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After the war between the elves and Sauron, the shadow began to cover Númenor, and the Númenóreans began to gradually fall into darkness. A large number of Númenor colonists came to the west of Middle-earth, enslaved the local indigenous people, and asked them to provide supplies. and wealth...

But Númenor's relationship with Middle-earth was not initially like this.

Because of the Valar's ban, the Númenóreans sailed eastward in the early days of the Númenor Empire, from the dark north to the blazing south, and even crossed the south to the "bottom of darkness"; they even sailed to The Inner Seas, rounding Middle-earth, looked from their prows at the Gate of Morning in the Far East.

The Númenóreans would come to the coast of Middle-earth from time to time. They were very sympathetic to this forgotten land, so the noble princes of Númenóre once again set foot on the western coast of the continent in the dark ages of mankind. At that time no one dared to resist them.In that era, most of the human beings who fell in the shadows became very weak and fearful.

The Númenóreans came among them and taught them many things.They brought corn and wine, taught humans how to sow and grind grain, and taught them how to cut wood and quarry stone, as well as all other ways to survive in a land where death was coming quickly and there was no joy.

As a result, the humans in Middle-earth began to have a better life. There were fewer wastelands on the western coast. The humans got rid of the burden left to them by Morgoth and abandoned their fear of the dark.

They respected and remembered the tall kings of the sea. When these kings left, they called them gods, hoping that they would come back again. At that time, the Númenóreans never stayed long in Middle-earth, nor on the shore. Build any settlement for yourself.They must sail eastward, but their hearts are always toward the west.

At that time, kings and people often climbed the Meniltama peak in the center of the island to celebrate festivals or pray to Valar.Manwe's three giant eagles often fly here. They are called "Manwe's witnesses". People believe that they were sent by Manwe from Aman to protect the holy mountain and all of Númenor.

However, as time passed, the Númenóreans' desire for the west became stronger and stronger; they longed for the immortal city they saw from a distance, and they wanted more and more eternal life in their hearts to avoid the end of joy and death.

The greater their power and glory, the less willing they are to face death.Although the Valar gave the Númenóreans a very long life, they were still not immune to the inevitable aging and death that would eventually come, even the emperors who were the descendants of Elendil were no exception.

Their lives are indeed very short in the eyes of the Eldar.So a shadow fell upon them: perhaps it was because Morgoth's will to remain in the world was still at work.The Númenóreans began to complain quietly, first in their hearts and then out loud, that they were rebelling against the fate of mankind, and especially against the ban that prohibited them from sailing to the west.

They said to each other: "Why can the Lord of the West sit there in eternal peace, while we must die, leaving our homes and all that we have made, and go to a land we do not know? But the Eldar will not Even those elves who have betrayed the gods are still alive and well. Since we have crossed all the oceans and there are no vast waters and rough waves that our ships cannot conquer, why can't we go to Afo Where is Lonnie going to greet our friends?"

Others said: "Why don't we go directly to Aman, live there for a day, and taste the joy of the gods? Wouldn't we have become the greatest humans in Arda long ago?"

The Eldar told these words to the Valar, and Manwwe was saddened by this, and he saw dark clouds beginning to gather over the great world of Númenor.He sent messengers to the Númenóreans, speaking to the emperor, and to all who could hear, concerning the fate of the world and its workings.

The messenger from Manwe came when Tal Atanamir, the 13th emperor of Númenor, was in power.When the Empire of Númenor passed to his hands, it had existed for more than 2000 years. Even if the power of the empire had not yet reached its peak, Felicity had also reached its peak.

Atanamir was very displeased with the envoy's words, and ignored them, and even publicly defied Vera, but most of the people followed him; they still hoped to escape death while they were alive, without waiting for any uncertainties hope.

Atanamir lived to an extremely long age, clinging to his life until all happiness was lost; he was the first of the Númenóreans to do so, refusing to die until he grew weak and cowardly. Refusing to hand over his royal power to his son.

The royal family of Númenor had always been accustomed to marrying late in their long lives. They would hand over the power of rule and management after their children had grown up and matured mentally, and then passed away.

