Сильмариллион
Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath
YetSauronwaseverguileful,anditissaidthatamongthosewhomheensnaredwiththeNineRingsthreeweregreatlordsofNumenoreanrace.AndwhentheUlairiarosethatweretheRing-wraiths,hisservants,andthestrengthofhisterrorandmasteryoverMenhadgrownexceedinglygreat,hebegantoassailthestrongplacesoftheNumenoreansupontheshoresofthesea.
InthosedaystheShadowgrewdeeperuponNumenor;andthelivesoftheKingsoftheHouseofElroswanedbecauseoftheirrebellion,buttheyhardenedtheirheartsthemoreagainsttheValar.Andthenineteenthkingtookthesceptreofhisfathers,andheascendedthethroneinthenameofAdunakhor,LordoftheWest,forsakingtheElventonguesandforbiddingtheiruseinhishearing.YethitheScrollofKingsthenameHerunumenwasinscribedintheHigh-elvenspeech,becauseofancientcustom,whichthekingsfearedtobreakutterly,lestevilbefallNowthistitleseemedtotheFaithfulover-proud,beingthetitleoftheValar;andtheirheartsweresorelytriedbetweentheirloyaltytotheHouseofElrosandtheirreverenceoftheappointedPowers.Butworsewasyettocome.ForAr-Gimilzorthetwenty-secondkingwasthegreatestenemyoftheFaithful.InhisdaytheWhiteTreewasuntendedandbegantodecline;andheforbadeutterlytheuseoftheElven-tongues,andpunishedthosethatwelcomedtheshipsofEressea,thatstillcamesecretlytothewest-shoresoftheland.
