Aldarion was the prince (and later King) of Númenor, in J. R. R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales. His first love was the sea, and it was as a mariner that he made his name. He made several trips to Middle-earth and established contact with Gil-galad and his realm in the Grey Havens. He also established a Númenórean port in Middle-earth, named Vinyalonde (New Haven). He married Erendis, a Númenórean woman, but who was not quite of the same status as Aldarion himself, and therefore had a shorter life-span. Aldarion's love for the sea ultimately caused a rift between the couple. Their daughter Tar-Ancalimë became the first ruling Queen of Númenor after Aldarion resigned the sceptre. The partial story of Aldarion and Erendis can be found in Tolkien's Unfinished Tales, (ed. Christopher Tolkien). Though the actual story was left incomplete, the book does give some hints on how it continued. The story also contains the first hints of the return of the shadow, i.e. Sauron, to Middle-earth.
