the line of elros ♚ royalty of númenor ♚ headcanon disclaimer
The life of Tar-Súrion, son of Tar-Anárion and the ninth King of Númenor, was fated to be overshadowed by his female relatives. Like his father, Súrion was mild-mannered, though he took after his mother’s bookish tendencies and became a scholar. He married Meletya, the daughter of one of his grandmother Ancalimë’s handmaidens, and was happy to let her direct his rule. Tári-Meletya did not take the Tar prefix of other strong-willed queens, preferring a façade of distance from the crown’s policies, but it was known to all that she was the one who ruled Númenor in truth while her husband was King. Tári-Meletya and Tar-Súrion had two children: a daughter, Telperiën, and a son, Isilmo. Isilmo was the younger sibling, and unlike his elder sister had no interest in politics. He instead turned his focus to the stars, laboring to divine their meaning and effects on those below, modeling himself after his ancestor Tar-Meneldur Elentirmo. Isilmo wed Almárëa, a priestess of Eru Ilúvatar upon Meneltarma, and together they had one son, Minastir. In her youth Telperiën was fascinated by the chemical makeup of the world, and studied alchemy at the royal university, but as she grew older she became more and more interested in the art of ruling. She was proud and willful like her mother and her ancestress Tar-Ancalimë, and with Tári-Meletya’s guidance she would become the second Ruling Queen of Númenor. Tar-Telperiën refused to wed, preferring the company of women, and did not interfere with the troubles of the mainland. She did not, as had all rulers prior to her, surrender the scepter a few years before mortality claimed her, instead waiting until she was on her deathbed to pass inheritance to her nephew Tar-Minastir.