When Atanamir's son Tal Ancalimon became emperor, his ideas and ways mirrored those of his father; and in his time the Númenóreans began to divide.

The majority side, known as the Emperor's Men, grew increasingly proud and began to distance themselves from the Eldar and the Valar.

A smaller group of people were called the Elendili, "Friends of the Elves"; they remained loyal to the Emperor and House Eros, but wished to maintain friendship with the Eldar and heed the advice of their Western Masters.Yet even the Númenóreans, who called themselves the Faithful, could not completely escape the suffering of their people, and they were still haunted by the fear of death.

As a result, the happiness of this group of Westerners began to decrease; but their power and national power continued to increase.Their emperor and people had not abandoned their wisdom, and if they did not love the Valar, they at least feared it.

Therefore, their tall ships still sailed to the east, and they did not dare to openly defy the prohibition and sail beyond the prescribed western boundary line.But the fear of death became more and more intense among them, and they tried every means to delay it.

So they began to build huge tombs for their deaths, while their wise men continued to work hard to discover the secret of recalling life, or at least finding ways to extend human life.But they only achieved the ability to preserve the corpses of the dead from decay, so they built dead tombs everywhere and enshrined the fear of death in the dark tombs.

And the living people are more eager to indulge in carousing and feasting, eager to obtain more goods and wealth; in the era of Tar Ancalimon, the sacrifice of the first fruits to Eru was ignored, and people almost no longer Climb Mount Meniltama in the center of the earth and go to the high altar.

At last the Númenóreans began to build their settlements on the western shore of that ancient land; their own home seemed to them to have shrunk, and they could no longer find satisfaction and rest there.

Now they longed for wealth, and since they could not go to the West, they wanted to control Middle-earth.They built great harbors and strong towers, and many people settled in them; their attitude now was that of princes and family heads who demanded tribute and partying, instead of being helpers and teachers.

The great ships of the Númenóreans sailed eastward on the wind, and then returned fully laden. The prestige and power of their princes increased greatly; they wore gold and silver, and drank and feasted day and night...

In Middle-earth, the war is over, but the Dark Ages are not.Although Sauron's power never returned to pre-war levels after the war, the homes of his most powerful enemies were devastated.

And because of the trauma inflicted on his enemies, Sauron had an even greater advantage than before.Sauron still ruled the remote south and east of Middle-earth, and his territory continued to expand. He even ruled the barbarian tribes living in the far south of the east.Sauron remained loyal to his master.The temple of Morgoth was built, and human sacrifices were performed in it.The flames of war are rekindled in Middle-earth, and the war between Sauron and humans, dwarves, and elves begins again...

In 3255 of the Second Era, Tal-Palantir, the fourth king of Númenor No. 20, passed away. His daughter Miriel, who was supposed to inherit the throne, was raped by his cousin, Farazon, the son of Kimikad. Marry as a wife.

Pharazon returned from the war between Middle-earth and Sauron, and seized power and usurped the throne as Númenor. No. 20 Five kings, calling themselves Al-Pharazon, was also the last king. He was also the most powerful and most powerful king since the founding of Númenor. The proud king, and as his queen, Tal-Miriel was called Al-Sin Raphael.

After Al-Pharazon left Middle-earth, Sauron's power gained the upper hand in Middle-earth. He invaded Númenor's territory in Middle-earth, and Sauron was no longer unrivaled in Middle-earth.Therefore, Sauron was dubbed the title of "Lord of Arda and King of Men", and even rumored to overthrow Númenor.And Sauron's fame and ambition also succeeded in angering the arrogant Númenoreans who had fallen into the shadows.

However, Rey felt the conspiracy and the cruelty of fate contained in it. It was impossible for him to believe that there was no instigation and frame-up by the elves.The two strong powers are fighting for hegemony, and the weak scum who was beaten half to death is making small moves. It's really fun to see...

In 3261 of the Second Era, Al-Parazon led the Númenorean navy to land at the port of Umbar. Al-Parazon's army moved northward toward Mordor. This majestic army frightened Sauron's servants and also made them fearful. Sauron was hard to resist, and Sauron's forces retreated after realizing that they could not compete with the Numenoreans.

