The Lord of the Rings · Character
Númenor
- Minor
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 10
Númenor enters the story as a name freighted with distance and legend, like a far-off shore glimpsed through sea-mist. Its very sound suggests a grandeur that has passed beyond reach.
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 10
- Books
- 1
Númenor is an ancient island kingdom of Men, remembered in the histories and legends of Middle-earth. It is invoked as a marker of the deep past and the heritage of the Dúnedain, rather than appearing as a character with an individual story in this volume.
Description
Númenor is a place, not a person, and the text offers no physical portrait of it in these chapters. Its name calls to mind an ancient island realm, but no specific architecture, landscape, or visual details are established here.
Story so far
BOOK 3The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
Appearances
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