Who was Ar-Pharazôn? Why did the last King of Númenor build a fleet to invade the land of the Valar? This deep dive into Tolkien's Akallabêth follows the twenty-fifth ruler of Númenor from the throne he seized by forcing his cousin Tar-Míriel into a marriage Númenórean law forbade, to the shore of Aman itself.

Ar-Pharazôn sailed to Umbar and made Sauron kneel, and that was the moment he lost. Sauron surrendered on purpose, carried the One Ring into Armenelos as a hostage, and within three years sat in the King's secret counsels. We trace the felling of the White Tree Nimloth, the temple raised to Melkor, the human sacrifices prosecuted as treason, and the nine-year Great Armament aimed at Valinor. Everything Ar-Pharazôn attempted worked. That is what destroyed him.

🕐 CHAPTERS:
0:00 Ar-Pharazôn: The King Who Invaded Heaven
1:14 How Pharazôn Took a Throne That Wasn't His
6:17 The Day Sauron Knelt at Umbar
11:09 Sauron's Three Years to the Inner Council
15:28 Why Did Ar-Pharazôn Cut Down Nimloth?
19:38 The Temple of Armenelos and the False Charges
24:27 Ar-Pharazôn's Loophole: Sailing East to the West
28:37 The Great Armament: Nine Years and One Doubt

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