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“Have you ever been to Numenor?

It is remarkable,” Annatar responds.

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“But fractured, ever-teetering between glory and ruin.

I fear Numenor more than any land in Middle-earth.

I had hoped our rings might make her stable.”

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Still, since they’re both adaptations of J.R.R.

Tolkien’s writings, they’re obviously connected enough for this to be a fascinating parallel.

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