Amroth
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| Amroth | |
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| Sinda | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Lord of Laurelindórenan, King of Lórien, Lord of Lórien |
| Realm | Laurelindórenan |
| Death | c. T.A. 1981 |
| Personal Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Parentage | Amdír |
| Spouse | Loved Nimrodel |
Of old he was an Elven-king,
A lord of tree and glen,
When golden were the boughs in spring
In fair Lothlórien.
— Legolas' Song of Nimrodel,
The Fellowship of the Ring, Lothlórien
Amroth was the name of an Elf of Lórien.
Amroth, son of Amdír, was a Sindarin Lord of Lórien. He most likely succeeded his father after he fell in the War of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Amroth wanted to leave Lórien as he tired of Middle-earth, and journeyed south to Edhellond, an old Elf-haven of his people, together with Nimrodel, his beloved.
However, Nimrodel was lost in the White Mountains, and Amroth long delayed his departure to Valinor. As he finally set sail, he thought he saw Nimrodel on the quays, and he jumped overboard to swim back to her. He drowned in the Bay of Belfalas and never returned home.
Dol Amroth in southern Gondor is named for him, as are several places in Lórien.
[edit] Etymology
Amroth may translate to "up-climber" which makes sense as in some versions of the legendarium he was the inventor of the talan or flet.
The name Amroth is originally from a Silvan Elvish dialect.[1]
[edit] Other Versions
In earlier versions of the legendarium, Amroth was briefly Galadriel and Celeborn's son, brother to Celebrían, but this idea was dropped.
