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Westernesse is a fictional kingdom in the Middle English romance of King Horn. It also featured in the writings of Tolkien as a translation of Númenor , a realm in Middle-earth . King Horn
His newly widowed mother flees to a solitary cave. The emir of the Saracens, impressed by the beauty of Horn, sets him and his companions adrift in a boat. In time, they reach the land of Westernesse, where they are taken in by King Ailmar. Upon reaching adulthood, Horn and the king's daughter, Rymenhild, fall in love and become betrothed; Sir ...
Tom Bombadil recovers four magical daggers, forged by the Men of Westernesse to fight the powers of Angmar, from a tomb guarded by the Barrow-wight. After opening the barrow and freeing the hobbits, Tom Bombadil gives them the weapons, saying "Old knives are long enough as swords for hobbit-people".
Númenor, also called Elenna-nórë or Westernesse, is a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings. It was the kingdom occupying a large island to the west of Middle-earth , the main setting of Tolkien's writings, and was the greatest civilization of Men .
In The Lord of the Rings, the four hobbits are trapped by a barrow-wight, and are lucky to escape with their lives; but they gain ancient swords of Westernesse for their quest. Tolkien derived the idea of barrow-wights from Norse mythology, where heroes of several Sagas battle undead beings known as draugrs.
There Adûnaic was spoken, and mingled with many words of the languages of lesser men it became a Common Speech that spread thence along the coasts among all that had dealings with Westernesse. [T 5] Tolkien gives a few names in Westron, saying that Karningul was the translation of Elvish Imladris, Rivendell, while Sûza was Westron for the Shire.
Duncan was a prolific writer and penned over fifty books. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] His sixth book, West of January , won the 1990 Aurora award , an award he would win again in 2007 for Children of Chaos . [ 10 ] [ 11 ] He was a member of SF Canada [ 12 ] and in 2015 he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
The first book is set during the reign of King Tamaros of Vinnengael, the most powerful Human kingdom. Tamaros is the father of Prince Helmos and his younger half-brother, Prince Dagnarus. The next two novels are set approximately 200 years later and follow Dagnarus in his bid to take over the world as well as the story of his allies and opponents.