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<div>When [[Sauron]] planned to ensnare the [[Elves]] in the [[Second Age]], he took on a pleasant form and went to them in disguise, offering them the hidden knowledge that would lead to the [[Rings of Power]]. The most famous of his aliases in this period is [[Annatar]], 'Lord of Gifts', but other names are also recorded. Among these was '''Artano''', a [[Sindarin]] name meaning 'high smith' that referred to the skills in crafting and making he had no doubt learned from his original master, [[Aulë]] the [[Valar|Vala]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Tilkal&diff=22751Tilkal2006-06-01T19:24:06Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A metal crafted by [[Aulë]]. It was used in the chain [[Angainor]] that bound [[Melkor]]<br />
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"Behold, Aule now gathered six metals, copper, silver, tin, lead, iron, and gold, and taking a portion of each made with his magic a seventh which he named therefore tilkal, and this had all the properties of the six and many of its own. It's colour was bright green or red in varying lights and it could not be broken, and Aule alone could forge it. Thereafter he forged a mighty chain, making of it all seven metals welded with spells to a substance of uttermost hardness and brightness and smoothness, but of tilkal he had not sufficient to add more than a little to each link." <br />
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- The Book of Lost Tales, Chapter IV, 'The Chaining of Melko'</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Inzilad%C3%BBn&diff=22330Inziladûn2006-05-30T00:08:31Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>The son of King [[Ar-Gimilzôr]] of [[Númenor]] and his consort [[Inzilbêth]]. Inziladûn was secretly raised by his mother in the ways of the [[Faithful]], that party of the Númenórean people who remembered their years of friendship with the [[Elves]] and respect for the [[Valar]]. When Inziladûn succeeded his father to the [[Sceptre]], he attempted to return Númenor to those old ways, halting the oppression of the Faithful, and recommencing the tradition of the [[Three Prayers]] that had long been abandoned. <br />
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As a reforming King, Inziladûn took the Sceptre in the name of [[Tar-Palantir]], meaning 'The Farsighted', but his younger brother [[Gimilkhâd]] was of quite different mind. The strife between them was such that [[Tale of Years]] describes Tar-Palantir's reign as 'civil war'. Inziladûn's restoration of the old ways did not last long: after his death, his daughter [[Míriel]] was forcibly taken as wife by Gimilkhâd's son [[Pharazôn]], who thus usurped the Kingship and began Númenor's final decline.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Inglorion&diff=22319Inglorion2006-05-29T23:48:18Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Inglorion''' was the surname given to himself by the [[Elf]] [[Gildor]] when he met [[Frodo]] and his companions in [[Woody End]] in the [[Shire]]. Inglorion is a patronymic, and means 'son of Inglor'. <br />
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This interpretation means that Gildor was potentially a very important Elf indeed, because at the time these words were written, Inglor was the name of the Elf-lord called '[[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]]' in [[The Silmarillion]], and the name Finrod belonged to his father (known in The Silmarillion as '[[Finarfin]]'). This suggests that Gildor was of very noble descent, and was in fact the son of the founder of [[Nargothrond]]. <br />
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It's hard to tell whether or not this was [[Tolkien]]'s intention when he chose the names. In The Silmarillion, it's stated categorically that Finrod (equivalent to Inglor in this context) had no wife or children, which seems to contradict Gildor's claim. This may simply be a case of Tolkien using an existing name without intending any particular significance (as he did, for example, with '[[Glorfindel]]'), but it's possible to speculate that the name Inglorion carries much more meaning that might appear on the surface.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Inglor_Felagund&diff=22318Inglor Felagund2006-05-29T23:47:57Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Inglor Felagund''' was an older version of the character [[Finrod Felagund]] and is not considered canon.<br />
