Amandil

Amandil was the leader of the Faithful in Númenor, and came to be the eighteenth and last Lord of Andúnië. His life as Lord of Andúnië and as one of the Faithful sired the High Kings of Gondor and Arnor who preserved their ways through the Dúnedain of Middle-earth on up to Aragorn II Elessar. Elendil the Tall was his son, and Isildur his grandson.
==Biography==
Amandil was the son of the prior Lord of Andúnië, Númendil. In youth, Amandil had great friendship with Pharazôn, a relative of his father's mother Inzilbêth.
When Pharazôn married Tar-Míriel and seized the Sceptre of Númenor, he had been corrupted by his father's counsel, and Pharazôn and Amandil became estranged. Being a covert leader of the Faithful in Númenor, Amandil supported the old traditions of friendship with the Elves and reverence for the Valar, while Pharazôn followed the contrary way of the King's Men and of his own will. He deprived the Lords of Andúnië of their lordship due to their support of the old King Tar-Palantir, and commanded Amandil to dwell in Rómenna. He took Andúnië and made it the chief harbour of his ships, but did not dismiss Amandil from his council or in any other way molest him.
In SA 3261, Pharazôn brought Sauron (who was disguised) to Númenor, and, over the years, was deceived by Sauron's lies.
Eventually sensing the impending doom of Númenor, Amandil urged his son Elendil not to interfere in the imminent war, but to expect and prepare for a forced departure from the island. He himself decided to set sail for Valinor, there to plead with the Valar for forgiveness and mercy for the Númenórean people, since at least a few had remained faithful.
He departed into the West either SA 3310 or SA 3316, just before the Great Armament was ready to launch, in an attempt to reach Valinor and save Númenor. He set sail in a small ship with three servants dear to him (though no names are given for them) at night from Rómenna steering east, as if his goal to reach Middle-earth, but soon he turned and journeyed into the west. He never returned, and was not heard from again.
Whether Amandil's voyage was successful is untold, but soon after the destruction of Númenor, a great wave carried Elendil's ships safely to Middle-earth, suggesting that Amandil's pleas had indeed been answered.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
==Etymology==
The name Amandil means "Lover of Aman", or perhaps "Devoted to Aman", in Quenya.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
==In other versions==
In J.R.R. Tolkien's unfinished time-travel story The Lost Road, Amandil has the name Valandil, "God-friend", which for a high court official in the later days of Ar-Pharazôn would have been ill-favored. Tolkien's intention for changing the name are unspecified.
In another account, the character become another son of Amandil. Furthermore Amandil had a younger brother called Elentir.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter V: "The History of the Akallabêth"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓማንዲል
Arabic 	إمانديل
Armenian 	Ամանդիլ
Assamese 	আমান্দিল
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аманділ
Bengali 	আমন্দিল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Амандил
Catalan 	Amàndil
Chinese 	阿門迪爾
Georgian 	ამანდილ
Greek 	Αμανδιλ
Gujarati 	અમંડિલ
Hebrew 	אמאנדיל
Hindi 	आमन्दिल्
Japanese 	アマンディル
Kannada 	ಅಮಂಡಿಲ್
Konkani 	अमांडिल
Korean 	아만딜
Macedonian Cyrillic	Амандил
Malayalam 	അമണ്ടിൽ
Marathi 	आमंडिल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Амандил
Nepalese 	अमान्डिल
Pashto 	آماندیل
Persian 	اماندیل
Punjabi 	ਅਮਮਦਿਲ
Russian 	Амандил
Sanskrit 	आमन्दिल्
Serbian 	Амандил (Cyrillic) Amandil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අමන්දිල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Амандил
Tamil 	அமண்டில்
Telugu 	అమండిల్
Thai 	อามันดิล
Tigrinya 	ኣማንዲል
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Аманділ
Urdu 	اماندال
Uzbek 	Амандил (Cyrillic) Amandil (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַמאַנדיל
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==References==
Category:Númenóreans
Category:Lords of Andúnië
Category:Elf friends
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:Quenya names & words
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