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2026-02-11T07:14:39Z

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{{shortcut|TG:NAMING|TG:TITLE}}The '''naming policy''' of [[Tolkien Gateway]] governs the '''article title''', the article title being the large header displayed at the top of the article's content. When considering an article title, an editor should consider the [[#Naming guidelines|naming guidelines below]].

Usually, the title is the name of the concept/subject of the article, or it may be a descriptive phrase. However, the limitations of MediaWiki software dictate that no two pages can have the same title. As a result, Tolkien Gateway needs to have a policy in place to regulate the naming of articles in order to differentiate between several different concepts.

==Naming guidelines==
In naming any article, please take into account the following guidelines ([[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article titles|similar to those used on Wikipedia]]):
* '''Recognisability''' - the title of the subject should be easily recognisable to someone familiar with the subject area. For example, "[[Gondolin]]" is much more recognisable than "Lothengriol";
* '''Conciseness''' - it should be as short as possible. For example, "[[Gandalf]]" and not "Gandalf the Grey";
* '''Naturalness''' - an article title that someone is likely to actually search for. For example, "[[Faramir]]" is preferable to "Faramir, son of Denethor".
* '''Precision''' - it accurately describes the subject without confusing it with another. For example, "[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)]]" distinct from "[[The Lord of the Rings]]";
* '''Consistency''' - so that all articles in the same subject area are similarly named. See [[#Specific naming conventions|the specific naming conventions]] below for more details on some of these;
* '''Canonicity''' - the article title should be a canonical name for the character. For example "[[Frodo Baggins]]" as opposed to "Bingo Baggins".

Should there be more than one concept of the same name, please refer to [[#Disambiguation|disambiguation]] below.

==Specific naming conventions==

* '''Definite/indefinite article''' - avoid the definite article ("the") and the indefinite article ("a"/"an") unless addressing the titles of books, series, films, etc. For example, that "[[Fellowship of the Ring]]" is the article for the group of characters, whereas "''[[The Fellowship of the Ring|'''The''' Fellowship of the Ring]]''" is the article describing the first volume of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Of course, there are some exceptions, like "[[the One Ring]]" or "[[the Shire]]".
* '''Groups''' - contrary to Wikipedia policy, the name of groups should be plural rather than singular. For example, "[[Elves]]". However if plurals are disputed - especially the case with [[Elvish]] words - then they should be in the singular, e.g. "[[Mallorn]]".
* '''Images''' - see [[Tolkien Gateway:Image policy|Image Naming Policy]].
* '''Lists''' - lists can be difficult to maintain. However, should you decide to set up a list they should be named "List of ...";
* '''Real-world people''' - real people should be listed on the name they are most commonly known, preferably not a pseudonym.
* '''Video games''' - if the title has been used elsewhere, then the article title should have "(video game)" at the end, for example "[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)]]". If the video game's name isn't used elsewhere then "(video game)" isn't necessary, for example "[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]]".
* '''Years''' - real-world years are simply the year, such as [[2014]]. For in-universe years, the title should be the age followed by the year, such as "[[Year of the Trees 1250]]", "[[Second Age 750]]" and "[[Third Age 2043]]".

==Disambiguation==
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Disambiguation is the process of resolving the ambiguity between two or more similarly-named concepts. Because certain names may be used more than once we have a disambiguation policy to regulate this.

===Methods of disambiguation===
There are a number of ways to differentiate between similarly-named articles, these are the most common:
* '''Post-nominal numerals''' - common with leaders, it is easy to differentiate "[[Arathorn I]]" from "[[Arathorn II]]";
* '''Bracketed descriptions''' - this is the most common form of disambiguation and is the ''only'' form of disambiguation for concepts outside the Middle-earth universe. We do this by by putting a descriptive statement in brackets following the name of the concept. Examples include: "[[Calimehtar (son of Calmacil)]]", "[[Beregond (Steward of Gondor)]]", "[[Fastred (rider of Rohan)]]", "[[Angband (game)]]" and "[[The Hobbit (1977 film)]]";
* '''Epithets and title''' - this is not encouraged unless editors feel that there is ''no other option''. Examples of this include "[[Húrin of Emyn Arnen]]".

===Disambiguation pages===
When there are three or more concepts - or two concepts of equal notoriety - we create a [[:Category:Disambiguation|disambiguation page]]. If one of articles is clearly more notable than the others then that articles gets primacy to the title, if not then it should redirect to the disambiguation page.

For example:
* Gandalf the character is much more notable than Gandalf the fanzine or either of the two "Gandalf" bands. As such, "[[Gandalf]]" links to the character whilst "[[Gandalf (disambiguation)]]" includes links to "[[Gandalf (fanzine)]]", "[[Gandalf (US band)]]", and "[[Gandalf (Finnish band)]]. The [[Gandalf]] article links to the disambiguation page;
* There are two characters named Ponto Baggins are indistinguishable notability. As such "Ponto Baggins" redirects to "[[Ponto Baggins (disambiguation)]]" which then links to "[[Ponto Baggins I]]" and "[[Ponto Baggins II]]".

The structure of disambiguation pages is as follows:
*The first line of the page should have the concept name in bold with an arbitrary line about the disambiguation. For example, "'''Gandalf''' can refer to the following concepts:"
*The list of disambiguated articles. The list should be split up, when necessary, between [[legendarium]]-related links and Real-world links (see examples at [[Minas Tirith (disambiguation)]] and [[Tom (disambiguation)]]). In-universe concepts always take precedence in the list.
*At the end of the article, add '''<nowiki>{{disambig}}</nowiki>'''
*Further categorization is not necessary.

==See also==
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Manual of Style]]
*[[Help:Editing]] for how to use links.

[[Category:Tolkien Gateway]]

Crebain

2026-02-11T07:07:19Z

Bananasinyourface: fixed image caption to be image title (fixing what someone else broke)

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| image=Daniel Govar - Crebain.jpg
| caption=''Crebain'' by [[Daniel Govar]]
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| othernames=Craban (singular)
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| location=[[Dunland]], [[Fangorn Forest]]
| affiliation=[[Saruman]]
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{{quote|Not all the birds are to be trusted.|[[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[A Knife in the Dark]]"}}
'''''Crebain''''' were large birds of the [[crows|crow-kind]], native to [[Dunland]] and [[Fangorn Forest]].

==History==
The [[Fellowship of the Ring]] encountered various flocks of ''crebain'' on their arrival in [[Hollin]]. Fearing that they were used as spies by [[Saruman]], the Fellowship spent the entire day in hiding, without a campfire.<ref name="RGS">{{FR|South}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Crebain'' is the [[Sindarin]] plural of ''craban''. The word was derived from [[Mannish]] tongues.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 37</ref>

The plural form was known from the ''Lord of the Rings'' while the singular form was published in [[2007]]; even before the publication of this singular, ''craban'' was the generally assumed form by [[Tolkienists|students]] of [[Sindarin]], although the forms ''croban'' or ''creban'' were possible as well.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c35c02bd1e7b46e2ee068|articlename=Etymology of ''crebain'' (50.32)|dated=2001-05-1|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=2022-09-23}}</ref>

==Inspiration==
The similarity between ''craban'' and [[wikipedia:Proto-Germanic|Proto-Germanic]] *''hrabanaz''<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=raven Raven] at [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php the Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref> and its derivatives, such as ''raven'', has been noted by several writers.<ref>{{HM|IE}}, page 75</ref><ref>[[Ruth S. Noel]], ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'', page 128</ref><ref>Robert Ireland, "[http://www.quicksilver899.com/Tolkien/LOTR/LOTR_AC.html The Lord of the Rings: A-C]", ''[[A Tolkien Dictionary]]''</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:A flock of ''Crebain'' "from [[Dunland]]" appears when the Fellowship is in Hollin. Though [[Gimli]] at first dismisses it as a cloud, [[Boromir]] notices them going too fast, and against the wind. The Fellowship hide as the birds swoop by.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Ring Goes South (scene)|The Ring Goes South]]"</ref> The ''crebain'' are revealed to have indeed been spies when they report to Saruman at [[Isengard]] later.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Fighting Uruk-hai]]"</ref>

==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of Crebain|Images of ''Crebain'']]
*[[Crows]]
*[[Ravens]]
*[[Gorcrows]]

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Imrahil

2025-09-14T14:46:32Z

Bananasinyourface: added hyperlinks and a reference to the peter jackson movie section under adaptations

{{infobox character
| people=[[Gondorians|Gondorian]]
| name=Imrahil
| image=Andrea Piparo - Imrahil - The Prince of Dol Amroth (detail).jpg
| caption="Imrahil - The Prince of Dol Amroth" (detail) by [[:Category:Images by Andrea Piparo|Andrea Piparo]]
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| othernames="the Fair"
| titles=[[Princes of Dol Amroth|Prince of Dol Amroth]]
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| parentage=[[Adrahil]]
| siblings=[[Ivriniel]] and [[Finduilas (wife of Denethor)|Finduilas]]
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{{quote|That is a fair lord and a great captain of men. If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising.|[[Legolas]] in ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Last Debate]]"}}
'''Imrahil''' was the twenty-second [[Prince of Dol Amroth]].

==History==

===Early life===
Imrahil was the only son of [[Adrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]]. He had two older sisters, [[Ivriniel]] and [[Finduilas (wife of Denethor)|Finduilas]]. After his father's death, he became Prince in {{TA|3010}}. Imrahil had four children: [[Elphir]], [[Erchirion]], [[Amrothos]] and [[Lothíriel]].<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}, ''The Line of Dol Amroth'', p. 221</ref>

===War of the Ring===
[[Image:John Howe - Prince Imrahil.jpg|120px|left|thumb|''Prince Imrahil'' by [[John Howe]]]]
During the [[War of the Ring]], Imrahil came to the aid of his brother-in-law, [[Denethor|Denethor II]]. On [[9 March]], {{TA|3019}}, he came into [[Minas Tirith]] with a company of knights and seven hundred soldiers.<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}, p. 771</ref>
On [[13 March]], as [[Southrons]] harassed [[Faramir]], Imrahil and his knights, with [[Gandalf]], formed a sortie, and Imrahil himself saved his sister-son from his pursuers.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, pp. 820-21</ref> Faramir received a poisonous wound, and Denethor fell to madness. Being the highest ranking officer in [[Gondor]] fit for battle, Imrahil took command, and quickly passed it on to Gandalf.

Two days later, the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] raged before the city. Imrahil ventured outside the city, and witnessed the funeral procession of [[Théoden]]. Here he beheld [[Éowyn]], and wondered that Rohan would send even women in Gondor's great need. Though Théoden had passed, Imrahil recognised that Éowyn still lived (though she was near death), and ordered that she be taken to the [[Houses of Healing]].

Because [[Éomer]] and his riders were outnumbered, Imrahil rode into battle, together with [[Húrin (Warden of the Keys)|Húrin the Tall]], [[Forlong|Forlong of Lossarnach]] and [[Hirluin|Hirluin the Fair]], and they were soon joined by [[Aragorn]] who landed at [[Harlond in Gondor|Harlond]]. Imrahil continued East, driving the frightened [[Variags]] and [[orcs]] away.

Imrahil survived the battle unscathed, and together with Éomer and Aragorn he came to the [[Great Gate of Minas Tirith]].<ref name="Battle">{{RK|Battle}}, p. 849</ref> Imrahil recognized that Aragorn was the rightful King, but he agreed that it was wise for Aragorn to wait to enter the city, because he knew Denethor was strong-willed and proud.

When Imrahil learned that Denethor was dead and Faramir dying, he suggested that Aragorn be summoned, remembering that the Kings of old were great healers. Aragorn came at Gandalf's request to heal the wounded Faramir, Éowyn, and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], but he declared that Prince Imrahil should rule the City until Faramir awoke, in effect granting Imrahil the temporary position of Steward. Though Aragorn also declared that Gandalf should lead them in all things for the remaining days of the war, to which Imrahil agreed.