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<div>In earlier versions of the [[Middle-earth]] myths (see: [[The History of Middle-earth]]), and in the first edition of [[The Lord of the Rings]], the name [[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]] was given to the character later known as [[Finarfin]]. [[Finrod Felagund]] was then named [[Inglor Felagund]]. Because of that, some people speculate that [[Gildor Inglorion]] was Finrod's son, but there is much evidence to the contrary (see: [[Gildor Inglorion]]).<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Inc%C3%A1nus&diff=22315Incánus2006-05-29T23:44:05Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>[[Gandalf]]'s name 'in the south' (probably meaning no further south than [[Gondor]] or the [[Near Harad]]), gained during his long travels in [[Middle-earth]] in the mid-[[Third Age]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Imraz%C3%B4r&diff=22314Imrazôr2006-05-29T23:43:49Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A nobleman who lived in the region of [[Belfalas]] in southeastern [[Gondor]] at the end of the second millennium of the [[Third Age]]. He was said to have wedded an [[Elves|Elf-maid]] named [[Mithrellas]], a wandering companion of [[Nimrodel]]. Though it isn't known for sure whether this tradition is true, it is certain that his son [[Galador]] went on to found [[Dol Amroth]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Ilmar%C3%AB&diff=22313Ilmarë2006-05-29T23:41:55Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Ilmarë''''s name may come from the Elvish word for "starlight".<br />
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She was chief among the [[Maiar]] and the handmaiden to [[Varda]]. She is only mentioned briefly in the Valaquenta, where she is described as one of the chiefs of the Maiar.<br />
In [[The Book of Lost Tales]] it is implied that she was supposed to be the daughter of [[Manwë]] and Varda, but [[Tolkien]] appears to have changed this in [[The Silmarillion]] and most readers accept that she was simply created by [[Ilúvatar]] like the [[Valar]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=H%C3%BArin_of_Emyn_Arnen&diff=22312Húrin of Emyn Arnen2006-05-29T23:40:44Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>''(For other characters see [[Húrin|Húrin (disambiguation)]])''<br />
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'''Húrin of Emyn Arnen''' is the earliest of [[Gondor]]'s Stewards to have his name recorded in history. He served under King [[Minardil]], and though we know little of his life, it is certain that his actions had a tremendous effect on the future history of [[Middle-earth]]. He was a Man of noble [[Númenórean]] descent, the founder of the [[House of Húrin]] from which Minardil's heirs came by tradition to select their own Stewards. By the time of the loss of [[Gondor]]'s last King, [[Eärnur]], some four centuries later, the [[Stewardship]] had become a powerful hereditary institution, ready to take over in place of the Kings.<br />
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To lay the groundwork for such an achievement, Húrin must have provided some great service to the state of Gondor, but what that service might have been is not hinted at in [[The Lord of the Rings]]. However, the untimely death of his King, Minardil, followed almost immediately by the ravages of the [[Dark Plague]], leave room for speculation that it was the efforts of Húrin that directed Gondor through this dark time in its history. A short passage in [[The History of Middle-earth]] seems to confirm this: '...[Húrin] had laboured greatly for the ordering of the realm in the disastrous days of the plague, when King [[Telemnar]] died within two years of the slaying of King Minardil by the [[Corsairs of Umbar|Corsairs]].' (Vol. XII [[The Peoples of Middle-earth]] I 7 [[The Heirs of Elendil]]).<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Huntsman_of_the_Valar&diff=22311Huntsman of the Valar2006-05-29T23:34:48Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A title of [[Oromë]], who pursued the creatures of [[Melkor]] in the dawn of the World.