So, Sauron came to Al-Pharazon humbly, and with his eloquent words and handsome face, he surrendered to the human king.Ar-Pharazon took Sauron back to Númenor as a hostage so that his servants could stop causing trouble.

However, Sauron was not as humble as he appeared. He still wanted to destroy Númenor step by step.He used Al-Pharazon's pride and his desire for immortality to deceive the king and gradually gained his trust.Only three years after arriving in Númenor, Sauron was freed from captivity and became Ar-Pharazon's chief advisor.

Sauron taught the Númenóreans many things, and his words against the Valar were influential in the minds of many Númenóreans.He preached that Ilúvatar was a fabricated existence by the Valar, and that the Númenóreans could achieve eternal life.

Eventually, Sauron even succeeded in converting the people to faith in darkness.The words about the Lord of Darkness reached the ears of Al-Pharazon, and he secretly asked Sauron. In order to persuade Al-Pharazon to believe in darkness, Sauron said this to Melkor:
"No one mentions his name now. Regarding his matter, Vera deceived you to death, and even used Eru to pretend to be him. Eru is basically a phantom they fabricated to deceive you, and they want to use it to bind mankind. , so that mankind will be enslaved by them forever. Valar is the mouthpiece of this Yiru, but what he preaches is their own meaning. But this dark master is tens of thousands of times stronger than them, and he will rescue you from that phantom Come out. His name is Melkor, Lord of all, Giver of freedom, and he will make you stronger than the Valar."

So Al-Pharazon began to worship the darkness, and from then on respected Melkor as his master; at first he only believed in it privately, but soon he showed it publicly in front of the people, and most of the people followed him.

It became a capital offense to climb the Meneltamar dedicated to Ilúvatar.Sauron even advised Ar-Pharazon to destroy the sacred tree of Nimroth, the last sign of the ancient friendship between the Númenóreans and the Elves.

However, Ar-Pharazon was unwilling to do so, remembering his uncle Tar-Palantir's warning that the blood of Númenor was closely tied to this sacred tree.

However, at this moment, Isildur stole the fruit of Ningluosi without authorization.This prompted Al-Pharazon to agree to the decision to destroy Nimroth.Since then, the king never heeded Amendil's advice.

After the White Tree fell, Sauron built a temple that was later used by the king and loyal kings to worship Melkor.There is an altar for fire sacrifices in the center of the temple. There is a skylight in the center of the highest point of the vault, and huge smoke comes out from time to time.

When the altar was sacrificed for the first time, Sauron burned the chopped Nimros. The white tree was devoured by the fire and burned completely to ashes; the people watched in amazement as it emitted astonishing thick smoke, and the entire land It was shrouded in darkness for seven days, until the smoke slowly drifted westward.

From then on, the fire and smoke on the altar never stopped; Sauron's power grew day by day, and he carried out extremely bloody and cruel evil deeds in the temple. Living people were sacrificed to Melkor to beg him. Save them from death.

The vast majority of those captured and burned at the stake were loyalists; the charge against them was never explicitly that they did not worship Melkor, the Giver of Freedom, but that they were plotting treason because they hated the emperor. Or spread lies and poisonous schemes to harm one's own countrymen.Most of these charges are fabricated; in these days of bitter hatred, hatred brings more hatred.

All of this did not allow death to leave them. Instead, death came faster and more frequently in a more ferocious form.Once upon a time men aged very slowly, and when they finally grew tired of the world they lay down into everlasting slumber, but now they are overtaken by disease and madness, which make them even more afraid of death and of entering into their own chosen In the darkness ruled by the Lord.

The Númenóreans cursed themselves in agony.People began to carry weapons, and drew knives to kill each other for petty conflicts; they had become a group of violent people.Sauron, and those held hostage by him, stirred up strife among the people throughout the land, and the people murmured against their emperors and lords, or objected to things that had nothing to do with them, and the powerful ones even more so. Feel free to take revenge on others cruelly.

However, the Númenóreans had always felt that they were rich, and now if their lives were not happier, they were becoming more powerful, and the rich were getting richer.

