Finarfin

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| name=Finarfin
| quenya=''Arafinwë''
| titles=King of [[Tirion]]
| birth=[[YOTT]] c. 1230, [[Tirion]]
| realm=[[Tirion]]
| death=Did not die
| age=
| parentage=[[Finwë]] [[Indis]]
| gender=Male
| hair=Golden ([[Vanyar]]in blood)
| marks=
|}}

'''Finarfin''' (born in [[Valinor]] during the [[Years of the Trees]] 1230) was the youngest of the five children of [[Finwë]], [[High King of the Noldor]]. Finarfin's mother was [[Indis]], Finwë's second wife. The great [[Elf]] Lord [[Fëanor]] was his half-brother. His full siblings were [[Findis]], [[Fingolfin]], and [[Irimë]].

== History ==
Two thousand years before the first rising of the [[Sun]], Finarfin married [[Eärwen]], daughter of [[Olwë]], King of the [[Teleri]] in [[Valinor]]. They had four children: [[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]], [[Angrod]], [[Aegnor]] and [[Galadriel]]1. Finarfin's mother was of the [[Vanyar]], and he inherited her fair hair, which he passed on to his children. All other Noldor had dark hair. Thus the Elves of the '''[[House of Finarfin]]''' were unique among their kin.

Centuries later, [[Melkor]] destroyed the [[Two Trees]], slaughtered Finarfin's father Finwë, and stole the [[Silmarils]] of Fëanor. Enraged, Fëanor came to the city of [[Tirion|Tirion upon Túna]] and convinced many of his kinsmen to leave Valinor for [[Middle-earth]], to recover the Silmarils and defeat Morgoth. Fëanor was a charismatic speaker, but Fingolfin and Finarfin were unmoved. However they too followed their half-brother, more for their children who eagerly accepted his cause.

The [[Noldor]] followed Fëanor in groups, and Fingolfin and Finarfin led the last host. As such they did not participate in the [[First Kinslaying]] or know its true cause at the time. While they were travelling up the coast of [[Araman]], the [[Vala]] [[Mandos]] appeared and pronounced the [[Doom of Mandos|Doom of the Noldor]]. Finarfin, wholly dismayed, returned to Valinor with a small group of his people. He presumably still rules the few remaining Noldor in Valinor from Tirion upon Túna.

== Etymology ==
{{Pronounce|Finarfin.mp3|Ardamir}}Finarfin's [[father-name]] was '''Arafinwë''', [[Quenya]] for "Noble [son of] Finwë". The name ''Finarfin'' is the [[Sindarin]] version of his father-name.

== Genealogy ==
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(1) [[Míriel Serindë|Míriel]] = [[Finwë]] = (2) [[Indis]]
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[[Fëanor]] [[Findis]] [[Fingolfin]] [[Irimë]] '''FINARFIN''' = [[Eärwen]]
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[[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]] [[Angrod]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
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== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
Finarfin was called [[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]] in earlier versions of the [[legendarium]], and his son was named '''Inglor Felagund'''. As such he appears in the 1st edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' as Finrod. This was changed in later editions, but not all references to '''Inglor''' were removed (see [[Gildor Inglorion]]).

== Notes ==
# [[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]] appears as one of Finarfin's sons in the published ''[[Silmarillion]]''. In [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien's]] writings, however, he clearly marked as [[Angrod]]'s son. [[Christopher Tolkien]], the editor of ''The Silmarillion'', later admitted the mistake.

[[Category:High Elves]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:House of Finwë]]

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