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hunthor&diff=22310Hunthor2006-05-29T23:34:33Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A Man of the [[House of Haleth]], the kinsman of [[Brandir]]. He went with [[Túrin]] to the slaying of [[Glaurung]], but was lost in the river as he climbed the [[Ravines of Teiglin]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hound_of_Valinor&diff=22309Hound of Valinor2006-05-29T23:34:13Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A title of [[Huan]], the wondrous hound that aided [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] and [[Lúthien Tinúviel|Lúthien]] in the [[Quest for the Silmaril]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hirluin&diff=22307Hirluin2006-05-29T23:32:45Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Hirluin the Fair''' (died [[Third Age]] 3039) was the leader of those who dwelt in the [[Green Hills]] of [[Pinnath Gelin]], in the distant west of [[Gondor]]. Curiously, though he was lord of the Green Hills, and his soldiers were clad in green, Hirluin's name seems to mean "Blue Lord". He was one of the many leaders of Men who brought companies to [[Minas Tirith in Gondor|Minas Tirith]], and he fought bravely in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]], rushing to the aid of [[Éomer]] and the [[Rohirrim]]. He was killed in the latter moments of that battle.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hiril&diff=22306Hiril2006-05-29T23:32:27Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>The term ''hiril'' refers to a lady, as in ''[[Hírilorn]]'' ("Tree of the Lady") and ''híril nin'' ("my lady").<br />
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'''Hiril''' (b. ~ 423 [[First Age|F.A.]]) was also the younger daughter of [[Halmir]], chieftain of the [[Haladin]]. She was the sister of [[Haldir]], [[Hareth]], and [[Hundar]]. She was married to [[Enthor]]. Hiril bore him a daughter [[Meleth]].<br />
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In an earlier version Hiril was the daughter of [[Barahir]] and [[Emeldir]], and the younger sister of [[Beren]], but this was later dropped.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hildigard_Took&diff=22305Hildigard Took2006-05-29T23:31:33Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Hildigard Took''' was the daughter of [[Gerontius Took|Gerontius]], the [[Old Took]]. Hildigard was the second child and first daughter of Gerontius and [[Adamanta Chubb Took]]. Her older brother was [[Isengrim Took III|Isengrim III]]. She had ten younger siblings - [[Isumbras IV Took|Isumbras IV]], [[Hildigrim Took|Hildigrim]], [[Isembold Took|Isembold]], [[Hildifons Took|Hildifons]], [[Isembard Took|Isembard]], [[Hildibrand Took|Hildibrand]], [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna]], [[Donnamira Took|Donnamira]], [[Mirabella Took|Mirabella]], and [[Isengar Took|Isengar]]. Hildigard was born sometime between 2832 and 2838 - possibly in 2835. She died young, though her date of death is not known. According to one source ([[The History of Middle-earth|HoME]] [[Peoples of Middle-earth|XII]], p. 107), she died in 2855, but this may not be accurate.<br />
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Appendix C of LotR: Took genealogy, p. 381<br />
The History of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family Trees," p. 107<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=High_King_of_the_Noldor&diff=22304High King of the Noldor2006-05-29T23:30:50Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>The title of six Elf-lords of the [[Noldor]]. They held titular rulership over all the Noldor of [[Middle-earth]], though in practice circumstances prevented the effective use of this power until the time of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]]. The [[Sons of Fëanor]], in particular, while they acknowledged the Kingship, paid its bearer little heed; they preferred to follow their own policies under the general leadership of [[Maedhros]].<br />
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# '''[[Finwë]]''' (ruled c. 9,000 years before the beginning of the [[First Age]])<br>The first lord of the Noldor awoke at [[Cuiviénen]] and led his people into the [[West]] to dwell in [[Valinor]]. He was slain by [[Morgoth]] at [[Formenos]], and succeeded by his eldest son.<br><br><br />
# '''[[Fëanor]]''' (ruled briefly during First Age year 1)<br>He led the host of the Noldor back to Middle-earth1 to avenge his father's death and recover the [[Silmarils]] from Morgoth. He was slain in his assault on [[Angband]]. After his death, the Kingship by right belonged to his eldest son Maedhros, but he refused it and the succession passed instead to [[Fëanor]]'s half-brother.<br><br><br />
# '''[[Fingolfin]]''' (ruled 454 years to First Age 455)<br>He dwelt to the northwest of [[Beleriand]] with his sons, and ruled the Noldor during the [[Siege of Angband]]. When Morgoth broke the leaguer in the [[Dagor Bragollach]], he rode in anger to the gates of Angband and died in single combat with Morgoth. He was succeeded by his eldest son.