ancalimë. Once bend a little, and they will bend you further until you are bowed down. Sink you roots into the rock, and face the wind, though it blow away all your leaves.'

Bill the pony:

Sam Gamgee’s pony.

HE'S SUCH A GOOD AND KIND PONY

Round 3 masterpost

[dialux]

Erendis Tar-Elestirnë - S.A. 771-985

7/25

Tari-Erendis was the estranged, unhappy wife of Tar-Aldarion. A close friend of Aldarion’s mother, Almarian, it was Aldarion’s absence from Almarian’s funeral that finally led to their mutual separation. Erendis returned to her home of Emerië, where she stayed with her daughter, whom she named Ceuranamië for the day on which she was born; Ceuranamië would take up the name Ancalimë when she left for the court. Erendis loathed her sea-dreams and refused to participate in the traditions of the Olórëar that Almarian had imparted to her, but nevertheless ensured she passed the knowledge onto her daughter.

Later, when Ancalimë wished to defy her father’s decree and remain unwed, Erendis persuaded her daughter to become the first Ruling Queen of Númenor. Despite the physical distance between them over the following years Erendis maintained a close relationship with her daughter. Nobody knew precisely how Erendis died because there was no body nor any sign of where and how she left Emerië, but Ancalimë insisted that her mother perished in the sea and rewrote the histories herself to note how her mother passed away.

[anghraine]

me at 20: I get where both Aldarion and Erendis are coming from, and ... I mean, Erendis probably has more going for her, but she’s so deeply flawed that I don’t know ... eh

me at 34: ALL BOW BEFORE ERENDIS TAR-ELESTIRNË, QUEEN OF EVERYTHING

[the-artifice-of-eternity]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ancalimë & Erendis Characters: Tar-Ancalimë, Erendis | Tar-Elestirnë Additional Tags: Mother-Daughter Relationship, Dysfunctional Family, Timeline What Timeline Summary:

Weeks before her ascension to the throne, Ancalimë sees her mother for the last time.

[arwendeluhtiene]

Latest in my Tolkien women series - A Beörian wise-woman.  

May 2017 (Charcoal, inspired by 'Portrait of a Lady in a Green Dress' by J.W. Waterhouse) 

“Of the Wise some were women, and they were greatly esteemed (...), especially for their knowledge of the legends of ancient days. (Morgoth's Ring)

“In the First Age, the Edain counted some of their number among the Wise. Of the Wise, some were wise-women, who often remained unwed, but during their lives they chose successors to whom they would pass their wisdom. The Wise, both men and women, learned the history, legends, and lore of the Edain according to the various traditions to which they belonged.” (Starry Mantle, LOTR Online)

Other Tolkien women in this series:

-Nienor

-Lúthien Tinúviel

-A young Morwen Eledhwen

-A young Artanis (Galadriel) in Valinor

-Erendis Tar-Elestirnë

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The Ancestry of Erendis

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by Aylatha

Words: 51, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 13 of Genealogies of Middle-Earth

Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Bregolas of Ladros, Beleth (Tolkien), Baragund (Tolkien), Belegund (Tolkien), Morwen Eledhwen, Rian (Tolkien), Beregar (Tolkien), Núneth (Tolkien), Erendis | Tar-Elestirnë

Additional Tags: Númenor, House of Bëor, First Age, Second Age (Tolkien), Dúnedain (Tolkien)

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Cold is the Life of a Mariner's Wife (100 words)

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Erendis has had enough of Aldarion journeying off without her and their daughter. She wonders how Elwing ever put up with it, and whether Elwing's choice was right in the end or not.

Words: 100, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 7 of B2MEM 2023 Bingo

Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

Characters: Erendis | Tar-Elestirnë, Zamîn (Tolkien)

Relationships: Erendis | Tar-Elestirnë/Tar-Aldarion

Additional Tags: Erendis talks to Elwing

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The Shantyrillion

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Given that 1) elves can sing and 2) they have ships, they most definitely have sea-shanties.

Here are some of them.

Words: 419, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Fëanor | Curufinwë, Maglor | Makalaurë, Tar-Aldarion

Relationships: Fëanor | Curufinwë/Silmaril(s), Erendis | Tar-Elestirnë/Tar-Aldarion

Additional Tags: the feanor/silmarils tag is a joke, i think, Song Parody

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[arofili]

Line of Elros Edit Series: Appendix A

PEOPLES OF ARDA

Line of Elros (you are here!)

