Vëantur

Vëantur was the Númenórean captain of the royal fleet of Tar-Elendil. He was likewise grandfather of Tar-Aldarion. Vëantur was also the commander of the first ship that returned to Middle-earth.
== Biography ==
Vëantur was a great Mariner and Navigator, serving as Captain of the King's Ships under Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor, and the first of the Númenoreans to achieve a voyage back to Middle-earth, in the year SA 600 of the Second Age. His ships' names were Entulessë and Númerrámar, which were docked at a quay attached to his house, located in the southern side of the firth of Rómenna. He had a daughter named Almarian who married Tar-Meneldur, relating him to the royal family.Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, I: "A Description of the Island of Númenor"Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, II: "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"Unfinished Tales, Part Two: The Second Age, III: "The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor", from the founding of the City of Armenelos to the Downfall On his subsequent travels, he took his grandson Anardil with him on a journey to Lindon in SA 725. Anardil would later become Tar-Aldarion and found the Guild of Venturers.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ቬኣንቱር
Arabic 	فينتر
Armenian 	Վեանտուր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вёантур
Bengali 	ভান্তুর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Веантур
Georgian 	ვეანტური
Greek 	Βεαντορ
Gujarati 	વેન્ટુર
Hebrew 	ויאנטור
Hindi 	वेअन्तुर
Kannada 	ವಾಂಟೂರ್
Kazakh 	Веантұр Cyrillic Veantur (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Вэантур
Macedonian Cyrillic	Веантур
Marathi 	व्हॅनटूर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Вёантур
Nepalese 	वेअन्तुर
Pashto 	وېانتور
Persian 	وهانتور ?
Punjabi 	ਵੇਅਨ੍ਤੁਰ
Russian 	Вэантур
Serbian 	Веантур (Cyrillic) Veantur (Latin)
Sinhalese 	වේන්තූර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Веантур
Tamil 	வேண்டூர்
Telugu 	వెఅంటూర్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Веантур
Urdu 	وینٹور
Uzbek 	Веантур (Cyrillic) Veantur (Latin)
Yiddish 	וועאַנטור
== References ==
Category:Númenóreans
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in Unfinished Tales
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