<br><br><br />
# '''[[Fingon]]''' (ruled 16 years to First Age 471)<br>His short reign was one of endless war with the forces of Morgoth. With Maedhros, he prepared a final assault on Morgoth, the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], which ended in disaster for the Noldor and Fingon's own death. He was succeeded by his brother.<br><br><br />
# '''[[Turgon of Gondolin|Turgon]]''' (ruled 39 years to First Age 510)<br>Turgon's kingship was titular indeed, for even his own kin did not know the location of his [[Hidden City]] of [[Gondolin]]. Gondolin's location was discovered by Morgoth through the treachery of Maeglin, and Turgon died in its Fall. After his death, the Kingship passed back to Fingon's line, to his only son.<br><br><br />
# '''[[Ereinion Gil-galad]]''' (ruled 3,514 years to [[Second Age]] 3441)<br>The last High King, Gil-galad held the Kingship longer than any of his forebears since [[Finwë]]. He formed the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] with [[Elendil]], and died during the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]] at the end of the Second Age. <br />
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Gil-galad was the last High King; after his time the title is never used. In order of succession, the Kingship would presumably have fallen on Turgon's descendants; [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]] (who was in the West and could not exercise it) or his eldest son [[Elrond]] (who never made claim to the Kingship).<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=High_King_(D%C3%BAnedain)&diff=22303High King (Dúnedain)2006-05-29T23:30:19Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''High King''' was a title used by the [[Dúnedain]] for their ultimate ruler. Normally, 'High King' would refer to a king who ruled over other lesser kings and lords, but this is not necessarily the case with the High King of the Dúnedain. The term seems to date back to the early days of [[Númenor]], where [[Tar-Meneldur]] the fifth King was addressed as 'High King', though he had no other rulers in his service.<br />
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The more common use of the title, though, came at the end of the [[Second Age]], with the establishment of the [[Realms in Exile]] in [[Middle-earth]]. In their earliest years, the [[Two Kingdoms]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] fell under the ultimate rule of one man, [[Elendil]], who dwelt in Arnor as the High King. The [[South-kingdom]] of Gondor was ruled jointly by his sons, but only under his suzerainty.<br />
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With Elendil's loss in the Siege of [[Barad-dûr]], his elder son [[Isildur]] inherited the High Kingship. Isildur ruled for only two years, though, before he too was lost in the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]]. After his death, historical events conspired to separate the Two Kingdoms, each of which took Kings of their own. The High Kingship should in principle have fallen on Isildur's heir [[Valandil]], but in practice Valandil became King of Arnor only, and had no power over the South-kingdom.<br />
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More than three thousand years were to pass before [[Aragorn_Elessar|Aragorn]] reunited Elendil's realms. In doing so, as the direct descendant of Isildur through many generations, he also resurrected the High Kingship.<br />
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<div>'''Hidden King''' was a title given to King [[Elu Thingol]], whose realm of [[Doriath]] lay hidden behind the [[Girdle of Melian]].<br />
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<div>A title of [[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]] of [[Nargothrond]], more commonly seen in its [[Dwarvish]] translation, [[Felagund]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Heren_Istarion&diff=22299Heren Istarion2006-05-29T23:29:04Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Heren Istarion''' translates to [[Order of Wizards]] which was the title assigned to the [[Istari]] of the [[Third Age]]. The [[North East Tolkien Society]] also uses the name for [http://www.herenistarion.org their website].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Her_Ladyship&diff=22298Her Ladyship2006-05-29T23:28:44Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A title of [[Shelob]], given to her by the [[Orcs]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Heir_of_Isildur&diff=22296Heir of Isildur2006-05-29T23:28:05Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>The title of thirty-nine lords of the [[Dúnedain]] descended in right line from [[Isildur]] the son of [[Elendil]], from his son [[Valandil]] to [[Aragorn Elessar]], who reunited the Kingdoms of the Dúnedain in [[Middle-earth]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Heir_of_Elendil&diff=22295Heir of Elendil2006-05-29T23:27:50Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A title granted to those descended from [[Elendil]], the founder of the [[Two Kingdoms]] in the late years of the [[Second Age]]. In the [[North-kingdom of Arnor]], whose rulers were descended through Elendil's elder son [[Isildur]], its definition was simple: their rulers came from Elendil's direct male line, unbroken down to [[Aragorn]] himself. <br />
