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Dates
The Númenóreans occupied their island realm II 32 - II 3319; their descendant Dúnedain dwelt in Middle-earth during the Third and later Ages
Location
Origins
Edain of Beleriand granted a new homeland by the Valar after the War of Wrath
Race
Division
Culture
Númenóreans and their descendants in Middle-earth
Family
Ruled in Númenor by the House of Elros; in Middle-earth their rulers descended from the House of Elendil (which was itself a distant offshoot from the House of Elros)
Settlements
The royal city of the Númenóreans was Armenelos; in Middle-earth their chief cities were originally Annúminas and Osgiliath, and later Fornost and Minas Tirith
Other names

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High Men

The Númenóreans and their descendants

A term used to describe the Dúnedain, those Men who had dwelt on the island of Númenor in the Great Sea until its Downfall. It was especially used of their successors in Middle-earth, the settlers of Arnor and Gondor, to distinguish them from those Men who had never left Middle-earth.

The descendants of the Edain of the First Age, the High Men had been granted gifts in Númenor that they retained after their return to Middle-earth. They were taller than other Men, lived far longer and had astonishingly keen sight. In many ways they approached the Elves in stature, though they remained Mortal. These gifts diminished as the centuries passed in Middle-earth, but even at the end of the Third Age, those of the royal lines of the High Men had extraordinary spans of life (for example Aragorn, an heir of the line of Elendil, lived for no less than two hundred and ten years).


See also...

Men of Darkness, Tarks

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