Ar-Gimilzôr

Ar-Gimilzôr (2960 - 3177 S.A., r. 3102 - 3177 S.A.) was the 23rd ruler of Númenor, succeeding his father Ar-Sakalthôr as King. During his reign Ar-Gimilzôr persecuted the Elf-friends (Elendili), who called for the return of the Númenoreans to the ways of the Valar and the Elves. Use of Elvish was forbidden in Númenor by his order in c. 3110 S.A. His regnal name was recorded as Tar-Telemnar ("Silver-flame"), the Quenya version of his name, a custom meant not to offend the Valar.

Ar-Gimilzôr's wife, Inzilbêth, was secretly an Elf-friend, and she passed on her ways to their son, Tar-Palantir. She was the daughter of Lindórië, who was herself a descendant of Tar-Elendil, the fourth king of Númenor, and also of Tar-Calmacil 1. Their second son, Gimilkhâd, opposed his elder brother's policies.

1 In an earlier version her father is shown as Gimilzagar, the second son of Tar-Calmacil. However, this would make Inzilbêth at least 400 years old at the time of her marriage; despite the long lives of the members of Númenorean royal line, Inzilbêth must have been further removed from Gimilzagar or else the Gimilizagar referred to as her father was not the same Gimilzagar as the son of Tar-Calmacil.