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The political situation in the South-kingdom of Gondor was more complicated, because its first independent King, [[Meneldil]], was not a direct heir of Elendil in the strictest sense, being the son of Isildur's younger brother [[Anárion]]. In [[Gondor]], therefore, the title was taken to refer to any descendants of Elendil who ruled in their own stead, a convenience that allowed Gondor's Kings to represent themselves as true Heirs of Elendil. This situation was complicated still further with the loss of Gondor's last King, [[Eärnur]]. After this point, the [[:Category:Stewards|Stewards]] who took up the rule of Gondor acted in place of the heirs of Elendil, and took on the powers associated with the title. <br />
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These complexities were resolved at the end of the [[Third Age]] with the enthronement of Aragorn, a true heir, as King of a [[Reunited Kingdom]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].<br />
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<div>The last name of at least one [[Hobbits|Hobbit]], [[Malva Headstrong]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hayward_Family&diff=22290Hayward Family2006-05-29T23:25:12Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>The surname of at least one [[Hobbits|Hobbit]], [[Hob Hayward]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hathol&diff=22289Hathol2006-05-29T23:24:10Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Hathol''' was the son of [[Magor]] and grandson of [[Malach Aradan]], one of the first [[Men]] to cross the [[Blue Mountains]] from the eastern lands. Little is known of Hathol's life, except that he was the father of the great hero [[Hador Lórindol]], who served [[Fingolfin]] and was granted the land of [[Dor-lómin]] to dwell in.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Handir&diff=22288Handir2006-05-29T23:23:40Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>Handir, son of [[Haldir]] was the second last leader of the [[Haladin]]. He was said to be a man of great prowess in battle, and he was slain by [[Orcs]] north of the [[Brethil]] Forest. He married [[Beldis]] of the [[House of Bëor]] and had one son called [[Brandir]].<br />
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<div>The ninth King of [[Rohan]] was [[Helm Hammerhand]] son of [[Gram]], a man of grim mood and great strength. Among his vassals was named [[Freca]], who was of distant kin to Helm, but it was said that the blood of [[Dunland]] also ran in his veins. Though Helm did not trust Freca, he was still granted a place on the King's council. One fateful day Freca rode to [[Edoras]] from his own lands on the banks of the [[Adorn]] with an escort of many men, and demanded that Helm give his daughter in marriage to Freca's son [[Wulf]]. Outside the hall of [[Meduseld]], Helm struck Freca a fatal blow with his great fist, and from that time on he was known to history as [[Helm Hammerhand]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Halmir&diff=22285Halmir2006-05-29T23:20:18Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>The lord of the [[People of Haleth]] at the time of the [[Dagor Bragollach]]. After that battle, and the capture of [[Minas Tirith]], [[Orcs]] began to roam unhindered across the lands of [[Beleriand]]. Halmir called on the aid of [[Thingol]], who sent many stout [[Sindarin]] warriors under the command of [[Beleg]] to his aid. Together, Halmir and Beleg destroyed a legion of invading [[Orcs]], and gave the southern lands a respite from the defeats in the north. Halmir was succeeded as lord of the [[Haladin]] by his son, [[Haldir of the Haladin|Haldir]].<br />