Three Houses of the Edain

Men of Middle-earth

Elves of Arda (work in progress)

Dwarves of Middle-earth (work in progress)

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In order to demystify the information I am presenting in my Line of Elros edit series, here is an appendix/directory of all the edits therein with notes distinguishing between canon and my headcanons. I have created a lot of OCs for this project and invented a lot of stories for named characters who have very little story to them in canon, and while I am happy to let you borrow those headcanons and characters (with credit), I don’t want to discourage you from doing the same, and I certainly do not want perpetuate misinformation!

I have read the RotK Appendices and the Akallabêth, and skimmed most of HoME; I reference HoME liberally as I expand this project, though I cannot claim to have read each volume in detail. I am deeply indebted to Tolkien Gateway, a fantastic resource that I highly recommend. I have linked to the TG articles for each canon (named) character for you to do your own research on, and so you can distinguish between what is canon and what is my embellishment and/or headcanon. (I’ve also linked to my blog’s tag for each of my OCs, though it’s likely many of them will only contain the edit they appear in.)

Where I do embellish upon canon, I often pull from translations of the characters’ names to give them a bit of personality or at the very least, an occupation or hobby. Other headcanons are inferred from characters’ familial relationships or made up wholecloth.

Most everyone’s wife is an OC, because unfortunately, while Tolkien was clear on how the Line of Elros leads to Aragorn through the (mostly) paternal line, he was not so considerate of the many unnamed wives, mothers, and daughters who also contributed to the effort of keeping Elros’ blood alive.

For the most part, I have given the men who have named descendants wives, but it is important to note that there is (usually) nothing stated at all about the other partner involved in the continuation of the family, and it would not be non-canonical to give them a husband or nonbinary spouse instead, or to not include marriage as a part of that relationship. Anything is fair game, and just because these people are assumed to have been married cis women doesn’t mean they have to be.

My OC names are made with help from RealElvish.net and Parf Edhellen.

Now - onto the actual directory!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: Royalty of Númenor (you are here!) Appendix B: House of Andúnië, Royalty of Arnor Appendix C: Royalty of Gondor Appendix D: Princes of Dol Amroth, Chieftains of the Dúnedain Appendix E: Stewards of Gondor

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ROYALTY OF NÚMENOR

Note: The “Tári-” and “Arî-” prefixes for the non-ruling queens of Númenor are headcanon. Aside from Tar-Elestirnë (Erendis), there is no record of non-ruling queens taking a prefix. I just think it sounds nice, and gives them more weight as characters.

Elros ft. Elros Tar-Minyatur, Hiril Tári-Ecceþindë (OC), Vardamir Nóliman, Manwendil, Atanalcar, Calarinya Tindómiel, Elenlóriel Nícorimë (OC) Details of the lives of Atanalcar, Manwendil, and Tindómiel (including the name Calarinya) are headcanons. Vardamir’s life is embellished from canon. The age order of Elros’ children has been changed to better parallel that of Elrond’s children. Manwendil and Atanalcar are not canonically twins.

Vardamir ft. Vardamir, Halyamórë (OC), Tar-Amandil, Vardilmë, Aulendil, Nolondil Halyamórë’s faith is inspired by a Nienna headcanon by May @russingon (used with permission). Details of the lives of these characters are mostly headcanons, though Vardamir and Amandil’s stories have a basis in canon.

Nolondil ft. Nolondil, Lasselótë (OC), Yávien, Oromendil, Axantur All details are headcanons.

Axantur ft. Axantur, Mancariel (OC), Lindissë, Ardamir, Cemendur All details are headcanons, though it can be inferred that Cemendur inherited his father’s lands due to the fact that his descendants retain it.

Cemendur ft. Cemendur, Rerindë (OC), Írildë, Hallatan, Raivatamë (OC), Nessanië, Hallacar Details of the lives of Cemendur, Írildë, and Nessanië are headcanons. Hallatan’s life is embellished from canon. Hallacar’s life is only briefly touched upon here, but is based in canon.

Tar-Amandil ft. Tar-Amandil, Tári-Telemnë (OC), Tar-Elendil, Eärendur, Mairen Details of the lives of Eärendur and Mairen are headcanons. Amandil’s life is embellished from canon.