With Sauron's help and advice, their wealth multiplied, they invented engines, and built bigger ships.They are now fully armed and sailing to Middle-earth. They are no longer helpers and givers, or even rulers, but warriors who attack cities and plunder lands everywhere.

They hunted down the humans in Middle-earth, robbed their goods, enslaved them, and many of them were brutally slaughtered on the altar; during that period, they built temples and huge tombs in their fortresses. mound.The people of Middle-earth feared them, and the memory of the benevolent emperors of old faded from the land, replaced by many horror stories.

Ar-Pharazon became the most powerful tyrant after Morgoth, but in fact, it was Sauron who controlled everything behind the scenes.

However, Ar-Pharazon and the Númenóreans did not escape death, and the king continued to grow old.Just as he felt death approaching, Sauron advised him to attack the Valar and capture Valinor.This way he can gain endless life.The extreme desire for immortality led Al-Pharazon to finally form an armada in 3310 of the Second Age, preparing to attack Valinor.

After the armada was built, the Valar warned the Númenóreans with storms and dark clouds, and the earth trembled and roared.However, these warnings strengthened the king's determination to march westward.At Sauron's urging, he decided to strike preemptively.

In the year 3319 of the Second Era, the war started.Al-Pharazon put on the crown, boarded the huge battleship Alkarondas, sat on the throne built for him, and then ordered the entire army to unload anchor and set sail, and the fleet sailed to the forbidden sea to the west...

"Alas...Emperors have longed for immortality in ancient times, and everyone is the same...Greedy always makes ignorant humans crazy..."

Rey glanced at the fleet of Númenor, which was as dark as thousands of small islands in the sea. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The furnace shed a light and at the same time sent an order to the distant Middle-earth continent. .

Under Manwë's control, clouds shaped like giant eagles came at dusk. They lined up in the sky as if preparing for war. Their advancing ranks were far from bottom, and their outstretched wings almost occupied the entire sky.

The whole west burned red behind them, and they were like balls of angry flames under the blazing sky. The entire Númenor fleet was illuminated red and bright by this smoldering anger, but Númenor was not afraid, They are still heading west, controlled by greed and desire.

For these humans who dared to challenge the gods, Rey only had indifference, pity, and a trace of regret in his eyes.

After all, during the more than 3000 years of the Númenor Empire, especially after the Númenóreans rebelled against the Valar, they were the main source of the increase in Rey's authority. Blood and sin were the true nature of an empire.Especially coupled with Sauron, the "crouching dragon", in the past hundred years, Númenor has made significant contributions to Rey's progress, which makes Rey extremely happy.

"It's just a pity... the tool man is going to be useless... but the feast later is really exciting..."

Although Rey felt regretful, he would not choose to change his destiny for this empire. After all, it is not fun to risk his own life against a rock.

What's more, Rey has long known that it's human nature to kill oneself.Human beings are greedy but never learn lessons. They are a combination of destruction and sin. They are either seeking death or on the road to death.

He just needs to take a good look at this carefully choreographed drama. He doesn't dare to change this drama. After all, it's not as good as human beings to "pay wages" to Yiru if he has "money". He doesn't have to commit suicide.Well, it is reasonable to take advantage of the trend and make a fortune.

The sun has completely sunk, and the sky and the earth are dead silent.Darkness enveloped the land and night swallowed the fleet as the world awaited its impending fate.A strong east wind blew the fleet forward during the night. The Númenóreans broke the ban of the Valar and sailed into the forbidden sea. In order to resist death, they launched a war and took away the eternal life in this world from the hands of the Valar.

At this moment, Rey also rarely left the "Sun Ship" and returned to Valinor.The area that used to be extremely peaceful is now extremely lively. Under the guidance of Maia, the elves on the coast of Valinor began to evacuate in an orderly manner, heading inland.An elf asked Maiya curiously about the reason. Maiya just smiled and shook his head, saying that he was going on a short journey to the interior of Aman.