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<div>The son of [[Hallatan]] of [[Hyarastorni]], a nobleman of [[Númenor]] descended through five generations from King [[Vardamir Nólimon]]. He wooed and won the hand of the proudly wilful Queen [[Tar-Ancalimë]]. Though the circumstances of their marriage are unclear (there are several contradictory accounts) it seems clear that Ancalimë married for political reasons. In particular, she seems to have been motivated to produce an heir to prevent her cousin Soronto from claiming the throne.<br />
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Tar-Ancalimë and Hallacar did indeed produce an heir, who would one day rule as [[Tar-Anárion]], the eighth King of Númenor. After the birth of their son, Hallacar became estranged from the Queen, and they lived apart from one another.<br />
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<div>'''Haldan''' was the son of [[Haldar]], grandson of [[Haldad]], and nephew to [[Haleth]] herself, who followed his aunt to [[Brethil]], where she settled her People. Haleth left no heir of her own, and so as grandson of Haldad her father, Haldan took up the lordship of the [[Men of Brethil]].<br />
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<div>The second of the three peoples of the [[Edain]] to cross the [[Blue Mountains]] and enter [[Beleriand]]; they dwelt for a while in the southern part of [[Thargelion]], but were led by [[Haleth]] into the west, and founded homes in the [[Forest of Brethil]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Gwaith-i-M%C3%ADrdain&diff=22279Gwaith-i-Mírdain2006-05-29T23:09:33Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A brotherhood formed by [[Celebrimbor]] and the other master-craftsmen of [[Eregion]]. They were said to be the most skilled artisans to have worked since the time of [[Fëanor]] himself (who was indeed [[Celebrimbor]]'s grandfather). Their skill was subverted by [[Sauron]], in the guise of [[Annatar]] the [[Lord of Gifts]], who turned their abilities to the making of the [[Rings of Power]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Gram&diff=22277Gram2006-05-29T23:04:10Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>See [[Gram, King of Rohan]] or [[Mount Gram]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Unhappy&diff=22276The Unhappy2006-05-29T23:03:57Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A nickname for the follower of [[Barahir]], see [[Gorlim]] for his full history.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Golfimbul&diff=22271Golfimbul2006-05-29T22:55:03Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>An [[Orc-chieftain]] of [[Mount Gram]], who led a band of his [[Orcs]] in an invasion of the [[Shire]]. He was met, and defeated, at the [[Battle of Greenfields]] by [[Bandobras 'Bullroarer' Took]]. According to (no doubt apocryphal) legend, the events of that battle, coupled with Golfimbul's name, gave rise to the game of golf.<br />
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<div>The literal translation of [[Hador]]'s [[Elvish]] surname [[Lórindol]]. The name was a reference to Hador's golden hair, and so the alternative English translation '[[Golden-haired]]', while less literally correct, is occasionally seen.<br />
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<div>A title given to [[Hador]] son of [[Hathol]]. It is a free translation of his Elvish surname, [[Lórindol]], which more literally means '[[Goldenhead]]'. All of these variations are references to his golden hair, a common trait of the descendants of the [[Third House of the Edain]].<br />
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<div>'''Golasgil''' was the lord of the [[Anfalas]] or [[Langstrand]], a pastoral fief on the far western shores of [[Gondor]]. He rode to the defence of [[Minas Tirith]] in the [[War of the Ring]] with some few of his household and [[Men of the Anfalas]].<br />
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<div>Although the [[Sindarin]] word for '[[Orcs]]' is '[[yrch]]', this rare but more descriptive term is also sometimes seen (although not in [[The Lord of the Rings]] or [[The Silmarillion]]).<br />
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'Glamhoth' does appear, however, in [[Tuor]]'s curse in the unfinished [[Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin]]; "Gurth an glamhoth" - 'death to the orcs'. It is also probably seen in a shortened form in the name of [[Gandalf]]'s sword, [[Glamdring]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Giver_of_Fruits&diff=22265Giver of Fruits2006-05-29T22:53:19Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>'''Giver of Fruits''' was a title of the [[Yavanna|Valier Yavanna]], and the literal meaning of her name.<br />