On [[16 March]], {{TA|3019}}, [[Legolas]] recognized that Imrahil had elven-blood when he looked at him during their meeting in Minas Tirith.<ref>{{RK|Debate}}, p. 872</ref> On the same day Imrahil participated in the [[Last Debate|debate]] of the [[Captains of the West]]. Gandalf proposed that they march to the [[Morannon]] to distract Sauron's attention from [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] the Ring-bearer. Aragorn agreed to this advice and said that he did not yet claim to command any man, so the others should choose if they wanted to follow it. Imrahil said that he considered Aragorn to be his liege-lord, regardless whether Aragorn claimed it or not and that he would follow him. Imrahil also stated that he stood in the place of the [[Steward of Gondor]] and advised that some troops should remain to protect the City. In the end it was decided that an army of 7,000 would ride forth. Imrahil laughed at the thought.<ref>{{RK|Debate}}, pp. 878-82</ref> [[Húrin the Tall]] was left behind in command.

The [[Host of the West]] left Minas Tirith on [[18 March]]. Bypassing [[Minas Morgul]] and marching North, the heralds announced the coming of King Elessar at Imrahil's advice. When Sauron's forces emerged from the Black Gate on March 25, Imrahil stood on the front line with his men. They fought the [[Battle of the Morannon]] until [[the One Ring]] was destroyed.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, p. 891</ref>

Prince Imrahil was present at the celebrations of the [[field of Cormallen]], and the coronation of Aragorn as King Elessar, and rode with the funeral procession of King Théoden to Rohan, remaining in [[Edoras]] after the King's burial on [[August 10]]. Imrahil and Éomer became great friends, and in {{TA|3021}} Éomer wed Imrahil's daughter [[Lothíriel]].<ref>{{App|Mark}}, ''Third Line'', entry 2991-F.A. 63 ''Éomer Éadig'', p. 1070</ref>

===Later life===
After the War of the Ring, Prince Imrahil and his nephew [[Faramir]], [[Prince of Ithilien]], were King Elessar's chief commanders. Imrahil was also part of the Great [[Council of Gondor]], and remained an advisor of the King.<ref>{{L|244}}</ref>

Prince Imrahil died in the year {{FoA|34|n}} of the [[Fourth Age]], and was succeed by his eldest son [[Elphir]], who continued the line of Princes.<ref name="Elendil" />

==Etymology==
{{Pronounce|Imrahil.mp3|Ardamir}}
''Imrahil'' is an [[Adûnaic]] name.<ref>{{App|Consonants}}, entry CH, p. 1113</ref><ref>{{PM|Languages}}, manuscript F2, §9 footnote concerning names in Quenya</ref> Its meaning is not glossed.

The second element ''-hil'', also seen in the name ''[[Adrahil]]'', is perhaps related to the [[Westron]] ending ''-kil''<ref group="note">This ending is found in words like ''[[banakil]], [[Tarkil]]'' and possibly means "man"</ref> and perhaps ultimately related to [[Elvish]] "follower" ([[KHILI#Other versions|KHIL]]).<ref>{{PE|17}}, entry '''tark''', p. 101</ref><ref name="LR">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry '''KHIL-''', p. 405</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Andreas Möhn]]|articleurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20130308120545/http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html|articlename=Etymologies of Atani languages|website=Lalaith's Science Pages}}</ref>

Considering the Elvish root KHIL, [[Carl F. Hostetter]] and [[Patrick H. Wynne]] have proposed as a possible meaning "Heir of Imra" with the first element ''Imra'' being the same as the first element in the name [[Imrazôr]] and the second element ''-hil'' ("heir").<ref>[[Carl F. Hostetter]], [[Patrick Wynne]], "An Adunaic Dictionary", published in ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 25]]'' (September [[1992]]), pp. 16-17</ref>

==Genealogy==
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==Portrayal in adaptations==
===Imrahil in adaptations===
<gallery mode="traditional" widths="250px" heights="150px">
File:Decipher - Imrahil.jpg|'Imrahil in '[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]''<nowiki/>''
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Imrahil.jpg|Imrahil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
</gallery>

'''1980: [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]:'''
:Imrahil is not mentioned by name. However, in the film's version of the [[Last Debate]], [[Aragorn]] and [[Gandalf]] are joined by individuals who, based on the book scene, can be inferred to be Imrahil, [[Éomer]], [[Elladan and Elrohir|Elladan, and Elrohir]].<ref>{{ROTKEE|59}}</ref>

'''1992: [[Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)|''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1992 German radio series)]]:'''
:Imrahil is played by Gert Andresen.

'''2004''': [[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]:
:Imrahil's card in 2004's ''Siege of Gondor'' expansion depicts him as the Prince of Dol Amoroth and a knight of Gondor at [[Minas Tirith]].

'''2015: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Imrahil is featured prominently in the main storyline and is first met within the gates of [[Minas Tirith]]. He is close to [[Gandalf|Mithrandir]] and has his trust, so the Wizard often leaves him and the player to take care of certain problems while he is too preoccupied elsewhere.

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Thingol

2025-08-21T01:02:34Z

Bananasinyourface: added "Elwë" to other names

{{infobox character
| people=[[Sindar|Sinda]]
| name=Thingol
| image=Kimberly - Nauglamir Thingol.jpg
| caption="Nauglamir Thingol" by [[:Category:Images by Kimberly|Kimberly]]
| pronun=[[Sindarin|S]], {{IPA|[ˈelu]}} {{IPA|[ˈθiŋɡol]}}
| othernames=Elwë
''Elu'' ([[Sindarin|S]]) ''Singollo''/''Sindicollo'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Epessë|an]])
| titles=Greycloak King Greymantle The Hidden King [[King of Doriath]] Lord of Beleriand
| position=
| location=[[Cuiviénen]] [[Doriath]]
| affiliation=
| language=[[Common Eldarin]] [[Doriathrin]] ([[Sindarin]] dialect)
| birth=Between {{YT|1050}} & {{YT|1102|n}}
| birthlocation=[[Cuiviénen]]
| rule={{YT|1152}} - {{FA|503}}
| death={{FA|503}}<ref group="note">Thingol's death is indeed placed under {{YS|503}} in the final version of the [[The Tale of Years (The War of the Jewels)|The Tale of Years]] from ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', but there he was killed in the battle with the Dwarves. However, according to the narrative introduced after much hesitation into the published ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]'' by [[Christopher Tolkien]], it occurred immediately after the reforging of the [[Nauglamír]].</ref>
| deathlocation=[[Menegroth]]
| age=at least 4,316<ref group="note">[[Years of the Sun]]. Each [[Years of the Trees|Year of the Trees]] is equal to 9.582 Years of the Sun, and the Years of the Trees ended in the [[Year of the Trees 1500|year 1500]].</ref>
| notablefor=
| house=
| parentage=Unknown (descendant of [[Enel]] & [[Enelyë]])<ref>{{NM|P1xvii}}, p. 127</ref>
| siblings=[[Olwë]]<ref name="PM">{{PM|Last}}, "Círdan", p. 385</ref> [[Elmo]]<ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref>
| spouse=[[Melian]]
| children=[[Lúthien]] Fostered [[Túrin]]
| gender=Male
| height=The tallest of all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]]<ref name=Princes>{{S|Princes}}</ref><ref>{{AA|74}}, p. 86</ref><ref name=Hair>{{GA|16}}, p. 9</ref>
| hair=Grey silver<ref name=Princes/><ref name=Hair/> (long)<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, pp. 384</ref>
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{{Quote|In Beleriand King Thingol upon his throne was as the lords of the [[Maiar]], whose power is at rest, whose joy is as an air that they breathe in all their days, whose thought flows in a tide untroubled from the heights to the deeps.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Sindar]]"}}

'''Elwë''', better known as '''Thingol''', was one of the two Kings of the [[Teleri]], the other being his younger brother [[Olwë]].

As the [[King of Doriath]] and the acknowledged high-king of the [[Sindar]] in [[Beleriand]],<ref>{{WJ|Author}}, note 11</ref> Thingol would become a central figure of the [[First Age]], instigating the [[Quest for the Silmaril]], one of the most significant events of the First Age, but ultimately the cause of his own doom.

Thingol, alone of all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]], married one of the [[Ainur]] - the [[Maia]] [[Melian]], and through their daughter [[Lúthien]] he became the ancestor to all the kings of the [[Dúnedain]] including [[Aragorn]].

==History==
===Ambassador of the Valar===
Elwë was born at [[Cuiviénen]] in the days before the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]], when [[Middle-earth]] was lit only by starlight.

After the [[Chaining of Melkor]], the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Oromë]] took three Elves, [[Ingwë]], Finwë, and Elwë, to [[Valinor]] to convince the [[Elves]] to join the Valar in the [[Blessed Realm]]. Upon their return, the Elven ambassadors convinced many to join them on the [[Great Journey]] to the West. During the thousand mile journey, the Elven host separated into three groups, the [[Vanyar]], the [[Noldor]], and the Teleri.<ref name="capt">{{S|Captivity}}</ref>

The Teleri were the largest folk and they were divided in two hosts, led by Elwë and his brother Olwë. Elwë was more eager than his brother to see again Valinor, and wished to catch up with the Noldor because of his friendship with Finwë; but the Teleri were also the slowest and were the last to reach the western shores of Middle-earth.<ref name="capt" />
[[File:Elena Kukanova - Nan Elmoth - Elwe and Melian.jpg|thumb|left|''Nan Elmoth - Elwe and Melian'' by [[Elena Kukanova]]]]
After many years the Teleri crossed the [[Blue Mountains]] and stayed for some time in [[East Beleriand]].<ref name="capt" /> During this time Elwë returned from a meeting with his friend Finwë, and wandered into the [[Nan Elmoth|Forest of Nan Elmoth]], where he met and fell in love with [[Melian]] the [[Maiar|Maia]]. Caught in an enchantment of their own making, Elwë and Melian could not be found by the searching Teleri. When the Valar returned to take the remaining Elves to Valinor, only some of them followed Olwë across the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]]. The rest had come to love the lands of [[Beleriand]] and refused to leave without their missing lord.<ref>{{S|Thingol}}</ref>

===King of Doriath===
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Elwë heraldic device.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Elwë's device with the Winged Moon by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]]]
In {{YT|1152}}, Elwë awoke from his trance and reappeared with his bride Melian.<ref>{{AA|74}}</ref> He was much changed since his people last they saw him: while he had been fair and noble before, he now stood like a Maia above them as the tallest of the Children of Ilúvatar. He gathered his people together and founded the Kingdom of [[Doriath]]. His subjects would become the Sindar, or the "Grey Elves", and their language was [[Sindarin]]. From then on Elwë was known as King Elu Thingol, and he claimed lordship over all the lands in [[Beleriand]]. While Thingol was king of the Grey Elves, he saw the light of the [[Two Trees]] as an ambassador of the Valar and thus he was counted as a [[High Elves|High Elf]], and equal to any lord of the Eldar.<ref name="Princes" /><ref name="Thingol">{{S|Sindar}}</ref> He was even acknowledged as high-king of all the Teleri in Beleriand, even after Doriath became hidden.<ref name="PM" />

On Melian's advice, Thingol became an ally of the [[Dwarves]] of [[Belegost]], who carved the caverns of [[Menegroth]] for him. In payment he gave them, along with many other things, the great pearl [[Nimphelos]].<ref name="Thingol" />

A thousand years before the first rising of the Sun and the Moon the [[Green-elves]] entered Beleriand under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]]. Thingol welcomed them and gave them the lands of [[Ossiriand]], which they named [[Lindon]]. The Green Elves told of the spread of the [[Orcs]] and other foul creatures in the north and east of Middle-earth. The Grey Elves began arming themselves.<ref name="Thingol" />

Centuries later [[Melkor]] returned to Middle-earth. Now named Morgoth, he had destroyed the Two Trees, killed Finwë, the King of the Noldor, and stolen the fabled [[Silmarils]]. Seeking to claim dominion quickly, he launched a sudden assault on the lands of the Sindar. The [[First Battle of Beleriand]] went well for Thingol, who prevented any Orcs from invading Doriath, but the Green Elves took horrific losses and the [[Falathrim]] were besieged.<ref name="Thingol" />

The Falathrim were finally saved by the unexpected arrival of the Noldor, who launched the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]] ("Battle Under the Stars") in which Morgoth's forces were all but annihilated.<ref name="Return">{{S|Return}}</ref>

===Thingol and the Noldor===
[[File:Elena Kukanova - King of Doriath.jpg|thumb|left|''King of Doriath'' by [[Elena Kukanova]]]]
After the First Battle of Beleriand, Doriath was encircled by the [[Girdle of Melian]], an impenetrable fence of enchantment that guarded the kingdom.<ref name="Thingol" /> While his own kingdom was protected, Thingol was still loath to surrender any other lands in Beleriand to the Noldor as he was suspicious of the aggressive new lords in Middle-earth.<ref name="Return" />
{{blockquote|In [[Hithlum]] the Noldor have leave to dwell, and in the highlands of [[Dorthonion]], and in the lands east of Doriath that are empty and wild... for I am the Lord of Beleriand, and all who seek to dwell there shall hear my word.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Return of the Noldor]]"}}

King Thingol's relations with the Noldor were strained, and grew worse decades later when he learned the truth of the [[Kinslaying at Alqualondë]]. Thingol banned the use of [[Quenya]] in his lands, which led to Sindarin being the common Elven tongue in Middle-earth. The King of Doriath refused to aid the Noldor in the war against Morgoth, and took little part in the ongoing struggle.<ref>{{S|Noldor}}</ref>

===Quest for the Silmaril===
[[File:Felix Sotomayor - Beren at Thingol's Court.jpg|thumb|''Beren at Thingol's Court'' by [[Felix Sotomayor]]]]
{{Quote|If thou fearest neither spell, wall nor weapons, as thou saist, then go fetch me a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth. Then we will give jewel for jewel, but thou shalt win the fairer: Lúthien of the First-born and of the Gods.|Thingol, ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', "The Gray Annals"}}
Thingol and Melian had one child, a daughter named [[Lúthien]], said to be the fairest woman ever to live. Lúthien fell in love with a [[Men|Man]] named [[Beren]]. Thingol did not wish for the two to wed, as he valued his daughter very highly and disliked Men. As a bride-price he asked for a Silmaril from the crown of [[Morgoth]], thinking there was no way that Beren could fulfill this demand.<ref name="Beren">{{S|Beren}}</ref>

However, when Beren and Lúthien came back from [[Angband]], and when Beren showed him his missing hand which still held the Silmaril in the belly of [[Carcharoth]], he softened his heart towards him. Soon, though, Carcharoth in his anguish and rage from the Silmaril that burned his insides, broke through the Girdle of Melian and entered Doriath. In that hour, Thingol, along with Beren, [[Mablung]], [[Beleg]], and [[Huan]] the Hound of Valinor, began the [[Hunting of the Wolf]]. Carcharoth was finally slain by Huan, but both Huan and Beren died in the process. After that, Lúthien died also, and coming to the [[Halls of Mandos]] she begged [[Mandos]] that Beren be returned to life. However, it was beyond the power of Mandos to withhold the souls of Men from going beyond the [[Circles of the World]].<ref name="Beren" />

Therefore, [[Ilúvatar]], through [[Manwë]], offered Lúthien and Beren the opportunity to live again, but with Lúthien sharing the [[Gift of Men]]. She agreed, and they both came back to life and lived out the remainder of their second lives at [[Tol Galen]], far from the sight of any other mortals.<ref name="Beren" />

===Fostering of Túrin===
Thingol adopted as a son a young Man named [[Túrin]], son of [[Húrin]] and akin to Beren himself, who was sent to Doriath when he was seven years old.<ref>{{CH|4}}</ref> When he grew up, he was permitted to join Beleg Cúthalion on the marches of Doriath, fighting the Orcs of Morgoth.<ref name="Turin">{{S|Turin}}</ref><ref>{{CH|5}}</ref>

Túrin accidentally caused the death of [[Saeros]], one of Thingol's counselors who had provoked and attacked him. Before he could be either punished or forgiven he fled. Thingol however gave Beleg a leave to seek out his friend, who in the meantime had joined a [[Gaurwaith|band of outlaws]].<ref>{{CH|6}}</ref> Telling to Thingol that Túrin did not wish to return, Thingol allowed Beleg to go and join his friend and gave him the black sword [[Anglachel]] that [[Eöl]] had forged and given to Thingol<ref>{{S|Maeglin}}</ref> in tribute.<ref name="Turin" />

===Nauglamír and death===
[[File:Peter Xavier Price - Thingol's End.jpg|thumb|right|''Thingol's End'' by [[Peter Xavier Price]]]]
Sometime after Túrin's tragic death, Húrin, now an old man released from Morgoth's captivity, was allowed to enter Menegroth. In anger, he threw the [[Nauglamír]], the treasure of [[Nargothrond]], before King Thingol, bitterly "thanking" him for aiding his son. Melian pierced through Húrin's madness and grief; shamed by his actions, he offered the Nauglamír to Thingol sincerely and left Menegroth a broken man.<ref name="Doriath">{{S|Doriath}}</ref>

At that time, a desire came into Thingol's heart to take the Nauglamír and place the Silmaril into it, thus melding together two of the greatest creations made by the Elves and the Dwarves. He hired skilled [[Dwarves of Nogrod|Dwarven craftsmen]], but they secretly desired to possess both treasures for themselves. After their work was completed, the Dwarves refused to give the Nauglamír to Thingol, claiming that he had no right to own the priceless necklace made by their ancestors. Realizing that they were coveting the Silmaril, Thingol became infuriated and insulted them. The Dwarves were angered by his harsh words and killed him. This led to the [[battle in the Thousand Caves|sacking of Menegroth]] and the eventual [[Second Kinslaying|destruction of Doriath]], which scattered its people.<ref name="Doriath" />

==Characteristics==
His hair was grey as silver, his eyes were as stars, and he was the tallest of all the Elven-folk.<ref>{{MR|P3I3}}</ref>{{rp|§27}} which means that he was taller than Elendil, probably the tallest man, who was 7'11" or 2.41 m tall.<ref name="linear">{{UT|Linear}}, note concerning the different routes from Osgiliath to Imladris, first paragraph</ref>

==Etymology==
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'''Thingol''' was his [[epessë|anessë]] (given name) in [[Sindarin]], which means "Greycloak"<ref>{{MR|P3II3a}}, p. 217</ref> or Greymantle.<ref name="Thingol">{{S|Sindar}}</ref> The first element of the name is ''thin(d)'' ("grey").<ref>{{S|Elements}}, entry ''thin(d)''</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, entry Q '''sinda''', p. 72</ref> Paul Strack suggests that the second element ''gol'' is the [[lenition|lenited]] form of ''coll'' ("cloak", "mantle").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-3589954001.html|articlename=S. ''Thingol'' m.|website=Eldamo|accessed=10 May 2024}}</ref>

==Other names==
[[Quenya]] tradition names him '''''Elwë''''' and ''[[Singollo]]'', for the [[Noldor]] pronounced his epessë as '''''Singollo'''''.{{fact}}

His first name, ''Elwë'', means "star-man" and contains ''[[el]]'' and ''[[-we]]''.

'''''Elwë Þindicollo''''' or '''Sindicollo''' was the ancient name of King Thingol; when he settled in [[Doriath]] with [[Melian]], he took the [[Sindarin]] form of his name, ''Elu Thingol''.

==Genealogy==
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
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In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]'' his [[Qenya]] name is ''Linwë Tinto'' or ''Tinwë Linto'' and his [[Gnomish]] name is ''Tinwelint''.<ref>{{LT1|Appendix}}, entry "Tinwë Linto, Tinwelint"</ref> He was led away from [[Solosimpi]], his people, by the beautiful music of [[Melian|Wendelin]], and never returned to them. [[Ellu]] took his place as their leader.<ref>{{LT1|V}}</ref> In a crossed out note, only Tinwelint's children, [[Tinfang Warble|Timpinen]] and [[Lúthien|Tinúviel]], returned later to the Eldar.<ref>{{LT1|IVn}}, note 1</ref>

In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two]]'', Tinwelint found Gwendeling by following the song of her nightingales. He stopped to listen for what he thought was a moment, although in reality it lasted many years. He came upon her in the forest, where she lay listening also to the nightingales. Thinking her very beautiful, he began to approach her, but she rose and ran away laughing. He then fell into a deep sleep while she remained, and kept watch over him a long time. His people, who had long ago departed to Valinor, were forgotten by Tinwelint when he at last awoke and found her still nearby. Eventually the two were wed.<ref name="lt2i" />

Tinwë Linto/Tinwelint reigned with Wendelin/Gwendeling ([[Vëannë]] and [[Ausir (boy)|Ausir]], children talking to [[Eriol]], argued about their names) over the Lost Elves of [[Doriath|Artanor]]. Tolkien considered also the name ''[[Ellu]]'' for him.<ref name="lt2i">{{LT2|I}}</ref> His children were Tinúviel and [[Daeron|Dairon]].<ref name="lt2i" />

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Talk:Farmer Maggot

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== Bombadil goes Boating ==

This page treats "Muddy-feet Maggot" from Bombadil goes Boating (from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) as the same character as Farmer Maggot from The Lord of The Rings. I interpreted this character as the ancestor of the Farmer Maggot we know from LOTR. Is there any evidence that this is the same character? [[User:Bananasinyourface|Bananasinyourface]] ([[User talk:Bananasinyourface|talk]]) 12:14, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Half-elven

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[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Until the world is broken and remade.jpg|thumb|"Until the world is broken and remade" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]]]
{{quote|In the dawn of years Elves and Men were allies and held themselves akin [...] and in the glory and beauty of the Elves, and in their fate, full share had the offspring of elf and mortal...|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Men]]"}}
'''Half-elven''' ([[Sindarin]] singular '''Peredhel''', plural '''Peredhil'''), are the children of the [[Unions of Elves and Men|Union of Elves and Men]]. Half-elven are not a distinct race ''per se''; rather, they were fertile offspring as the result of a union between [[Elves]] and [[Men]]. There are four recorded unions of the [[Eldar]] with the [[Edain]].

In the late [[First Age]], [[Lúthien]] married [[Beren]] and [[Idril]] married [[Tuor]].<ref>{{S|Beren}}</ref><ref name="Gondolin">{{S|Gondolin}}</ref> These two lines of Peredhil were then joined by the marriage of [[Eärendil]] and [[Elwing]]. Eärendil and Elwing were the first to receive the choice of fates which passed to their line. Their sons, [[Elros]] and [[Elrond]], chose different fates and the line was sundered until the end of the [[Third Age]].

In the end of the [[Third Age]], when [[Arwen|Arwen Undómiel]] wed [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]],<ref>{{RK|Steward}}</ref> a distant descendant of Elros Tar-Minyatur, it united the long-sundered lines of those descended from both Elves and Men. There is also mention of an Elven bloodline in Prince [[Imrahil]]<ref name="Debate">{{RK|Debate}}</ref> via the old tale of [[Mithrellas]] and [[Imrazôr]].<ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref><ref>{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>{{rp|220–2}}

==History==
[[Image:Jenny Dolfen - Descendants of Thingol.jpg|thumb|left|225px|[[Jenny Dolfen]] - ''Descendants of Thingol'']]
The first bond between Elves and Men was the marriage of [[Beren Erchamion]] and [[Lúthien Tinúviel]], from which a single son, [[Dior Eluchíl]], was born. Dior wed [[Nimloth of Doriath]], and they had three children: [[twins]] [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]], and [[Elwing|Elwing the White]]. Dior wore the [[Nauglamir]] with the [[Silmaril]], passed to him from his mother, thus awakening the oath of the [[Fëanorians]] and the [[Second Kinslaying]].

The next bond came about through the union of [[Tuor]] son of [[Huor]] and [[Idril Celebrindal]], from which another son, [[Eärendil]], was born. While Eärendil was truly half-elven, his Adan father, Tuor, had been granted the fate of the elder race.<ref name="Gondolin" /> Eärendil and Elwing begat another pair of twin sons: [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]]. Of the half-elves, Eärendil and Elwing were specifically given a choice in their fates when they journeyed to Valinor with the Silmaril to beg pardon for the [[Noldor]] and plead the plight of Elves and Men to the Valar. Only after that event was the choice passed to their children, to be counted as one of the [[Eldar]] (Elves), thus being immortal, or one of the [[Edain]] (Men), thus being mortal.<ref name="Voyage">{{S|Voyage}}</ref> Elrond Half-elven chose the fate of Elven-kind, but Elros chose the [[Gift of Men]], and none of [[House of Elros|his descendants]] bore the title of "Half-Elven".

[[Image:Līga Kļaviņa - Family.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Līga Kļaviņa - ''Family'']]
Elrond wed [[Celebrían]], daughter of [[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]], and bore three children: twin sons [[Elladan]] and [[Elrohir]], and daughter [[Arwen Undómiel]]. Aragorn and Arwen were parents to a son, [[Eldarion]], as well as at least two daughters, thus leaving a remnant of the proud Elven lineage even after the Firstborn had long passed over the sea and out of time and memory. Though these children were long-lived, like Númenóreans had been and Eldarion ruled for at least 100 years,<ref>{{L|338}}</ref> they were mortal.

There is no evidence that any other mixed bloodline shared in the choice of fate as Earendil's and Elwing's. The children of [[Mithrellas]], [[Galador]] and [[Gilmith]], were enobled but mortal like their father, as were their descendants.<ref name="Debate" />

===The half-elven lines===
Those sharing a divine heritage and didn't make a choice are bold faced; those who chose to be counted as an Elda rather than an Adan are italicized; those who were counted among the Edain (or who had not made the choice either way) are not. Their actual mathematical descent from elves is in a fraction in parentheses.

The important members of the half-elven lines were:
*'''[[Dior]]''', son of Man [[Beren]] and Elf [[Lúthien]], grandson of the [[Maia]] [[Melian]]. (1/4)
:Dior and his descendants were not only half-elven, but also descendants of the divine bloodline of [[Melian]]; Dior was slain in his 30s, far below the lifespan of a mortal, therefore his intended nature, [[Elven life cycle|longevity]] and [[mortality]] are not known.
*''[[Eärendil]]'', son of the Man [[Tuor]] and Elf [[Idril]] (1/2)
:Eärendil would rather have chosen the kindred of Men, but he chose the Elves for his wife Elwing's sake (she also chose the Elves). His fate was special; although he was not allowed to stay in [[Valinor]] with the Elves, he had to sail the heavens in his ship [[Vingilótë]], wearing the [[Silmaril]] of Beren and Lúthien on his brow, [[Star of Earendil|shining brightly]] as a sign of hope for [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="Voyage" />

*''[[Elwing]]'', daughter of Dior and [[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]. (5/8)
:Elwing's family was slain or lost, with only Elwing surviving, given her choice of kindred and choosing the Eldar. As Eärendil sailed the heavens, Elwing resided in a white tower built northward on the borders of the [[Sundering Seas]] and met him upon his return.<ref name="Voyage" />

*'''[[Eluréd]]''' and '''[[Elurín]]''', sons of Dior and Nimloth. (5/8)
:While Dior was slain, Eluréd and Elurín were abandoned in the woods outside Doriath by the vengeful Noldor and were never found again, disappearing from history in a very young age.<ref>{{S|Doriath}}</ref> As with their father, their eventual nature remains unknown.
*''[[Elrond]]'', son of Eärendil and Elwing. (9/16)
:His heirs would also have the free choice of kindred.

*[[Elros]], also son of Eärendil and Elwing. (9/16)
:The heirs of Elros were not given the choice of the children of Elrond; but their lifespan was multiple of that of normal Men. In later times, the [[Kings of Númenor]] regretted their forefather's choice, and this led to the [[downfall of Númenor]].
*[[Arwen]], daughter of Elrond and [[Celebrían]]. (25/32)
:She could choose her kindred like her father; however unlike him, after living for millennia as an Elf, she ultimately chose the fate of Men and married [[Aragorn]], distant heir of Elros. Their son [[Eldarion]] and their daughters were not counted as Half-elven, but rather as [[Dúnedain]] restored, as the two Half-elven lines of Earendil were merged in the [[Fourth Age]].

*'''[[Elladan]]''' and '''[[Elrohir]]''', sons of Elrond and Celebrían. (25/32)
:Like their sister they "shall live with the youth of the Eldar" as immortals; until they made their choice, which they were bound to make only after their father took the [[White Ship]] out from Middle-earth. Their choice(s) and fate(s) is unknown.<ref>{{App|A1v}}</ref>

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==Other versions of the legendarium==
In an older version of the ''Quenta Silmarillion'', Manwë spoke this judgment to Eärendil:

{{quote|To Eärendel I remit the ban, and the peril that he took upon himself out of love for the Two Kindreds shall not fall on him; neither shall it fall upon Elwing who entered into peril for love of Eärendel: save only in this: they shall not ever walk again among Elves or Men in the Outer Lands. Now all those who have the blood of mortal Men, in whatever part, great or small, are mortal, unless other doom be granted to them; but in this matter the power of doom is given to me.|''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, Quenta Silmarillion}}

[[Christopher Tolkien]] interprets it as that Dior would inherit his father's mortality, irrespective of his mother's nature and choice.<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, The Conclusion Of The Quenta Silmarillion, §9</ref>

==Inspiration==
[[Wikipedia:Half-elves|Half-elves]] appear in [[Norse]] mythology, the offspring of a man and an [[Wikipedia:Alfar|Alfr]]; believed to be particularly beautiful and with magic powers.
==See also==
*[[Kinship of the Half-elven]]

{{references}}
[[Category:Half-elven]]
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Half-elven

2024-08-27T05:51:23Z

Bananasinyourface: Bolded Elladan and Elrohhir

[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Until the world is broken and remade.jpg|thumb|"Until the world is broken and remade" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]]]
{{quote|In the dawn of years Elves and Men were allies and held themselves akin [...] and in the glory and beauty of the Elves, and in their fate, full share had the offspring of elf and mortal...|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Men]]"}}
'''Half-elven''' ([[Sindarin]] singular '''Peredhel''', plural '''Peredhil'''), are the children of the [[Unions of Elves and Men|Union of Elves and Men]]. Half-elven are not a distinct race ''per se''; rather, they were fertile offspring as the result of a union between [[Elves]] and [[Men]]. There are four recorded unions of the [[Eldar]] with the [[Edain]].

In the late [[First Age]], [[Lúthien]] married [[Beren]] and [[Idril]] married [[Tuor]].<ref>{{S|Beren}}</ref><ref name="Gondolin">{{S|Gondolin}}</ref> These two lines of Peredhil were then joined by the marriage of [[Eärendil]] and [[Elwing]]. Eärendil and Elwing were the first to receive the choice of fates which passed to their line. Their sons, [[Elros]] and [[Elrond]], chose different fates and the line was sundered until the end of the [[Third Age]].

In the end of the [[Third Age]], when [[Arwen|Arwen Undómiel]] wed [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]],<ref>{{RK|Steward}}</ref> a distant descendant of Elros Tar-Minyatur, it united the long-sundered lines of those descended from both Elves and Men. There is also mention of an Elven bloodline in Prince [[Imrahil]]<ref name="Debate">{{RK|Debate}}</ref> via the old tale of [[Mithrellas]] and [[Imrazôr]].<ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref><ref>{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>{{rp|220–2}}

==History==
[[Image:Jenny Dolfen - Descendants of Thingol.jpg|thumb|left|225px|[[Jenny Dolfen]] - ''Descendants of Thingol'']]
The first bond between Elves and Men was the marriage of [[Beren Erchamion]] and [[Lúthien Tinúviel]], from which a single son, [[Dior Eluchíl]], was born. Dior wed [[Nimloth of Doriath]], and they had three children: [[twins]] [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]], and [[Elwing|Elwing the White]]. Dior wore the [[Nauglamir]] with the [[Silmaril]], passed to him from his mother, thus awakening the oath of the [[Fëanorians]] and the [[Second Kinslaying]].

The next bond came about through the union of [[Tuor]] son of [[Huor]] and [[Idril Celebrindal]], from which another son, [[Eärendil]], was born. While Eärendil was truly half-elven, his Adan father, Tuor, had been granted the fate of the elder race.<ref name="Gondolin" /> Eärendil and Elwing begat another pair of twin sons: [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]]. Of the half-elves, Eärendil and Elwing were specifically given a choice in their fates when they journeyed to Valinor with the Silmaril to beg pardon for the [[Noldor]] and plead the plight of Elves and Men to the Valar. Only after that event was the choice passed to their children, to be counted as one of the [[Eldar]] (Elves), thus being immortal, or one of the [[Edain]] (Men), thus being mortal.<ref name="Voyage">{{S|Voyage}}</ref> Elrond Half-elven chose the fate of Elven-kind, but Elros chose the [[Gift of Men]], and none of [[House of Elros|his descendants]] bore the title of "Half-Elven".

[[Image:Līga Kļaviņa - Family.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Līga Kļaviņa - ''Family'']]
Elrond wed [[Celebrían]], daughter of [[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]], and bore three children: twin sons [[Elladan]] and [[Elrohir]], and daughter [[Arwen Undómiel]]. Aragorn and Arwen were parents to a son, [[Eldarion]], as well as at least two daughters, thus leaving a remnant of the proud Elven lineage even after the Firstborn had long passed over the sea and out of time and memory. Though these children were long-lived, like Númenóreans had been and Eldarion ruled for at least 100 years,<ref>{{L|338}}</ref> they were mortal.

There is no evidence that any other mixed bloodline shared in the choice of fate as Earendil's and Elwing's. The children of [[Mithrellas]], [[Galador]] and [[Gilmith]], were enobled but mortal like their father, as were their descendants.<ref name="Debate" />

===The half-elven lines===
Those sharing a divine heritage and didn't make a choice are bold faced; those who chose to be counted as an Elda rather than an Adan are italicized; those who were counted among the Edain (or who had not made the choice either way) are not. Their actual mathematical descent from elves is in a fraction in parentheses.

The important members of the half-elven lines were:
*'''[[Dior]]''', son of Man [[Beren]] and Elf [[Lúthien]], grandson of the [[Maia]] [[Melian]]. (1/4)
:Dior and his descendants were not only half-elven, but also descendants of the divine bloodline of [[Melian]]; Dior was slain in his 30s, far below the lifespan of a mortal, therefore his intended nature, [[Elven life cycle|longevity]] and [[mortality]] are not known.
*''[[Eärendil]]'', son of the Man [[Tuor]] and Elf [[Idril]] (1/2)
:Eärendil would rather have chosen the kindred of Men, but he chose the Elves for his wife Elwing's sake (she also chose the Elves). His fate was special; although he was not allowed to stay in [[Valinor]] with the Elves, he had to sail the heavens in his ship [[Vingilótë]], wearing the [[Silmaril]] of Beren and Lúthien on his brow, [[Star of Earendil|shining brightly]] as a sign of hope for [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="Voyage" />

*''[[Elwing]]'', daughter of Dior and [[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]. (5/8)
:Elwing's family was slain or lost, with only Elwing surviving, given her choice of kindred and choosing the Eldar. As Eärendil sailed the heavens, Elwing resided in a white tower built northward on the borders of the [[Sundering Seas]] and met him upon his return.<ref name="Voyage" />

*'''[[Eluréd]]''' and '''[[Elurín]]''', sons of Dior and Nimloth. (5/8)
:While Dior was slain, Eluréd and Elurín were abandoned in the woods outside Doriath by the vengeful Noldor and were never found again, disappearing from history in a very young age.<ref>{{S|Doriath}}</ref> As with their father, their eventual nature remains unknown.
*''[[Elrond]]'', son of Eärendil and Elwing. (9/16)
:His heirs would also have the free choice of kindred.

*[[Elros]], also son of Eärendil and Elwing. (9/16)
:The heirs of Elros were not given the choice of the children of Elrond; but their lifespan was multiple of that of normal Men. In later times, the [[Kings of Númenor]] regretted their forefather's choice, and this led to the [[downfall of Númenor]].
*[[Arwen]], daughter of Elrond and [[Celebrían]]. (25/32)
:She could choose her kindred like her father; however unlike him, after living for millennia as an Elf, she ultimately chose the fate of Men and married [[Aragorn]], distant heir of Elros. Their son [[Eldarion]] and their daughters were not counted as Half-elven, but rather as [[Dúnedain]] restored, as the two Half-elven lines of Earendil were merged in the [[Fourth Age]].

*'''[[Elladan]]''' and '''[[Elrohir]]''', sons of Elrond and Celebrían. (25/32)
:Like their sister they "shall live with the youth of the Eldar" as immortals; until they made their choice, which they were bound to make only after their father took the [[White Ship]] out from Middle-earth. Their choice(s) and fate(s) is unknown.<ref>{{App|A1v}}</ref>

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==Other versions of the legendarium==
In an older version of the ''Quenta Silmarillion'', Manwë spoke this judgment to Eärendil:

{{quote|To Eärendel I remit the ban, and the peril that he took upon himself out of love for the Two Kindreds shall not fall on him; neither shall it fall upon Elwing who entered into peril for love of Eärendel: save only in this: they shall not ever walk again among Elves or Men in the Outer Lands. Now all those who have the blood of mortal Men, in whatever part, great or small, are mortal, unless other doom be granted to them; but in this matter the power of doom is given to me.|''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, Quenta Silmarillion}}

[[Christopher Tolkien]] interprets it as that Dior would inherit his father's mortality, irrespective of his mother's nature and choice.<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, The Conclusion Of The Quenta Silmarillion, §9</ref>

==Inspiration==
[[Wikipedia:Half-elves|Half-elves]] appear in [[Norse]] mythology, the offspring of a man and an [[Wikipedia:Alfar|Alfr]]; believed to be particularly beautiful and with magic powers.
==See also==
*[[Kinship of the Half-elven]]

{{references}}
[[Category:Half-elven]]
[[de:Halbelben]]
[[fi:Puolhaltiat]]

Imrahil

2024-08-26T06:39:14Z

Bananasinyourface: Added that Prince Imrahil is descended from elves.

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{{quote|That is a fair lord and a great captain of men. If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising.|[[Legolas]] in ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Last Debate]]"}}
'''Imrahil''' was the twenty-second [[Prince of Dol Amroth]].

==History==
Imrahil is descended from elves<ref>{{RK|V9}}, p. 872</ref>

===Early life===
Imrahil was the only son of [[Adrahil]]. He had two older sisters, [[Ivriniel]] and [[Finduilas (wife of Denethor)|Finduilas]]. After his father's death, he became Prince in {{TA|3010}}. Imrahil had four children: [[Elphir]], [[Erchirion]], [[Amrothos]] and [[Lothíriel]].<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}, ''The Line of Dol Amroth'', p. 221</ref>

===War of the Ring===
[[Image:John Howe - Prince Imrahil.jpg|120px|left|thumb|''Prince Imrahil'' by [[John Howe]]]]
During the [[War of the Ring]], Imrahil came to the aid of his brother-in-law, [[Denethor|Denethor II]]. On [[9 March]], {{TA|3019}}, he came into [[Minas Tirith]] with a company of knights and seven hundred soldiers.<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}, p. 771</ref>
On [[13 March]], as [[Southrons]] harassed [[Faramir]], Imrahil and his knights, with [[Gandalf]], formed a sortie, and Imrahil himself saved his sister-son from his pursuers.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, pp. 820-21</ref> Faramir received a poisonous wound, and Denethor fell to madness. Being the highest ranking officer in [[Gondor]] fit for battle, Imrahil took command, and quickly passed it on to Gandalf.

Two days later, the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] raged before the city. Imrahil ventured outside the city, and witnessed the funeral procession of [[Théoden]]. Here he beheld [[Éowyn]], and wondered that Rohan would send even women in Gondor's great need. Though Théoden had passed, Imrahil recognised that Éowyn still lived (though she was near death), and ordered that she be taken to the [[Houses of Healing]].

Because [[Éomer]] and his riders were outnumbered, Imrahil rode into battle, together with [[Húrin (Warden of the Keys)|Húrin the Tall]], [[Forlong|Forlong of Lossarnach]] and [[Hirluin|Hirluin the Fair]], and they were soon joined by [[Aragorn]] who landed at [[Harlond in Gondor|Harlond]]. Imrahil continued East, driving the frightened [[Variags]] and [[orcs]] away.

Imrahil survived the battle unscathed, and together with Éomer and Aragorn he came to the [[Great Gate of Minas Tirith]].<ref name="Battle">{{RK|Battle}}, p. 849</ref> Imrahil recognized that Aragorn was the rightful King, but he agreed that it was wise for Aragorn to wait to enter the city, because he knew Denethor was strong-willed and proud.

When Imrahil learned that Denethor was dead and Faramir dying, he suggested that Aragorn be summoned, remembering that the Kings of old were great healers. Aragorn came at Gandalf's request to heal the wounded Faramir, Éowyn, and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], but he declared that Prince Imrahil should rule the City until Faramir awoke, in effect granting Imrahil the temporary position of Steward. Though Aragorn also declared that Gandalf should lead them in all things for the remaining days of the war, to which Imrahil agreed.

During the [[Last Debate|debate]] of the [[Captains of the West]], Gandalf proposed that they march to the [[Morannon]] to distract Sauron's attention from [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] the Ring-bearer. Imrahil said that he would follow his liege Aragorn, but since Minas Tirith was under his command the Prince advised that some should remain to defend the City. In the end it was decided that an army of 7,000 would ride forth. Imrahil laughed at the thought.<ref>{{RK|Debate}}</ref> [[Húrin the Tall]] was left behind in command.

The [[Host of the West]] left Minas Tirith on [[18 March]]. Bypassing [[Minas Morgul]] and marching North, the heralds announced the coming of King Elessar at Imrahil's advice. When Sauron's forces emerged from the Black Gate on March 25, Imrahil stood on the front line with his men. They fought the [[Battle of the Morannon]] until [[the One Ring]] was destroyed.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, p. 891</ref>

Prince Imrahil was present at the celebrations of the [[field of Cormallen]], and the coronation of Aragorn as King Elessar, and rode with the funeral procession of King Théoden to Rohan, remaining in [[Edoras]] after the King's burial on [[August 10]]. Imrahil and Éomer became great friends, and in {{TA|3021}} Éomer wed Imrahil's daughter [[Lothíriel]].<ref>{{App|A}}</ref>

===Later life===
After the War of the Ring, Prince Imrahil and his nephew [[Faramir]], [[Prince of Ithilien]], were King Elessar's chief commanders. Imrahil was also part of the Great [[Council of Gondor]], and remained an advisor of the King.<ref>{{L|244}}</ref>

Prince Imrahil died in the year {{FoA|34|n}} of the [[Fourth Age]], and was succeed by his eldest son [[Elphir]], who continued the line of Princes.<ref name="Elendil" />

==Etymology==
{{Pronounce|Imrahil.mp3|Ardamir}}
''Imrahil'' is an [[Adûnaic]] name.<ref>{{App|Consonants}}, entry CH, p. 1113</ref><ref>{{PM|Languages}}, manuscript F2, §9 footnote concerning names in Quenya</ref> Its meaning is not glossed.

The second element ''-hil'', also seen in the name ''[[Adrahil]]'', is perhaps related to the [[Westron]] ending ''-kil''<ref group="note">This ending is found in words like ''[[banakil]], [[Tarkil]]'' and possibly means "man"</ref> and perhaps ultimately related to [[Elvish]] "follower" ([[KHILI#Other versions|KHIL]]).<ref>{{PE|17}}, entry '''tark''', p. 101</ref><ref name="LR">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry '''KHIL-''', p. 405</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Andreas Möhn]]|articleurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20130308120545/http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html|articlename=Etymologies of Atani languages|website=Lalaith's Science Pages}}</ref>

Considering the Elvish root KHIL, [[Carl F. Hostetter]] and [[Patrick H. Wynne]] have proposed as a possible meaning "Heir of Imra" with the first element ''Imra'' being the same as the first element in the name [[Imrazôr]] and the second element ''-hil'' ("heir").<ref>[[Carl F. Hostetter]], [[Patrick Wynne]], "An Adunaic Dictionary", published in ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 25]]'' (September [[1992]]), pp. 16-17</ref>

==Genealogy==
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==Portrayal in adaptations==
[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Imrahil.jpg|thumb|150px|Imrahil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]

'''1980: [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]:'''
:Imrahil is not mentioned by name. However, in the film's version of the Last Debate, Aragorn and Gandalf are joined by individuals who, based on the book scene, can be inferred to be Imrahil, Eomer, Elladan, and Elrohir.

'''1992: [[Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)|''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1992 German radio series)]]:'''
:Imrahil is played by Gert Andresen.

'''2015: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Imrahil is featured prominently in the main storyline and is first met within the gates of [[Minas Tirith]]. He is close to [[Gandalf|Mithrandir]] and has his trust, so the Wizard often leaves him and the player to take care of certain problems while he is too preoccupied elsewhere.

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Half-elven

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[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Until the world is broken and remade.jpg|thumb|"Until the world is broken and remade" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]]]
{{quote|In the dawn of years Elves and Men were allies and held themselves akin [...] and in the glory and beauty of the Elves, and in their fate, full share had the offspring of elf and mortal...|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Men]]"}}
'''Half-elven''' ([[Sindarin]] singular '''Peredhel''', plural '''Peredhil'''), are the children of the [[Unions of Elves and Men|Union of Elves and Men]]. Half-elven are not a distinct race ''per se''; rather, they were fertile offspring as the result of a union between [[Elves]] and [[Men]]. There are four recorded unions of the [[Eldar]] with the [[Edain]].

In the late [[First Age]], [[Lúthien]] married [[Beren]] and [[Idril]] married [[Tuor]].<ref>{{S|Beren}}</ref><ref name="Gondolin">{{S|Gondolin}}</ref> These two lines of Peredhil were then joined by the marriage of [[Eärendil]] and [[Elwing]]. Eärendil and Elwing were the first to receive the choice of fates which passed to their line. Their sons, [[Elros]] and [[Elrond]], chose different fates and the line was sundered until the end of the [[Third Age]].

In the end of the [[Third Age]], when [[Arwen|Arwen Undómiel]] wed [[Aragorn|Aragorn II Elessar]],<ref>{{RK|Steward}}</ref> a distant descendant of Elros Tar-Minyatur, it united the long-sundered lines of those descended from both Elves and Men. There is also mention of an Elven bloodline in Prince [[Imrahil]]<ref name="Debate">{{RK|Debate}}</ref> via the old tale of [[Mithrellas]] and [[Imrazôr]].<ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref><ref>{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>{{rp|220–2}}

==History==
[[Image:Jenny Dolfen - Descendants of Thingol.jpg|thumb|left|225px|[[Jenny Dolfen]] - ''Descendants of Thingol'']]
The first bond between Elves and Men was the marriage of [[Beren Erchamion]] and [[Lúthien Tinúviel]], from which a single son, [[Dior Eluchíl]], was born. Dior wed [[Nimloth of Doriath]], and they had three children: [[twins]] [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]], and [[Elwing|Elwing the White]]. Dior wore the [[Nauglamir]] with the [[Silmaril]], passed to him from his mother, thus awakening the oath of the [[Fëanorians]] and the [[Second Kinslaying]].

The next bond came about through the union of [[Tuor]] son of [[Huor]] and [[Idril Celebrindal]], from which another son, [[Eärendil]], was born. While Eärendil was truly half-elven, his Adan father, Tuor, had been granted the fate of the elder race.<ref name="Gondolin" /> Eärendil and Elwing begat another pair of twin sons: [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]]. Of the half-elves, Eärendil and Elwing were specifically given a choice in their fates when they journeyed to Valinor with the Silmaril to beg pardon for the [[Noldor]] and plead the plight of Elves and Men to the Valar. Only after that event was the choice passed to their children, to be counted as one of the [[Eldar]] (Elves), thus being immortal, or one of the [[Edain]] (Men), thus being mortal.<ref name="Voyage">{{S|Voyage}}</ref> Elrond Half-elven chose the fate of Elven-kind, but Elros chose the [[Gift of Men]], and none of [[House of Elros|his descendants]] bore the title of "Half-Elven".

[[Image:Līga Kļaviņa - Family.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Līga Kļaviņa - ''Family'']]
Elrond wed [[Celebrían]], daughter of [[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]], and bore three children: twin sons [[Elladan]] and [[Elrohir]], and daughter [[Arwen Undómiel]]. Aragorn and Arwen were parents to a son, [[Eldarion]], as well as at least two daughters, thus leaving a remnant of the proud Elven lineage even after the Firstborn had long passed over the sea and out of time and memory. Though these children were long-lived, like Númenóreans had been and Eldarion ruled for at least 100 years,<ref>{{L|338}}</ref> they were mortal.

There is no evidence that any other mixed bloodline shared in the choice of fate as Earendil's and Elwing's. The children of [[Mithrellas]], [[Galador]] and [[Gilmith]], were enobled but mortal like their father, as were their descendants.<ref name="Debate" />

===The half-elven lines===
Those sharing a divine heritage and didn't make a choice are bold faced; those who chose to be counted as an Elda rather than an Adan are italicized; those who were counted among the Edain (or who had not made the choice either way) are not. Their actual mathematical descent from elves is in a fraction in parentheses.

The important members of the half-elven lines were:
*'''[[Dior]]''', son of Man [[Beren]] and Elf [[Lúthien]], grandson of the [[Maia]] [[Melian]]. (1/4)
:Dior and his descendants were not only half-elven, but also descendants of the divine bloodline of [[Melian]]; Dior was slain in his 30s, far below the lifespan of a mortal, therefore his intended nature, [[Elven life cycle|longevity]] and [[mortality]] are not known.
*''[[Eärendil]]'', son of the Man [[Tuor]] and Elf [[Idril]] (1/2)
:Eärendil would rather have chosen the kindred of Men, but he chose the Elves for his wife Elwing's sake (she also chose the Elves). His fate was special; although he was not allowed to stay in [[Valinor]] with the Elves, he had to sail the heavens in his ship [[Vingilótë]], wearing the [[Silmaril]] of Beren and Lúthien on his brow, [[Star of Earendil|shining brightly]] as a sign of hope for [[Middle-earth]].<ref name="Voyage" />

*''[[Elwing]]'', daughter of Dior and [[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]. (5/8)
:Elwing's family was slain or lost, with only Elwing surviving, given her choice of kindred and choosing the Eldar. As Eärendil sailed the heavens, Elwing resided in a white tower built northward on the borders of the [[Sundering Seas]] and met him upon his return.<ref name="Voyage" />

*'''[[Eluréd]]''' and '''[[Elurín]]''', sons of Dior and Nimloth. (5/8)
:While Dior was slain, Eluréd and Elurín were abandoned in the woods outside Doriath by the vengeful Noldor and were never found again, disappearing from history in a very young age.<ref>{{S|Doriath}}</ref> As with their father, their eventual nature remains unknown.
*''[[Elrond]]'', son of Eärendil and Elwing. (9/16)
:His heirs would also have the free choice of kindred.

*[[Elros]], also son of Eärendil and Elwing. (9/16)
:The heirs of Elros were not given the choice of the children of Elrond; but their lifespan was multiple of that of normal Men. In later times, the [[Kings of Númenor]] regretted their forefather's choice, and this led to the [[downfall of Númenor]].
*[[Arwen]], daughter of Elrond and [[Celebrían]]. (25/32)
:She could choose her kindred like her father; however unlike him, after living for millennia as an Elf, she ultimately chose the fate of Men and married [[Aragorn]], distant heir of Elros. Their son [[Eldarion]] and their daughters were not counted as Half-elven, but rather as [[Dúnedain]] restored, as the two Half-elven lines of Earendil were merged in the [[Fourth Age]].

*[[Elladan]] and [[Elrohir]], sons of Elrond and Celebrían. (25/32)
:Like their sister they "shall live with the youth of the Eldar" as immortals; until they made their choice, which they were bound to make only after their father took the [[White Ship]] out from Middle-earth. Their choice(s) and fate(s) is unknown.<ref>{{App|A1v}}</ref>

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==Other versions of the legendarium==
In an older version of the ''Quenta Silmarillion'', Manwë spoke this judgment to Eärendil:

{{quote|To Eärendel I remit the ban, and the peril that he took upon himself out of love for the Two Kindreds shall not fall on him; neither shall it fall upon Elwing who entered into peril for love of Eärendel: save only in this: they shall not ever walk again among Elves or Men in the Outer Lands. Now all those who have the blood of mortal Men, in whatever part, great or small, are mortal, unless other doom be granted to them; but in this matter the power of doom is given to me.|''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, Quenta Silmarillion}}

[[Christopher Tolkien]] interprets it as that Dior would inherit his father's mortality, irrespective of his mother's nature and choice.<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, The Conclusion Of The Quenta Silmarillion, §9</ref>

==Inspiration==
[[Wikipedia:Half-elves|Half-elves]] appear in [[Norse]] mythology, the offspring of a man and an [[Wikipedia:Alfar|Alfr]]; believed to be particularly beautiful and with magic powers.
==See also==
*[[Kinship of the Half-elven]]

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[[Category:Half-elven]]
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Meriadoc Brandybuck

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{{infobox character
| people=[[Hobbits|Hobbit]]
| name=Meriadoc Brandybuck
| image=Jenny Dolfen - Master Holbytla.jpg
| caption="Master Holbytla" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
| pronun=
| othernames=Merry, "the Magnificent", [[Kalimac Brandagamba]], [[Holdwine|Holdwine of the Shire]]
| titles=[[Master of Buckland]], Knight of Rohan, Esquire of [[Théoden]]
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| location=[[Brandy Hall]], [[Buckland]]
| affiliation=[[Fellowship of the Ring]]
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| birthlocation=[[Buckland]]
| rule={{FoA|11}} - {{FoA|63|n}}
| death=Between {{FoA|63}} and {{FoA|120|n}}
| deathlocation=[[Gondor]]
| age=103+
| notablefor=Accompanying [[Frodo Baggins]] in the early stages of the Ring-quest Participating in the slaying of the [[Witch-King of Angmar]] Co-leading the [[Battle of Bywater]] with [[Peregrin Took]] Writing ''[[Herblore of the Shire]]''
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| parentage=[[Saradoc Brandybuck]] and [[Esmeralda Took]]
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| spouse=[[Estella Bolger]]
| children=At least one son<ref name=later/>
| gender=Male
| height=Taller than average Hobbit
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| weapons=[[Daggers of Westernesse|Dagger of Westernesse]]
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{{Quote|Take your sword and bear it unto good fortune!|[[Théoden]] to Merry, ''[[The Return of the King]]'', "[[The Passing of the Grey Company]]"}}

'''Meriadoc ''"Merry"'' Brandybuck''', called '''''The Magnificent''''', was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]], the son of [[Saradoc Brandybuck]].<ref name="tree">{{App|Brandybuck}}</ref> He was one of the four Hobbits in the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] and later became the Knight of Rohan, participating in the slaying of the [[Witch-king|Witch-king of Angmar]] alongside Lady [[Éowyn]].

Merry was an heir to the [[Brandybuck Family|Brandybucks]] of [[Brandy Hall]]. After his participation to the [[War of the Ring]], he eventually inherited the [[Master of Buckland|Mastership]] in [[Buckland]] after his father's death.

==History==
Meriadoc was the son of [[Saradoc Brandybuck|Saradoc]] and [[Esmeralda Took|Esmeralda]]. Claiming descent from [[Gorhendad Oldbuck]], he also had [[Took Family|Tookish]] blood through his mother, and also his father's grandmother, [[Mirabella Took]]. He was also first cousins with Peregrin Took.<ref name="tree" /> With him they wandered in the [[Marish]] and were friends of [[Farmer Maggot]].<ref name="mushrooms" />

Around {{TA|3000}} Merry witnessed a strange scene: he saw [[Bilbo Baggins]] becoming invisible in order to avoid a meeting with the [[Sackville-Bagginses]]. Startled, he got through the hedge and walked along the field inside, and watched as Bilbo reappeared, and put a [[The One Ring|glint of gold]] in his pocket. This made teenage Meriadoc very curious and he even looked into Bilbo's [[There and Back Again|private diary]].<ref name="Conspiracy" />

Merry kept this knowledge private but was always suspicious. He was present with his family at [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]]<ref name="tree" /> and [[23 September|the next day]] of Bilbo's disappearance, [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] had a hard day keeping his things from unwanted hobbits who came to loot [[Bag End]], and put Merry to keep an eye on them in order to rest; until the [[Sackville-Baggins Family|Sackville-Bagginses]] came to Merry demanding to see Frodo. Later [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]] left angrily calling Frodo a "Brandybuck", which Merry said was a compliment.<ref>{{FR|Party}}</ref>

Since Bilbo's disappearance, he believed that Frodo would soon follow. He shared his secrets with [[Conspirators|a group of Frodo's friends]], namely [[Samwise Gamgee]], [[Peregrin Took]], [[Fredegar Bolger]]. Especially after [[April]] {{TA|3018}} he noticed how Frodo was saying "farewell" to his favourite places, selling [[Bag End]] to the [[Sackville-Bagginses]], and secretive talks with [[Gandalf]]. All along, Sam Gamgee had been their "chief investigator". He heard Gandalf's instructions to Frodo for his departure,<ref>{{FR|Shadow}}</ref> and warned his friends about it.<ref name="Conspiracy" />
[[File:Abe_Papakhian_-_A_Conspiracy_Unmasked.jpg|thumb|left|Abe Papakhian - ''A Conspiracy Unmasked'']]
The Conspirators, sought to protect Frodo (and [[The One Ring|the Ring]]) without his knowledge. When Frodo sold [[Bag End]] to move to [[Crickhollow]], Merry and Fredegar were told to wait for him and make preparations for his arrival.<ref>{{FR|Three}}</ref> However, knowing that Frodo would begin a secret journey, also arranged for provisions and [[ponies]], planning to accompany him. On the [[September 25|appointed day]], Merry was worried that Frodo was late and as the fog was getting thick, he crossed the [[Bucklebury Ferry]] towards [[Stock]] to see if his friends were lost; just as he crossed, he saw [[Farmer Maggot]]'s wagon approaching, bringing Frodo, Sam and Pippin.<ref name="mushrooms">{{FR|Mushrooms}}</ref>

After dinner in Crickhollow, Frodo prepared to reveal to his friends that he was going to have to leave Crickhollow and go to [[Rivendell]]. It was then that the conspirators revealed themselves to Frodo and demanded to be taken along when he left. Because of their preparations, they were able to start right away.<ref name="Conspiracy">{{FR|I5}}</ref>

===Journey with Frodo===
{{quote|You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours - closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.|Merry, ''[[A Conspiracy Unmasked]]''}}
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Under the Spell of the Barrow-wight.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Under the Spell of the Barrow-wight'']]
During the following trip to [[Rivendell]], Merry seemed to have a greater knowledge of the [[Old Forest]] than any of the other Hobbits. However, when they encountered [[Old Man Willow]] Merry (and Pippin) were both captured and had to be rescued by [[Tom Bombadil]].<ref>{{FR|I6}}</ref> Merry and Pippin were captured again (along with Sam and Frodo) by a [[Barrow-wights|Barrow-wight]] upon the [[Barrow-downs]], but Tom again came to their rescue. Before leaving, he told them to keep the [[Daggers of Westernesse]] found in the Barrow Downs, and he advised them to spend the night at the [[The Prancing Pony|Prancing Pony Inn]], inside [[Bree]].<ref>{{FR|I8}}</ref>
[[File:John Howe - Weathertop on the Horizon.jpg|thumb|left|[[John Howe]] - ''Weathertop on the Horizon'']]
Upon reaching the inn, Merry was out for a walk and saw a [[Nazgûl|Black Rider]]. He tried to follow it, but it disappeared. Merry was then overtaken by the [[Black Breath]] and fainted. But before any harm could come to him, [[Nob]] came to his aid; he returned to the Prancing Pony and warned his companions who were talking with [[Strider (Aragorn)|Strider]].<ref name="Strider">{{FR|I10}}</ref> During the trip through the wild with Strider, he often saw the most deeply into the others. After Frodo was wounded on [[Weathertop]], he became the one who consulted most with Strider, and in a way became the spokesman for the Hobbits.

After reaching [[Rivendell]], he, with Pippin, insisted on not being left behind on the [[Quest of the Ring]]. Therefore they were chosen as the eighth and ninth members of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]].<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref>

At the gate of [[Moria]], [[Gandalf]] commended Merry for being "''of all people''" on the right track with the riddle (though this was accidental). His impetuosity in Moria was such that he nearly fell into an ancient well while running ahead with Pippin.<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref> When they reached [[Lothlórien]], he was allowed to sleep in a [[telain]] with Frodo, Sam, Pippin and a few elven guards. He, as with the rest of the Company, walked blindfolded into the Woods of Lórien in a show of support for [[Gimli]], who had to be blindfolded due to being a [[Dwarves|dwarf]].<ref>{{FR|II6}}</ref>
[[File:Alan Lee - The Plains of Rohan 2.jpg|thumb|"The Plains of Rohan" by [[Alan Lee]]]]
At the [[Breaking of the Fellowship]], Merry and Pippin ran straight into a company of [[Orcs]] while they were looking for Frodo. [[Boromir]] attempted to rescue them, but many [[Uruk-hai]] arrived, and they shot him with arrows. Captured with Pippin by Uruk-hai, the two were separated from the rest of the Fellowship. Merry aided Pippin in an attempt to deceive [[Grishnákh]] into thinking that they had the One Ring, and he could have it.<ref>{{TT|III3}}</ref> Because of this, they escaped into [[Fangorn Forest]] during the attack by [[Éomer]] and his [[Rohirrim|Outriders]]. There they met [[Treebeard]].
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Wellinghall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Wellinghall'']]
[[File:Zina Saunders - Flotsam and Jetsam.jpg|thumb|Zina Saunders - ''Flotsam and Jetsam'']]
Thus they became the first mortals for many centuries to encounter the [[Ents]] of Fangorn. They drank of the [[Ent-draughts|Ent-draught]] which caused Merry and Pippin to become the tallest hobbits in history. Also, they were present at the [[Entmoot]],<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref> and the resulting destruction of [[Isengard]], after which Treebeard appointed them door-wardens of [[Orthanc]]. It was while they were enjoying [[Saruman]]'s [[pipe-weed]], that they were reunited with some of their former companions, who arrived after the [[Battle of the Hornburg]].<ref>{{TT|III8}}</ref>

===Esquire of Théoden===
While Pippin and Gandalf headed away to [[Minas Tirith]], Merry stayed with Aragorn and the Rohirrim, developing a close friendship with King [[Théoden]]. Out of love for him, Merry offered the King his service, which Théoden warmly accepted. "''As a father you shall be to me''", Merry said at that time, and Théoden responded "''For a little while''".<ref>{{RK|V2}}</ref>

As Théoden's esquire, Merry returned with him to [[Edoras]] and was forbidden - firmly but gently - by the King to ride with them to the aid of Minas Tirith because he could not ride the mighty horses of the Rohirrim so fast and so far. Merry was disappointed until a young rider named [[Dernhelm]] offered to bear him on his horse.<ref>{{RK|V3}}</ref> In this manner he rode to the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]], having a secret understanding with [[Elfhelm]] and several others of the Rohirrim.<ref>{{RK|V5}}</ref>
[[File:Angus McBride - Eowyn against Witch-king.gif|thumb|left|[[Angus McBride]] - ''Éowyn against Witch-king'']]
During the charge and the commencement of the battle he was almost useless, hiding behind Dernhelm and shaking with fright and nausea. However, Dernhelm's steed, [[Windfola]], threw them both upon the coming of the [[Witch-king]]. Affected by the Black Breath, Merry lay almost senseless on the ground, hearing the voice of Dernhelm standing over the body of Théoden—who had been mortally wounded by the Witch-king—defying the Nazgûl. He was startled as he opened his eyes to find that Dernhelm was really [[Éowyn]], the King's niece. After Éowyn was thrown down, perhaps mortally wounded, Merry rose to attack the Witch-king in order to protect her. He pierced the sinew behind the Witch-king's mighty knee with the [[Daggers of Westernesse|Barrow-blade]] he still bore, thus breaking the spell of invulnerability surrounding the Wraith. He witnessed Éowyn's destruction of the Witch-king with a thrust into the head, and her subsequent collapse.<ref>{{RK|V6}}</ref> After the death of the Witch-king, he begged forgiveness of a dying Théoden for disobeying his command to remain at Edoras, and the king forgave him with the words "''Great heart will not be denied.''" After the death of the king, he walked beside Théoden's pall-bearers, and fell into a stupor induced by the [[Black Breath]] at some point in his journey.<ref name="Houses">{{RK|V8}}</ref>

After the battle, Pippin found him ill and wandering in a daze outside of [[Minas Tirith]] and alerted Aragorn, who brought him into the city. Almost killed by the Black Breath, Merry and Éowyn were revived by Aragorn in the [[Houses of Healing]].<ref name="Houses" /> Because of his condition he was unable to take part in the [[Battle of the Morannon]],<ref>{{RK|V10}}</ref> but afterwards attended the burial of [[Théoden]], at which he wept greatly. Upon his departure for the Shire, he was given a special horn by Éomer and Éowyn as a parting gift, which was later used in the [[Battle of Bywater]].<ref>{{RK|VI6}}</ref>

Upon the return to the Shire, he was, with Pippin, the primary leader of the uprising against [[Sharkey]] and his [[Ruffians]].<ref>{{RK|VI8}}</ref>

===After the war===
At some time he stayed with Pippin at Crickhollow<ref>{{RK|Havens}}</ref> and he married the sister of his friend Fredegar, [[Estella Brandybuck|Estella]].

He was afterwards known as '''Meriadoc the Magnificent''', and became [[Master of Buckland]] after his father, and received great gifts from his friends King Éomer and Lady Éowyn.<ref name="later">{{App|Later}}</ref> He wrote several scholarly works which were probably part of the [[Red Book]]: ''[[Herblore of the Shire]]'', ''The [[Reckoning of Years]]'' and ''[[Old Words and Names in the Shire]]''. At some point he visited Rivendell several times where probably he collected historical information from the remaining Elves there, and probably assisted the assembly of the [[Tale of Years]] in the [[Great Smials]].<ref name="records">{{FR|records}}</ref> In {{FoA|13}} he was made with Pippin and Sam Counsellor of the [[North-kingdom]].<ref name="later" />

In {{FoA|63}}<ref name="records" /> Meriadoc was 102 but still hale. That spring he received an invitation from King Éomer. With his friend they resigned from their offices and came down to Rohan<ref name="later" /> (presumably after the death of his wife) where he was known as Master Holbytla and [[Holdwine]] of the Shire.

They stayed in Edoras with the King before he died that autumn, then they travelled to [[Gondor]] with Pippin, where he was known as Master [[Perian]], to spend their remaining years. They both were laid in [[Rath Dínen]]. It was said that upon [[Aragorn|King Elessar]]'s death, their bodies were placed beside his.<ref name="later" />

==Character==
He was a good friend of [[Frodo Baggins]], who eventually became the [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]], and [[Peregrin Took]], a young relative. He was one of the few (if any) who saw [[Bilbo Baggins]], Frodo's uncle, actually use [[the One Ring]]. He also managed to read, at least in part, Bilbo's book: ''[[There and Back Again]]'', where he learned about the Ring.<ref name="Conspiracy" />

He can easily be recognised as a very sharp Hobbit, and his tone throughout ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' depicts him as practical, loyal, resourceful, and the best able to cope with the sudden happenings that drew him out of his peaceful home. He was also praised by [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] as having a 'stout heart'<ref name="Strider" /> and [[Éowyn|Lady Éowyn]] as 'valiant'.<ref>{{RK|Houses}}</ref> He was apparently much trusted by Frodo, who sent him along with [[Fredegar Bolger|Fatty Bolger]] to [[Crickhollow]] to prepare his newly-bought home.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name '''''Meriadoc''''' means "Great Lord" in [[Welsh]] (from ''mawr'' "great" and ''udd'' "lord").<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.namenerds.com/welsh/meaning.html|articlename=Welsh Names|website=[http://www.namenerds.com/ Name Nerds]|accessed=21 February 2016}}</ref>

Merry's full [[Westron]] name was ''Kalimac'', which was abbreviated to ''Kali''. As this latter means "jolly, gay", Tolkien translated it as ''Merry'', from which ''Meriadoc'' was chosen as a plausible full form. This is in contrast to other Hobbit personal names, which were converted into roughly corresponding English forms.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref>

Tolkien himself comments on the "[[Celtic]] cast" of this and other [[Buckland]] and [[Bree]] names that end in ''–ac'', ''-ic'', or ''-oc''.<ref>{{HM|PM}}, "[[The Appendix on Languages]]"</ref>

==Other versions of the legendarium==
In the pre-publication manuscript of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Merry's name was originally "Marmaduke Brandybuck".<ref>{{RS|1Iiii}}, p. 33</ref> He also had a cousin named ''Bercilak'', a name that is shared by the Green Knight from [[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (poem)|Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]] in some translations.<ref>{{Webcite|articleurl=https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zf2kxyc|articlename=KS2 English: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Episode 1|website=bbc.co.uk|accessed=25 July 2024}}</ref> This name was later changed to [[Lanorac Brandybuck]].<ref>{{RS|2XVI}}</ref>

==Inspiration==
''Meriadoc'' (also spelled ''Meriadek'') was the legendary leader of a group of Welsh mercenaries who settled Armorica (modern Brittany) in the fourth century and founded the house of [[Rohan]].<ref>[[Mark T. Hooker]], ''[[The Hobbitonian Anthology]]'', p. 57</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
===Merry in adaptations===
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File:The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Merry.jpg|Merry in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]
File:The Return of the King (1980 film) - Merry.jpg|Merry in [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]
File:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Meriadoc Brandybuck.jpg|Merry in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Meriadoc Brandybuck.jpg|Merry in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
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'''1955: [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1955 radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Merry is provided by Michael Collins.<ref name="RT1672">Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1672, [[25 November|November 25]], [[1955]]</ref>

'''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:'''
:The voice of Merry was provided by [[Simon Chandler]].

'''1979: [[The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979 radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Merry was provided by Pat Franklyn.

'''1980: [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]:'''
:The voice of Merry was provided by [[Casey Kasem]].

