Сильмариллион
Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath
ThusthefleetsoftheNumenoreansmovedagainstthemenaceoftheWest;andtherewaslittlewind,buttheyhadmanyoarsandmanystrongslavestorowbeneaththelash.Thesunwentdown,andtherecameagreatsilence.
Darknessfellupontheland,andtheseawasstill,whiletheworldwaitedforwhatshouldbetide.Slowlythefleetspassedoutofthesightofthewatchersinthehavens,andtheirlightsfaded,andnighttookthem;andinthemorningtheyweregone.Forawindaroseintheeastanditwaftedthemaway;andtheybroketheBanoftheValar,andsailedintoforbiddenseas,goingupwithwaragainsttheDeathless,towrestfromthemeverlastinglifewithintheCirclesoftheWorld.
ButthefleetsofAr-PharazoncameupoutofthedeepsoftheseaandencompassedAvalloneandalltheisleofEressea,andtheEldarmourned,forthelightofthesettingsunwascutoffbythecloudoftheNumenoreans.AndatlastAr-PharazoncameeventoAman,theBlessedRealm,andthecoastsofValinor;andstillallwassilent,anddoomhungbyathread.ForAr-Pharazonwaveredattheend,andalmostheturnedback.HisheartmisgavehimwhenhelookeduponthesoundlessshoresandsawTaniquetilshining,whiterthansnow,colderthandeath,silent,immutable,terribleastheshadowofthelightofIluvatar.Butpridewasnowhismaster,andatlasthelefthisshipandstrodeupontheshore,claimingthelandforhisown,ifnoneshoulddobattleforit.AndahostoftheNumenoreansencampedinmightaboutTuna,whencealltheEldarhadfled.
