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Atanatar II was the only child of Hyarmendacil I. He lived in such ease and splendour that he became known as Alcarin, “the Glorious,” through no doing of his own: the wealth of his kingdom was enough. Atanatar replaced the original crown of Gondor with a jeweled helm, thinking only of his own glory and power, and not the battles his fathers had fought to achieve such magnificence. Under his reign, the watch upon Mordor was neglected, and the army his mother Rilyasicil had worked so hard to perfect fell into disrepair. The wife of Atanatar was Míriën, daughter of the jewelsmith who crafted the new Helm of Kings. She popularized the style of facial piercings among the people of Gondor, though her own sons took no liking to this practice. The children of Atanatar and Míriën were Narmacil and Calmacil, whose names glittered with the promise of war despite their own indolence. Narmacil inherited his father’s throne, spending most of his time absorbed in grand feasts and parties. He showed no interest in taking a spouse, and was indeed relieved when his brother Calmacil produced two sons of his own. Narmacil named his nephew Minalcar the Regent of Gondor and sent him out to fight when the tribes of the East grew restless and thought to attack the South-kingdom while its kings neglected their borders. With the aid of the Woodsmen of Rhovanion, Minalcar defeated the invaders, and after this success he returned to Gondor having taken the name Rómendacil, after King Rómendacil I, another warrior who had defeated the Easterlings. Worried that his nephew might seize the crown before his time, Narmacil sent him back to Rhovanion as an ambassador, using the Northmen’s history of disloyalty as an excuse for negotiation. Eventually this would lead to Rómendacil’s son marrying a princess of Rhovanion, and Narmacil achieved his purpose of occupying Rómendacil’s time so thoroughly that the thought of usurping his uncle did not even occur to him.
