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the line of elros ☼ house of andúnië ☼ headcanon disclaimer

          Númendil was the seventeenth Lord of Andúnië, succeeding his parent Minasdil. He was a friend of his cousin Tar-Palantír and was one of the few members of the Council of the Scepter who supported a return to the ways of the Valar.           While in court, Númendil met and courted Lômiphêl, daughter of a lesser nobleman who was one of the King’s Men. Though her father disapproved of the match, the pair were nonetheless wed, and Númendil gave her the Quenya name Lómiel.           Lómiel bore Númendil two sons, Amandil and Elentír, both friends to their relative Inzilbêth’s grandchildren. Amandil was close to Pharazôn, and the two grew into mighty mariners of great renown. It was through Pharazôn that Amandil met his wife Gimlîth Elenyë, a cousin of Pharazôn on his mother’s side. In his turn, Elentír loved Míriel, and hoped to wed her, though she did not take his suit seriously for many years.           But after Tar-Palantír’s death, Pharazôn betrayed his friendship with Amandil, unlawfully seizing the scepter of Númenor and forcing Míriel into a marriage with him against her will. At this Elentír was grieved, for though Míriel had not accepted his proposal she would have preferred his hand to her cousin’s, and he retreated to Rómenna in sorrow, taking no other wife. Amandil attempted to remain by Pharazôn’s side, but after he refused to bow to the king’s captive-counsellor Zigûr, he was dismissed from the Council of the Scepter and exiled to Rómenna in disgrace.           When Amandil heard of his former friend’s plan to assault Aman, he was filled with a great dread. At this time he surrendered leadership of the Faithful to his son Elendil, counseling him to prepare ships to escape Númenor when the time was right. Amandil himself turned west, purposing to sail to Aman before Pharazôn and seek aid and forgiveness from Manwë. With him he took three trusted companions, one of which was his brother Elentír. They were never heard from again, and the truth of their fates is unknown.