Rey came to the palace on the mountain of Taniquetil. The cheerful scenes of singing and dancing in the past were gone. The fourteen Valar frowned and sat on the throne. There was silence and depression in the palace, just like the Valla at this time. In a bad mood, all the Valar knew that the Númenóreans were coming to Valinor.

"Dear King of Arda and all the mighty men, the Dendan people are here, what should we do..."

Rey asked respectfully to the Valar, breaking the silence.

"Huh...these Dengdan people are guilty of so many crimes! If it weren't for...hum!!"

Tuokas clenched his fists and said with great annoyance.

"Oh... after all..."

The other Vera couldn't help shaking their heads helplessly when they heard the words, and sighed softly.

"Human beings are the children of the great Yiru... We have no right to interfere... Death is a gift given to mankind by the great Yiru, and we cannot change it... Their fate will be handed over to the judgment of the great Yiru..."

After a long silence, Manwe still frowned and spoke softly.Thinking about this period of time, he also felt extremely headache and distressed about the rebellious Númenor - how did he end up like this when he gave such a generous gift to the Dundan people at the beginning...

Rey and the Valar couldn't help but nodded when they heard this. After all, only Eru can solve the problem of mankind, and they cannot change the fate of mankind.

And Rey was extremely uneasy - he was finally going to accept the audience's mid-term review, and he didn't know whether the boss was satisfied with his small modifications and arrangement.

If Yiru is dissatisfied with him and attacks him at this opportunity, then even if Rey withdraws in time, his gains will be greatly reduced. But if Yiru acquiesces, he can completely let go and do big things. .No matter what the result is, Rey is full of expectations...

The great ship lay anchored on the shores of Valinor; the sky and the earth were still silent, and their fate hung in the balance.

At this moment, Al-Farazon wavered and almost turned back.As he gazed upon a dead coast, and looked up to the shining Mount Teniquetil, whiter than snow, colder than death, silent and unchanging, as terrible as the shadow of Iluvatar's rays, he began Suspect.

It's just that he has come and he can no longer go back!The situation did not allow him to retreat!With his last bit of pride and stubbornness, he disembarked from the boat and set foot on the coast.

At this moment, Manwë called to Ilúvatar on the mountain, and the Valar surrendered their power over Arda at this moment.Ilúvatar showed her power, and the face of the world was forever changed.

He caused an abyss to open between Númenor and the Land of the Undead, and the seawater quickly released. The loud noise and mist caused by this huge waterfall rushed straight into the sky, and the world shook violently.The entire huge fleet of Númenor fell into the abyss and was swallowed up forever, but Emperor Arpharazon and his soldiers who set foot on Aman were buried alive by the falling mountains.

At the same time, Aman and the island of Iresia, where the elves lived, were moved to places that humans could never reach.Andor, the "Land of Gifts", Númenor of the emperors, and Alanna of the star of Eärendil were all destroyed.

Because it was located on the eastern edge of the Rifted Abyss, its entire foundation collapsed, and the entire island fell into endless darkness, never to exist again.There is no place in Arda that has not been tainted by evil.

Ilúvatar threw the Sea of ​​Beleghar back to the west of Middle-earth, and an empty and uninhabited land appeared on the east of the continent. In addition, many new lands and seas were created; but the world became bleak, because Valinor and the island of Eresia were moved to the realm of hidden things.

The disaster came at an unexpected moment, when the fleet had already left port for 39 days.Suddenly, fire spewed out from Mount Meneltama, strong winds roared, the earth roared, the sky shook, the mountains slid, and Númenor sank into the sea together with the children, women, and proud and beautiful ladies and ladies on it.

All the palaces, mausoleums, gold, silver, jewels, silks, and all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge were lost forever.

Green, icy mountainous waves climbed up to the earth, spitting white foam, and swallowed Queen Tal Miriel.She desperately climbed up the steep Meniltama Mountain to reach the altar, but it was too late, the water overflowed her, and her screams were lost in the fierce wind...

Ilúvatar showed her power, and the world was transformed into a sphere. At this point, humans could no longer sail to Valinor.Only the Eldar, if they wished, were allowed to leave this land by direct passage to the ancient West and Avroni.

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