The "Fall of Númenor" describes the downfall of the island kingdom of Númenor, a cataclysmic event caused by its king, Ar-Pharazôn, and its people's pride and defiance against the Valar. Ar-Pharazôn, influenced by Sauron, launched an invasion of the Undying Lands, leading Eru Ilúvatar, the creator, to sink the entire island and remake the world, thereby removing the Undying Lands from the mortal world and destroying Sauron's physical form. The destruction also allowed the loyal Númenóreans, led by Elendil, to escape to Middle-earth, where they founded the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor.