Tar-Elendil ft. Tar-Elendil, Tári-Ingólmë (OC), Silmariën, Elatan, Isilmë, Tar-Meneldur The story of Elendil and his wife is headcanon, but the rest of the details of Elendil’s life are canon. It is also canonical that Silmariën was passed over for inheritance, that she received the Ring of Barahir, and that she had a mithril fillet (a kind of medieval headband); the story of her making the fillet herself with the aid of her cousin is an embellishment. Technically it was not Silmariën or Elatan who first led the House of Andúnië, but their son Valandil, but I altered the story to give it more feminist themes (this will eventually be followed up when I return to Andúnië). Silmariën and Isilmë having silver hair is a headcanon, though it fits with their names (silm=shining white light, like the Silmarils; isil=moon). The details of Isilmë’s life are all headcanon. The details of Tar-Meneldur’s life are all canon.

Eärendur ft. Eärendur, Helwë (OC), Vëantur, Almarian, Caliondo The only canon thing about this one is Vëantur’s position as Captain of the King’s Ships and the story of his journey to Middle-earth. All other details are headcanon. I just wanted to have some fun with a trans character and polyamory. ETA 3/29/21: Tweaked the caption a bit, fixing an error that called Meneldur older than his cousins when he is in fact younger. I also made more significant changes to the first few paragraphs, since I realized that Vëantur is significantly younger than Elendil and Eärendur, and that the timelines around Elendil’s coronation didn’t line up with canon. Ugh, Tolkien, I can’t believe you gave us more information than I wanted...

Caliondo ft. Caliondo, Gaerlin Lingwilócë (OC), Malantur Save for Malantur’s brief stint as heir, all details are headcanons.

Tar-Meneldur ft. Tar-Meneldur, Tári-Almarian, Tar-Aldarion, Ailinel, Almiel Almarian’s love of flowers (including the name Lilótëa) and her daughters’ hobbies are headcanon. Everything else is canon.

Ailinel ft. Ailinel, Hatholdir, Orchaldor, Soronto Ailinel’s love of painting and Orchaldor’s fondness for horses are headcanons. Soronto’s life has been slightly embellished from canon. All other details are canon.

Tar-Aldarion ft. Tar-Aldarion, Núneth, Beregar, Erendis Tar-Elestirnë, Tar-Ancalimë Save for the distinction between the prefixes Tar and Tári, and for Erendis’ brief attempt to rule in her husband’s absence (I don’t think that checks out timeline-wise but whatever), all information presented here is canon.

Tar-Ancalimë ft. Tar-Ancalimë, Hallacar, Tar-Anárion Again, the distinction between Tar and Tári is headcanon, but everything else is canon. Soronto’s scheming is embellished a bit from implications in canon.

Tar-Anárion ft. Tar-Anárion, Tári-Iþiliel (OC), Naryalambë (OC), Celussë (OC), Tar-Súrion Anárion canonically has two daughters who refuse the scepter because they feared and disliked Ancalimë; I have given them names and backstories. The basic story presented here is based in canon, but all details and personalities, etc., are headcanon.

Tar-Súrion ft. Tar-Súrion, Tári-Meletya (OC), Tar-Telperiën, Isilmo, Almárëa (OC), Tar-Minastir I was influenced here by the wording of Súrion’s TG article to focus on his life being overshadowed by women. Telperiën’s life has been embellished a bit, but is mostly based in canon. Details of Súrion and Isilmo’s lives are headcanon, as are (of course) their relationships with my OCs for their wives.

Tar-Minastir ft. Tar-Minastir, Tári-Róvandil (OC), Tar-Ciryatan, Ciara Tári-Morivanessië (OC), Tar-Atanamir The details of Minastir and Ciryatan’s lives are canon, though the conflict between them has been embellished. As usual, their wives are completely my invention. Dunland is a little further inland than the coast; in my mind Ciara’s family were of a coastal people related to the Dunlendings, but there was no succinct way to put that so I simplified it. Like many other Dunlendish names, “Ciara” is Celtic in origin, meaning “dark.”

Tar-Atanamir ft. Tar-Atanamir, Tári-Fanyahelcë (OC), Tar-Ancalimon, Aicanásso (OC) Atanamir’s life is entirely canon. Fanyahelcë’s Adûnaic name, Phânkhêli, has the same meaning as her Quenya name: phân for “cloud” and “khêl” for ice, with -i as the feminine suffix; those are not canonical Adûnaic words, but derived from older Eldarin languages. The King’s Women is entirely invented; they will show up again later. Aicanásso is an OC, though he is implied to exist, since Atanamir has descendants other than those of the royal line, eventually leading to Herucalmo, who married back into royalty.

