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TRoP - Númenórean Guilds

“Thereafter seafaring became the chief enterprise for daring and hardihood among the men of Númenor; and Aldarion son of Meneldur, whose wife was Vëantur's daughter, formed the Guild of Venturers, in which were joined all the tried mariners of Númenor....”

Unfinished Tales, ‘Description of the Island of Númenor’

The Guild of Venturers was a guild of mariners and seamen formed by the great Númenórean adventurer Aldarion in the year Second Age 750. The Guild was headquartered on the ship Eämbar normally anchored off the island of Tol Uinen in the bay of Rómenna. The Guild sailed east across the Great Sea to the distant shores of Middle-earth, visiting Gil-galad in Lindon, and exploring the coastlands into the far south.

The Guild of Weaponsmiths was a guild of Númenor comprised of skilled forgers of weapons. The founders of the Guild of Weaponsmiths originally acquired great knowledge and skill from the Elves in the forging of swords, axe blades, spearheads, and knives.

In The Rings of Power, we see Númenórean members of different guilds of trade and royal service. Isildur is training to join the Sea Guard of Númenor, along with his friends Valandil and Ontamo. Halbrand approaches a Smithy of the guild, wanting to become the Smithy's apprentice. The smithy tells Halbrand that he has a stout heart, but that he cannot forge steel on the island of Númenor without a Guild crest.

Ref: @NosyDr, TolkienGateway

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