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The seat of the Kings of Númenor was at Armenelos
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ta'r tele'mmaiteh (where ai is pronounced like the English word 'eye')
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Tar signifies 'King'; Telemmaitë means 'silver-handed'
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Tar-Telemmaitë

The avaricious fifteenth King of Númenor

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The fifteenth King of Númenor, the son of Tar-Ancalimon. He was hungry for wealth (hence his name 'King Silverhand') and mined for mithril to fill his treasuries.


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