Suite101 article: Seeking the wayward children...

Seeking the wayward children of Numenor

This week's Suite101 article is a little bit late, but addresses some questions that fans have long pondered.

How did Arnor and Gondor come to be, and what were the fundamental differences between the characters of the two realms? And what was the contribution of Numenor to their founding? A discussion of the origins of Arnor and Gondor explores the dynamics of Numenorean culture and how it laid the foundation for the two realms in exile.

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