April 23

Day 113

Basic Reading: 

    Unfinished Tales: Part Two, III. The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor
    
Supplementary Reading:

• Background:

  • Sauron Defeated: Part Three, Section (v) - The theory of the work

  • Unfinished Tales: Introduction, Part Two, III. The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor  

Enrichment Activities:

• Maps:  

  • Arda: Númenor, Middle-Earth, Eressëa

  • Númenor: Armenelos, Oromet, Andúnië, Meneltarma

  • Middle-earth: Gondor

• Timeline: Second Age 32 - 3319

• Other: If you are keeping a universal family tree of Elves and Men, update it with the information in this chapter.

Discussion Questions:

    1. How do you determine whether a ruler was good or bad?
    2. When was the point of no return, when the Downfall became inevitable?
    3. What parallels do you see in this account to the true history of mankind?