Tar-Ancalimon ft. Tar-Ancalimon, Tári-Caumasarnë (OC), Aicanásso (OC), Tar-Telemmaitë, Tári-Onónë (OC), Tar-Vanimeldë, Engwáro (OC) All details are headcanons, except for Telemmaitë’s love of silver/mithril and Vanimeldë’s disinterest in politics, which are canon.

Tar-Vanimeldë ft. Tar-Vanimeldë, Herucalmo “Tar”-Anducal, Tar-Alcarin, Tári-Avaldë Pharâzarî (OC), Tar-Calmacil Tar-Vanimeldë’s stage name, Liltalissë, is a headcanon embellished from her canon love of music and dancing. It is not canon that Herucalmo and Alcarin poisoned their way to the throne, but the usurpation of Tar-Anducal is canon. The hint at Calmacil’s fate is a headcanon that will be expanded upon in a future post. ETA 3/30/21: Fixed a timeline error regarding Calmacil’s birth.

Tar-Calmacil ft. Tar-Calmacil, Tári-Naltanárië (OC), Tar-Ardamin, Gimilzagar Calmacil’s use of Adûnaic and his expansionism are canon, but I made up literally everything else. Well, not really—Naltanárië’s story is heavily based on @dialux’s amazing fic “a library of all the tears in history,” a story about the Queens of Númenor, specifically the section about Elénniel (though Elénniel is the wife of Abattârik, not of Belzagar; I’ve changed details here, but the core story is the same). That fic is a masterpiece that greatly inspired me throughout this whole series of edits, and I highly recommend it!

Tar-Ardamin ft. Tar-Ardamin, Arî-Lôminzil (OC), Ar-Adûnakhôr, Gimilzagar, Nilûphêr (OC), Arphazêl (OC) All of this is purely headcanon. Gimilzagar’s Quenya name, Elenmacil, is a literal translation from the Adûnaic. (This is technically the same name as Elemmakil, an elf of Gondolin, but I am sure that the dialects between Gondolin Quenya and Númenórean Quenya are different, so I chose to differentiate the names.) Gimilzagar is possibly the ancestor of Inzilbêth, implying he had a wife and child; I decided I liked that idea and incorporated Nilûphêr and Arphazêl into the story.

Ar-Adûnakhôr ft. Ar-Adûnakhôr, Arî-Aglaril (OC), Ar-Zimrathôn, Arî-Azrâindil (OC), Ar-Sakalthôr, Arî-Ûrîphêl (OC), Ar-Gimilzôr Technically the elves stopped (for the most part) coming to Númenor in Adûnakhôr’s rule, not Zimrathôn’s; I altered it to make it an official law rather than just a prevailing cultural attitude. All details about Zimrathôn and Sakalthôr (and their wives) are headcanon; most details about Adûnakhôr are canon.

Ar-Gimilzôr ft. Ar-Gimilzôr, Lindórië, Inzilbêth, Tar-Palantír, Gimilkhâd It is true that Gimilzôr is the translation of both Elerossë and Telemnar (“gimil” meaning both “star” and “silver,” and “zôr” meaning both “fire” and “foam”). The translation of Gimilkhâd’s name is pure guesswork. The intricacies of the leadership of Andúnië are all headcanon, as is Gimilzôr’s personal visit there, but the basic relations of the characters are canon. ETA 3/30/21: Made some minor tweaks to the caption in order to reconcile some timeline errors.

Tar-Palantír ft. Tar-Palantír, Nimirrôth (OC), Gimilkhâd, Zôrzimril (OC), Tar-Míriel, Ar-Pharazôn The basic details of Palantír’s rule and his rivalry with Gimilkhâd are canon, but everything involving their wives is headcanon. Basically all of the stuff about Pharazôn, Míriel, and Zigûr is canon. Nimirrôth’s story (especially her betrayal of Míriel) is once again very much inspired by dialux’s “a library of all the tears in history” and their OC Aglarâni. ETA 3/31/21: Fixed a few minor inconsistencies. ETA 4/4/21: Tweaked the timeline to better fit the story.

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