Tar-Palantír

The far-sighted King who turned Númenor back to the Valar

Other names

Ar-Inziladûn Inziladûn

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In briefanswer capsule

Tar-Palantír was a King of Númenor who broke with his immediate predecessors by renouncing their hostility toward the Valar and the Faithful, restoring the ancient customs and the use of the Elven tongue at court. Gifted with far sight, as his throne-name declares, he foresaw the doom gathering over the island and mourned that his people would not turn back from it. He was the father of Tar-Míriel, his rightful heir, whose succession his nephew Ar-Pharazôn would later usurp.

In the Annals

Where the Tale of Years names this entry: 1 entry.

SA 3175Tar-Palantir turns back to the old ways, and Númenor falls into civil war.Appendix B, The Tale of Years

Sources

The Lord of the Rings — Appendix A, I (i), Númenor
The Silmarillion — Akallabêth
Unfinished Tales — The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor

Cite this page

Legendarium (2026): „Tar-Palantír“. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/characters/tar-palantir/

APA

Legendarium. (2026). Tar-Palantír. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/characters/tar-palantir/

MLA

„Tar-Palantír“. Legendarium, 2026, https://www.legendarium.page/characters/tar-palantir/. Last updated August 18, 2026.

BibTeX

@misc{legendarium-tar-palantir-en,
  title        = {Tar-Palantír},
  author       = {{Legendarium}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.legendarium.page/characters/tar-palantir/}},
  note         = {Last updated August 18, 2026}
}