The History of Númenor | Tolkien Explained

Which tales or characters from Numenor would you like to see featured in their own videos?

I think Numenor was Saurons greatest victory, he singlehandedly brought down the greatest kingdom of men ever purely thorugh manipulation.

Amazon don't seem to realise that Numenoreans are supposed to be the mightiest of men.

Tolkien had such a rich understanding of ancient history, various cultural origin stories, and the human condition that it's almost unbelievable.

If anyone was wondering: The Dúnedain of Arnor and Gondor weren't just those on board the nine ships of Elendil. There were many others of the Faithful who fled Númenor in the centuries before Ar-Pharazôn's rule to escape persecution. They settled in Eriador and in the future core lands of Gondor, especially in Pelargir.

There is a recurring theme in Tolkien's works that those who are esteemed the "mightiest and greatest" of their people often bring only ruin to their people through their pride. Melkor Feanor Turin The Numenoreans Saruman And yet it is often those who are ignored, those deemed 'weak' or 'insignificant', who truly step up and become the greatest heroes of all.

It's amazing that even with the One Ring, Sauron was unable to defeat the Numenoreans militarily. And yet where the swords had failed, the wicked tongue prevailed. Funny how other prominent villains possessed the same evil ability to enchant you with their talk - Grima, Saruman and Glaurung. (If I remember correctly, Dragons in general were reported to be masterful manipulators, hence Grima's nickname "Wormtongue"). Even Morgoth fooled the Valar on more than one occasion. A lesson for all of us to heed: beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, thriving on your fears and feeding you what you want to hear.

Sauron’s lies were utterly terrifying. His promises and claims were huge, and yet still his words were convincing. His deceit of Numenor was his greatest work, and Sauron must have had fun while it lasted.

Deeemn. Elendil saw his homeland destroyed. And a hundred years later, he faced the mastermind of his homeland's destruction. And he died fighting it. Truly a giga chad.

Ahhh the Glory that was Numenor. My favorite Kingdom in all of Middle Earth.

Numenor: THE SEA IS ALWAYS RIGHT The Sea: sinks Numenor

Its crazy how Elrond's brother was the very first king and much much later came to look after Aragorn.

Its cool that an alternative name for Numenor is Atalante, making the connection to the Atlantis myth more solid.

This was better than the series. Thanks for saving my time.

I can see why the black Numenoreans turned against the Valar. Imagine living alongside elvs that were immortal, invited to live in Valinor while men had to face death from time and not only prohibited to travel to Valinor in life, but not rebodied after death to live in Valinor. Such can easily be seen as unfair. Unfortunately, anger makes manipulation to darkness easy.

When you delve into the lore of the Numenorians you start to grasp just how insulting this "Rings of Power" fiasco really is.

"ELENDIL! ELENDIL! FOR THE WEST!" Thanks brother! You re a champion!

The portrait of Sauron at 11:53 are probably what I'd consider the best portrailal of Sauron and the shape I'd imagine he'd take as his disguise. Not only is it a very friendly face, but the mannerism carries a lot of trustworthy wisdom with it as well. A good disguise if deciet is your aim.

I see Númenor. I click. I am so glad you’ve finally made this! Reading it in the Silmarillion (well one of the Epilogues) was great but I’m excited to see it in a video 😁

9:23 Tiber Septim was so powerful, he was a king in two different universes.