What separates Numenor from the Middle-Earth men - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Huinesoron · 10-27-2022, 01:47 AM

All of that, but also:

- Virulent racism, to the point of inventing a three-level classification system for humans to justify their prejudices and misdeeds. (The Noldor do this too, though at least they have the justification that the Light of Aman is an actual thing.)

- Slavery.

- Ecological devastation, in the form of literally turning Southern Eriador from forest to plains.

- After Sauron gets his hooks into them: human sacrifice.

Numenor rose higher than almost any other civilisation in Middle-earth, but no other civilisation fell so far.

hS

10-27-2022, 01:47 AM	#2
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,957	All of that, but also: - Virulent racism, to the point of inventing a three-level classification system for humans to justify their prejudices and misdeeds. (The Noldor do this too, though at least they have the justification that the Light of Aman is an actual thing.) - Slavery. - Ecological devastation, in the form of literally turning Southern Eriador from forest to plains. - After Sauron gets his hooks into them: human sacrifice. Numenor rose higher than almost any other civilisation in Middle-earth, but no other civilisation fell so far. hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera