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Finduilas

2008-05-18T04:56:29Z

24.155.157.191: /* History */

''(See also [[Finduilas of Dol Amroth]])''
{{noldor infobox
| image=[[Image:Finduilas by lilie morhiril.jpg|250px]]
| name=Finduilas
| quenya=
| titles=Princess of the Noldor.
| birth=Sometime during [[Years of the Trees]] in [[Valinor]].
| realm=[[Nargothrond]].
| death=First Age - 495.
| age=
| gender=Female.
| parentage=[[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]] + Unknown.
| spouse=Betrothed to [[Gwindor]] but never married.
| children=None.
| hair=Golden.
|}}
{{Pronounce|Finduilas.mp3|Ardamir}}
'''Finduilas''' was an [[Elves|Elf]] of the [[First Age]], the daughter of [[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]], ruler of [[Nargothrond]], and sister of [[Gil-galad]].

==History==
Finduilas lived in Nargothrond with her father and brother under the rule of [[Finrod Felagund]]. She was betrothed to [[Gwindor]], who named her '''[[Faelivrin]]''', which meant "Gleam of the Sun on the [[Pools of Ivrin]]". She was very beautiful, a high princess of the [[Noldor]] and niece of [[Galadriel]].

Her betrothed was captured in First Age 472 during the [[Battle of Unnumbered Tears]] by [[Morgoth]], but he returned in 490 with a companion who called himself ''Agarwaen, son of Umarth'' ("Bloodstained, son of the Cursed"). Unknown to Finduilas this was actually [[Túrin Turambar|Túrin]] son of [[Húrin Thalion|Húrin]].

Despite her old feelings for Gwindor, Finduilas fell in love with Túrin. Túrin failed to notice her feelings, she reminding him of [[Urwen]], the sister he lost in childhood. Gwindor realized that Finduilas had fallen in love with Turin, and revealed his name to her in an attempt to discourage her pursuit.

At the sack of Nargothrond by [[Glaurung]], Gwindor was slain and Túrin was entranced by the dragon, Because of the enchantment, he could not hear Finduilas' cries as she was being dragged past him by the [[Orcs]] as a captive for [[Angband]].

Due to Glaurung's deceit Túrin abandoned Finduilas and instead went to [[Hithlum]] in search for his kin, and by the time he regained his senses she had been killed. When the Orcs were waylaid by the [[Haladin]] of [[Brethil]] at the [[Crossings of Teiglin]] they killed all their captives, nailing Finduilas to a tree with a spear. The Haladin buried her in a mound they called ''[[Haudh-en-Elleth]]'' ("Mound of the Elf-maiden").

== Genealogy ==
<code>
[[Finarfin]] = [[Eärwen]]
|
_______________|__________________________
| | | |
| | | |
[[Finrod]] [[Angrod]] = [[Eldalótë]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
|
|
[[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]]
|
_______|________
| |
| |
[[Gil-galad]] '''FINDUILAS'''
</code>

== See Also ==
* [[:Category:Images of Finduilas|Images of Finduilas]]

[[Category:Pronounced articles]]
[[Category:High Elves]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:House of Finwë]]
[[de:Finduilas aus Nargothrond]]
[[fi:Finduilas (haltia)]]

Finduilas

2008-05-18T04:55:51Z

24.155.157.191: /* History */

''(See also [[Finduilas of Dol Amroth]])''
{{noldor infobox
| image=[[Image:Finduilas by lilie morhiril.jpg|250px]]
| name=Finduilas
| quenya=
| titles=Princess of the Noldor.
| birth=Sometime during [[Years of the Trees]] in [[Valinor]].
| realm=[[Nargothrond]].
| death=First Age - 495.
| age=
| gender=Female.
| parentage=[[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]] + Unknown.
| spouse=Betrothed to [[Gwindor]] but never married.
| children=None.
| hair=Golden.
|}}
{{Pronounce|Finduilas.mp3|Ardamir}}
'''Finduilas''' was an [[Elves|Elf]] of the [[First Age]], the daughter of [[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]], ruler of [[Nargothrond]], and sister of [[Gil-galad]].

==History==
Finduilas lived in Nargothrond with her father and brother under the rule of [[Finrod Felagund]]. She was betrothed to [[Gwindor]], who named her '''[[Faelivrin]]''', which meant "Gleam of the Sun on the [[Pools of Ivrin]]". She was very beautiful, a high princess of the [[Noldor]] and niece of [[Galadriel]].

Her betrothed was captured in First Age 472 during the [[Battle of Unnumbered Tears]] by [[Morgoth]], but he returned in 490 with a companion who called himself ''Agarwaen, son of Umarth'' ("Bloodstained, son of the Cursed"). Unknown to Finduilas this was actually [[Túrin Turambar|Túrin]] son of [[Húrin Thalion|Húrin]].

Despite her old feelings for Gwindor, Finduilas fell in love with Túrin. Túrin failed to notice her feelings, she reminding him of [[Lalaith]], the sister he lost in childhood. Gwindor realized that Finduilas had fallen in love with Turin, and revealed his name to her in an attempt to discourage her pursuit.

At the sack of Nargothrond by [[Glaurung]], Gwindor was slain and Túrin was entranced by the dragon, Because of the enchantment, he could not hear Finduilas' cries as she was being dragged past him by the [[Orcs]] as a captive for [[Angband]].

Due to Glaurung's deceit Túrin abandoned Finduilas and instead went to [[Hithlum]] in search for his kin, and by the time he regained his senses she had been killed. When the Orcs were waylaid by the [[Haladin]] of [[Brethil]] at the [[Crossings of Teiglin]] they killed all their captives, nailing Finduilas to a tree with a spear. The Haladin buried her in a mound they called ''[[Haudh-en-Elleth]]'' ("Mound of the Elf-maiden").

== Genealogy ==
<code>
[[Finarfin]] = [[Eärwen]]
|
_______________|__________________________
| | | |
| | | |
[[Finrod]] [[Angrod]] = [[Eldalótë]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
|
|
[[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]]
|
_______|________
| |
| |
[[Gil-galad]] '''FINDUILAS'''
</code>

== See Also ==
* [[:Category:Images of Finduilas|Images of Finduilas]]

[[Category:Pronounced articles]]
[[Category:High Elves]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:House of Finwë]]
[[de:Finduilas aus Nargothrond]]
[[fi:Finduilas (haltia)]]