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<div>'''Giver of Fruits''' was a title of the [[Yavanna|Vala Yavanna]], and the literal meaning of her name.<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Gimilzagar&diff=22263Gimilzagar2006-05-29T22:52:38Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>A [[Númenórean]] of the royal house, being the younger son of King [[Tar-Calmacil]] the eighteenth ruler of the island kingdom. His line of descent made him the great-uncle of Tar-Calmacil's grandson [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]], who broke with tradition by taking his royal name in the [[Adûnaic]] tongue. Some sources suggest that Gimilzagar was the ancestor of [[Inzilbêth]] the mother of [[Tar-Palantir]], though the details of this ancestry are open to question.<br />
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<div>The younger son of King [[Ar-Gimilzôr]] of [[Númenor]] who, like his father, opposed the reforming policies of his elder brother [[Tar-Palantir]]. His son was [[Ar-Pharazôn]], who usurped the throne of [[Númenor]] and brought the island to its destruction.<br />
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<div>A [[Sindarin]] title of [[Varda]] the [[Lady of the Stars]], known as [[Elbereth]] to the [[Sindar]].<br />
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<div>One of the outlaw band that dwelt with [[Barahir son of Bregor|Barahir]] and [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] at [[Tarn Aeluin]] after the [[Battle of Sudden Flame]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Gh%C3%A2n-buri-Gh%C3%A2n&diff=22259Ghân-buri-Ghân2006-05-29T22:51:39Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Ted Nasmith - The Aid of the Wild-men.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Aid of the Wild-men'' by [[Ted Nasmith]].]]<br />
'''Ghân''' is the chief of the [[Drúedain]], the wild men who inhabit [[Drúadan Forest]]. In the third volume of the Lord of the Rings, [[The Return of the King]], he aids [[Théoden]], King of [[Rohan]], to reach [[Minas Tirith]] with reinforcements before it is conquered by the enemy. In return, Théoden promises that his people will have peace with the Drúedain, and that his people will wage war and drive away the [[Gorgûn]] ([[Orcs]]), that have been troubling the Drúedain.<br />
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Following the War of the Ring, Aragorn, as king of Gondor, decrees that the Dr&uacute;adan Forest formally belongs to Ghan and his people, and that no one else may enter that forest without their permission.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
* [[Drúedain]]<br />
* [[Drúadan Forest]]<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Rionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Gh%C3%A2n&diff=22258Ghân2006-05-29T22:51:26Z<p>Rion: </p>
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<div><blockquote>At that old Ghân made a curious gurgling noise, and it seemed that he was laughing.<br />
--[[The Return of the King]] V 5 [[The Ride of the Rohirrim ]] </blockquote><br />
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A rare abbreviated name for the chieftain of the [[Drúedain]] who aided [[Théoden]] and the [[Rohirrim]] during the [[War of the Ring]], by guiding them to the forgotten [[Stonewain Valley]] that led toward [[Minas Tirith]]. The full, and much more common, form of his name was [[Ghân-buri-Ghân]].<br />
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<div><blockquote>'''...Morwen sent Túrin forth with two aged servants, bidding them find entry, if they could, into the kingdom of Doriath.'''</blockquote> --Quenta Silmarillion 21, Of Túrin Turambar<br />
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These two 'aged servants' are never named in [[The Silmarillion]], but the [[Narn i Hîn Húrin]] has more to say about them, including their names: Gethron and [[Grithnir]]. These two had been young at the time of [[Hador Lórindol]], when they had roamed far and wide throughout [[Beleriand]]. <br />
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In their old age, they remained in the service of the [[House of Hador]], whose lord at that time was [[Hador]]'s grandson [[Húrin]]. After Húrin failed to return from the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], his wife [[Morwen]] chose Gethron and Grithnir as guides for the young [[Túrin]], to lead him out of the now dangerous land of [[Dor-lómin]]. It was Gethron who stood before Thingol in the halls of [[Menegroth]] and asked that Túrin be fostered by the King, so playing a small part in Turin's deadly fate.<br />
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