The second of two episodes on the Akallab\xeath, Tolkien's story of N\xfamenor. Ar-Pharaz\xf4n is offered no resistance by Sauron, and gets the bright idea to take him as a hostage. Soon, you-know-who has wormed his way into the King\u2019s trust and turned the N\xfamen\xf3reans to the worship of Melkor. As Sauron\u2019s cult gains power in the kingdom, the Faithful led by Amandil and Elendil are persecuted; the aging Ar-Pharaz\xf4n prepares his armada to sail to the Undying Lands to take immortality by force, and the Valar respond with a disaster of biblical proportions. Also, Alan and Shawn finally disagree about something: Genesis.