#Lord of the rings kingdoms series#

Could it be that Tolkien briefly thought about telling a story concerning Arnorian reaction to TarannonвЂ™s ambitions and political arrangements? After all, marrying a Black Numenorean princess might have been perceived as a treasonous deed among some Faithful Numenoreans perhaps the princes of Arnor could not all accept TarannonвЂ™s marriage and the challenge TarannonвЂ™s wars presented to the authority and prestige of the High Kingship. Another possibility may be a land near Mordor. Tarannon also married the Black Numenorean princess BerГєthiel, whom he ultimately sent into exile.ДЄlthough we donвЂ™t know where BerГєthiel came from, Umbar is certainly one possibility.

#Lord of the rings kingdoms series#

Tarannon was the first of GondorвЂ™s four great Ship-kings and he began a series of wars that extended GondorвЂ™s power west and south along Middle-earthвЂ™s coastlands. The narratives do not shed any light on the great issues of the day, but it may be significant that the division of Arnor occurred during the reign of Tarannon Falastur of Gondor (Third Age 830 вЂ“ 913). While Tolkien provided more detail about the reasons for GondorвЂ™s civil war than for ArnorвЂ™s division, we know from the appendices in The Lord of the Rings that there was strife among EГ¤rendurвЂ™s three sons. Arnor went through this process first but Gondor was divided into two kingdoms many centuries later after Castamir the Usurper was defeated by Eldacar CastamirвЂ™s sons led a remnant of GondorвЂ™s rebels south to Umbar, where they established an independent kingdom, thus dividing Gondor. The Nunenorean realms of Arnor and Gondor both experienced strife and division. Their differences of opinions thus reflect real historical politics and experiences. So there are many examples of political divisions among TolkienвЂ™s intellectual elites, often due to internal political divisions. The Noldor established several kingdoms in the First Age, and again they were divided in the Second Age as were the Sindar and their distant relatives the East-elves.

The Nandor themselves were divided into many lesser groups, from whom came the Laegrim or Green-elves of Ossiriand, and from the Laegrim a small number relocated in Doriath, becoming known as the Guest-elves. The Teleri, another Elven people, had themselves become divided into the Nandor, the Sindar, and the Falmari (of Aman) and the Sindar had been divided into the Falathrim and the Eglath (or Doriathrim). FГ«anorвЂ™s brother Fingolfin led the remaining Noldor by way of the HelcaraxГ« on a long march that eventually brought them to the same northern lands where FГ«anorвЂ™s people had settled. But FГ«anor abandoned many of his fellow exiles in Aman, leading only a small part of the rebellious Noldor to Middle-earth. However, though the division of Arnor seems striking at first glance it is by no means the only such political division to occur within TolkienвЂ™s Middle-earth histories.ДЇor example, the Noldor became divided into two peoples - the faithful Noldor of Aman (ruled by Finarfin) and the rebellious Noldor of Middle-earth, who followed FГ«anor into exile. Tolkien introduced this division into his political timeline. Q: Why Was Arnor Divided Into Three Kingdoms?ДЄNSWER: In Third Age year 861 the three sons of EГ¤rendur, last of the High Kings of Arnor, divided his realm into three smaller kingdoms.