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men of middle-earth ∿ misc. númenóreans ∿ headcanon disclaimer

          Moruinë was the first ruling Lady of Andúnië since Silmariën, and the sixth leader of Andúnië overall, during the reigns of both Tar-Súrion and Tar-Telperiën. She was headstrong and clever, and inherited her position from her father Irmondil at the young age of only 150, for he had little interest in ruling and knew his daughter would be a better leader.           Her wife was a woman of the mainland, born in a coastal village in the lands that would become Dunland. While she was still young, her home was destroyed in a great storm, but as she had been out in alone in the forest at the time, contemplating her womanhood despite her family’s insistence she was a man, she was the only survivor. Freed from the expectations of her people, she took the name Moirenna and began to wander the coastline, searching for a new home.           Moirenna was visited by a dream of great mountains upon a distant island, and so moved was she by this vision she determined she would find this place. After three years of searching, Moirenna at last landed upon the shores of Elenna, knowing this was the place she was meant to be. Seeking the mountains from her dreams, Moirenna wandered into the highlands of Andustar, where she encountered Moruinë, who had been compelled by a similar dream to go hither.           Moruinë and Moirenna were immediately enchanted with one another, and Moruinë invited her new companion back to Andúnië. Within two years they were wed, and as a betrothal gift Moruinë gave her beloved a new name: Ortólorë, “dream of mountains.” Moruinë and Ortólorë had one child, their son Vóreäla, whom they raised together in joy: yet Ortólorë had no elvish blood to lengthen her lifespan, and even the blessed soil of Elenna could only grant her a life of a 121 years and upon her inevitable death, Moruinë was left a widow.           But Moruinë did not lose herself in grief, for she had a responsibility to her people and to the elves who visited Andúnië from Tol Eressëa. Even in a time when the Númenórean population’s opinion of the Eldar was declining, she remained their steadfast friend. She befriended Tar-Telperiën’s heir Minastir, introducing him to her elvish friends and attempting to sway his opinion toward their wellbeing. Minastir envied the elves as much as he loved them, or more, but he readily accepted when Moruinë offered him the hill of Oromet upon which he could build a tower to gaze into the West.           In return, Minastir agreed to her insistence that he convince his aunt to send a fleet to the aid of High King Gil-galad in Middle-earth when Sauron besieged his lands. Tar-Telperiën allowed this so long as Minastir oversaw the operation, leaving her out of it, and thus Númenor moved to war. Commanding the royal navy was Círyatur the Explorer, Minastir at his side; present also among the armada was Minastir’s son Círyatan, who gained a taste for conquest in this journey, and Moruinë’s son Vóreäla.           Vóreäla’s involvement in the war delayed his wedding to his betrothed, but after the Battle of the Gwathló was won he returned to Númenor and married Tyulussë his beloved, who bore him three sons: Nornion, Callondur, and Vilwarindo. Though Vóreäla had befriended Círyatan on their voyage to Middle-earth, when they both became involved in politics he found himself at odds with the prince as he turned to greedy imperialism. To Vóreäla, the greatest horror was Círyatan’s abduction of his wife Ciara of Dunland, whom he named Morivanessië, as his own mother Ortólorë was from a nearby region of Middle-earth, though she had come to Númenor willingly. Vóreäla used his place on the Council of the Scepter to speak against Prince Círyatan, and when he was met with little success he attempted to befriend Ciara Morivanessië in the hopes of making her trials less severe.           Yet even with the aid of Tyulussë, Morivanessië rebuffed him, and when Círyatan discovered his once-friend was trying to “corrupt” his wife he was furious. He punished Vóreäla by forcing his sons into the royal navy and sending them into dangerous imperialistic campaigns. Vóreäla was able to spare only his youngest child from this fate, pleading with Tar-Minastir that Vilwarindo was too young for war despite Círyatan’s protests that he was younger at the Battle of the Gwathló. Both Callondur and Nornion were slain in Círyatan’s wars, leaving Vilwarindo to inherit his father’s title. Vilwarindo had not been raised to rule and when threatened by Círyatan and his son Tar-Atanamir, he was cowed into obedience. His husband was the hunter Rómandur, and as they had no children together, Vilwarindo’s heir was his brother Nornion’s daughter Roquendië.

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the line of elros ☼ house of andúnië ☼ headcanon disclaimer

          The line of Andúnië continues thus:           Vóreäla was the son of Moruinë and Ortólorë, an athlete and mariner. In his youth he was friends with Prince Ciryatan, but as the former turned to greedy imperialism in his kingship Vóreäla used his place on the Council of the Scepter to speak against his former friend. Ciryatan’s abduction of his wife Ciara of Dunland was a great horror to Vóreäla, as his own mother Ortólorë was from a nearby region of Middle-earth, though she had come to Númenor willingly. But Vóreäla’s overtures of friendship to Ciara Tar-Morivanessië were unsuccessful, even when he entreated his own wife, Tyulussë, to aid him.           Tyulussë bore Vóreäla three sons, but the elder two were slain in Ciryatan’s wars, leaving the youngest, Vilwarindo, to inherit his father’s title. Vilwarindo was not raised to rule and when threatened by Ciryatan’s son Tar-Atanamir he reversed his father’s position of opposition to the king. His husband was the hunter Rómandur, and as they had no children together, Vilwarindo’s heir was his brother’s daughter Roquendië.           Though she was a warrior like her father, Roquendië hated her contemporary Tar-Ancalimon’s penchant for violence and as Lady of Andúnië she redoubled her grandfather Vóreäla’s efforts to halt Númenor’s expansion. Though she was unsuccessful, the next king was more amenable to her demands. Roquendië married Vasaryamarto, a priest of Eru, and they raised their son to love peace and honor the Valar even as such positions were growing less popular among the people of Númenor.           The son of Roquendië was Failaher, a gentle soul who loved the arts. He wed the dancer Pirucendëa, and as the young princess Vanimeldë entered his wife’s dancing troupe under the name Liltalissë, Failaher saw an opportunity to steer the next generation of rulers toward peace. Yet Vanimeldë cared little for politics, and her husband Herucalmo reigned in her stead as she engaged in theatrical pursuits, and thus Failaher’s plan failed.           Canyahondë was the daughter of Failaher and the third ruling Lady of Andúnië. Though she ruled during the time of Tar-Vanimeldë, Númenor had begun to return to more aggressively patriarchal traditions, using Vanimeldë’s disinterest in ruling as an excuse to bar women from leadership. Canyahondë was thus forced to allow her younger brother to act as Lord in her place, though she was the true leader of Andúnië and he always deferred to her decisions. Her spouse was Elwenára, a commoner who fled their home in the north of Elenna to a place where they would not be forced into their assigned role as a man, and in Andúnië found love with its Lady who was likewise struggling to be her true self in a darkening Númenor.           Canyahondë and her son Ilcarion were both long-lived even as the lifespans of the Númenóreans began to dwindle. Thus Ilcarion, twelfth Lord of Andúnië, ruled his city through the reigns of both Tar-Calmacil and Ar-Abattârik. This was a troubling time for the Faithful, who endured terrible persecution from the King’s Men. Ilcarion welcomed all Númenóreans who were Faithful to Andúnië, sheltering them in the last safe haven for those loyal to the Valar. One woman who fled Armenelos in this time was Morilindië, a singer who became his wife.