'''1981: [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981 radio series)]]:'''
:The part of Merry is portrayed by [[Richard O'Callaghan]].
'''1992: ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|BBC Radio's Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'':'''
:Matthew Morgan provided the voice of Merry in the two episodes of this series that make up ''The Adventures of Tom Bombadil''.

'''2001-03: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''
:Merry was played by [[Dominic Monaghan]]. Some book-readers argue that, like Pippin, he was made far less competent in the movie than he was in the books: instead of a clever "conspirator" who helped orchestrate Frodo's escape from the Shire, he was portrayed as someone who did not know what he was getting himself into. The movie trilogy also shows a blonde Merry as opposed to the brown-haired young hobbit in the novels.

'''2001-2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Meriadoc Brandybuck is provided by Miroslav Noga. His full name is never really alluded to, and he is addressed only as Merry. Noga portrays Merry as an intelligent, crafty, and cheerful member of the hobbit quartet.

'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''
:The voice of Merry was provided by [[Quinton Flynn]]. Merry and Pippin are shown as the Conspirators, although the "[[Three is Company|three]]" does not include Sam. Merry meets Frodo in the [[Green Dragon Inn]], and he and Pippin and Sam are not seen again until [[Bamfurlong]].

'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Merry is not involved in any quests in [[Rivendell]] and only has a few lines during the next meeting with the player in [[Lothlorien]]. The journey of Merry and Pippin from [[Parth Galen]] and until the Ring of [[Isengard]] and related in a series of flashbacks and Session Plays. After the destruction of the Ring but before the departure of the Fellowship from [[Minas Tirith]], Merry and Pippin get involved in additional adventures in [[Gondor]] and [[Mordor]].

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Peregrin Took

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| name=Peregrin Took
| image=Campbell White - Peregrin Took.jpg
| caption="Peregrin Took" by Campbell White
| pronun=
| othernames=Pippin [[Ernil i Pheriannath]] Thain Peregrin I [[Razanur Tûk]] ''([[Peregrin Took#Names and Titles|see more below]])''
| titles=[[Thain]], [[Guard of the Citadel]]
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| affiliation=[[Fellowship of the Ring]]
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| death=Between {{FoA|63}} and {{FoA|120|n}}<ref name=later/>
| deathlocation=[[Gondor]]
| age=95+
| notablefor=Accompanying [[Frodo Baggins]] in the early stages of the Ring-quest Participating in the destruction of [[Isengard]] Looking into the [[Orthanc-stone]] Saving [[Faramir]] Co-leading the [[Battle of Bywater]] with [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]]
| family=[[Took Family|Took]]
| parentage=[[Paladin Took II]] and [[Eglantine Banks]]
| siblings=[[Pearl Took|Pearl]], [[Pimpernel Took|Pimpernel]] and [[Pervinca Took|Pervinca]]
| spouse=[[Diamond of Long Cleeve]]
| children=[[Faramir Took I|Faramir]]
| gender=Male
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| hair=Almost golden<ref name="SD">{{SD|Epilogue}}, p. 115</ref>
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| weapons=[[Daggers of Westernesse|Dagger of Westernesse]]
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<center>{{quote|There must be someone with intelligence in [[Fellowship of the Ring|the party]]." "Then you certainly will not be chosen, Peregrin Took!|Pippin and [[Gandalf]], ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Ring Goes South]]"}}</center>

'''Peregrin ''"Pippin"'' Took''' was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]], the son of [[Paladin Took II|Paladin Took]]. He was the youngest of the four Hobbits in the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], being in his tweens, but grew up quickly and eventually became a Knight of Gondor. [[Elrond]], at least, seemed to doubt his capability for the quest, but Pippin proved to be a loyal and courageous friend.

After the [[War of the Ring]], Peregrin eventually inherited the [[Thain]]ship in [[the Shire]] after his father's death.

==Ancestry==
He was born in the [[Third Age]] [[Third Age 2990|2990]] (1390 in [[Shire Reckoning]]) to [[Paladin Took II|Paladin Took]] and [[Eglantine Banks]], making him a great-great-grandson of [[Gerontius Took|The Old Took]]. Pippin became Thain in later years, and his father inherited the title in S.R. 1415 from [[Ferumbras Took III]] when he died without an heir. Pippin had three older sisters, [[Pearl Took]], [[Pimpernel Took]], and [[Pervinca Took]].<ref name="Took">{{App|Took}}</ref>

Through his father, Pippin was a first cousin of [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] (the future [[Master of Buckland]]), the second cousin once removed of [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], and the first cousin twice removed of [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]]. He was not blood-related to [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], but Pippin's son [[Faramir Took I|Faramir]] married Sam's daughter [[Goldilocks Gardner|Goldilocks]] in 1463.

==History==
When he was young he was a guest at [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]] with his family. As his uncle the [[Thain]] [[Ferumbras Took III|Ferumbras]] was childless, Pippin's father, Paladin, became the Thain.<ref name="Took" /> Pippin's closest friends were his cousins, [[Merry Brandybuck]] and [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="shadow">{{FR|Shadow}}</ref> (all descendants of the Old Took). Pippin and Merry often wandered at the [[Marish]] and used to visit [[Farmer Maggot]]; he knew the lands around the Marish and enjoyed the beer of the ''[[The Golden Perch|Golden Perch]]'' at [[Stock]].<ref name="short">{{FR|I4}}</ref>

He was one of the [[Conspirators]], who knew the truth behind Frodo's mysterious behaviour and reasons for departure of the Shire. Along with Merry, [[Fredegar Bolger|Fatty Bolger]] and [[Folco Boffin]] they helped Frodo pack his household and send carts to [[Crickhollow]]; they celebrated together his last [[22 September|birthday]] in [[Bag End]], and stayed with Frodo and [[Samwise Gamgee]] when the others left for [[Buckland]].

===Travels with Frodo===
[[File:Anke Eißmann - Three is Company.jpg|thumb|left|''Three is Company'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]
The [[23 September|next day]] he accompanied Frodo and Sam to [[Bucklebury]]. During the first days of the travel, Pippin was he who complained first for being tired, sleepy or hungry. The [[24 September|next day]] they encountered [[Nazgûl|Black Riders]] who were turned away by a [[Wandering Companies|company]] of [[High Elves]] led by [[Gildor]], and Pippin greeted them expressing his respect. During their camp he felt he was in a dream, enchanted by the [[Light of Valinor|light]] of their faces and their beautiful voices. Once he fell asleep, the Elves moved and laid him to a soft bed at a bower under the trees.<ref>{{FR|Three}}</ref>

The [[25 September|other morning]] he woke up first and wanted to finish off the elven bread if not for Sam's insistence to leave some for him and Frodo. When Frodo woke up they had an argument as Frodo wanted to cut through Marish to avoid any Black Riders, and Pippin regretted for not stopping at Stock.<ref name="short" />

In Buckland, they joined Merry and Fatty. It was there that Frodo learned about his friends' "conspiracy" and that they did not intend to let him leave [[The Shire]] without them. They left the Shire to meet [[Gandalf]] in [[Bree]]. Pippin's enthusiasm to accompany Frodo is the result of his adventurous 'Tookish' nature as well as his loyalty and friendship to his cousin.

The stuffiness and eeriness of [[The Old Forest]] made Pippin the most uncomfortable of the four [[Hobbits]] with him becoming more and more suspicious of the intentions of the Forest; Pippin was, however, right to be suspicious as he was trapped by [[Old Man Willow]] before being rescued by [[Tom Bombadil]]. On the way to [[Bree]], from Tom Bombadil's house, Pippin again fell into misfortune as he was trapped by a [[Barrow-wights|Barrow-wight]] on the [[Barrow-downs]].
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Under the Spell of the Barrow-wight.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Under the Spell of the Barrow-wight'']]
Whilst at [[The Prancing Pony]] Pippin began to recklessly tell the story of [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]]'s birthday and subsequent disappearance. In order to prevent information about the Ring being revealed, Frodo started to sing - during the song Frodo fell from the table and the Ring slipped upon his finger. As a result, The Prancing Pony was attacked by the [[Nazgûl]] during the night, but the four Hobbits were unharmed thanks to the mysterious [[Rangers of the North|Ranger]], [[Aragorn|Strider]].

===Fellowship of the Ring===
When Pippin finally arrived at [[Rivendell]] he was concerned that he and Merry would be left behind whilst both Sam and Frodo get to go on the [[Quest of the Ring|Quest]]. However, his indignant attitude paid off as [[Gandalf]] believed that the friendship between Pippin and the other Hobbits would be beneficial to the Quest.

When in [[Moria]], Pippin incurred the wrath of Gandalf on two separate occasions: Pippin annoyed Gandalf with a foolish question while Gandalf was trying to open the [[Doors of Durin|West-gate of Moria]]; and, when inside the [[Well-chamber]] in Moria,<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[The Chronology of The Lord of the Rings]], p. 40</ref> Pippin's curiosity got the better of him as he dropped a stone down a well which lead to the [[Fellowship of the Ring|the Fellowship]] hearing the drums in the deep - in doing so Pippin gained the retort, "''Fool of a Took!''" from Gandalf.

===With Treebeard===
During the [[Breaking of the Fellowship]], [[Boromir]] died defending Merry and Pippin from capture by the [[Uruk-hai]] who were taking the Hobbits back to [[Saruman]] at [[Isengard]] on the mistaken belief that one of them had [[The One Ring|the Ring]]. On the journey to Isengard, Pippin displayed intelligence and resourcefulness by cutting his own bonds and leaving his [[Elven brooches|Elven brooch]] from [[Lothlórien]] on the ground for Aragorn to find.

Whilst held captive, Merry and Pippin became aware that the [[Orcs|Orc]] [[Grishnákh]] had guessed that they might have the Ring, so they used Grishnákh's greed to untie them and take them away from the other Orcs. When the [[Rohirrim]] attacked the Uruk-hai, Grishnákh was killed by a spear and Merry and Pippin were able to escape into [[Fangorn Forest]] where they encountered [[Treebeard]] and the other [[Ents]].

[[File:Ted Nasmith - Wellinghall.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''Wellinghall'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
Merry and Pippin struck up a friendship with Treebeard, telling him about all that had happened on their journey, whilst Treebeard told the two hobbits about the loss of the [[Entwives]](and much more besides). Treebeard decided to call an [[Entmoot]] at [[Derndingle]] to decide the Ents' next move. While the Entmoot was going on, Pippin and Merry were left in the care of a 'hasty' Ent named [[Quickbeam]] who had already decided to go to battle with the Orcs as many of his tree friends had been killed.

Merry and Pippin [[Ents#The March of the Ents|marched with the Ents]] to Isengard where the Ents killed the remaining servants of Saruman, filled the [[Ring of Isengard]] with water, and kept Saruman hostage in [[Orthanc]]. Whilst sitting on their "field of victory", Merry and Pippin were reunited with Aragorn, [[Gandalf]], [[Gimli]] and [[Legolas]] with whom they shared some [[pipe-weed]] and a meal.

Following Gandalf's confrontation with Saruman, [[Gríma]] threw the [[Orthanc-stone|palantír of Isengard]] out of the window at Gandalf which Pippin subsequently picked up. After Gandalf took it from him, Pippin remained curious about it, and later remarked to Merry about how he would like to look at it again. Unable to sleep, Pippin was finally overcome by curiosity. He stole the palantír from Gandalf's keeping while he slept, but when he looked into it, he was seen by [[Sauron]] who mistakenly believed that Pippin and the Ring were with Saruman in Isengard. After a Nazgul flew by on its [[Fell beasts|Fell beast]], Gandalf realized that war was coming soon, and he rode immediately for [[Minas Tirith]], taking Pippin with him for safe keeping.

===Guard of the Citadel===
[[File:Peter Xavier Price - Pippin Comforts Merry.jpeg|thumb|right|''Pippin Comforts Merry'' by [[Peter Xavier Price]]]]
Upon arriving in Minas Tirith, Pippin went with Gandalf to the [[Citadel of Gondor|Citadel]] and recounted Boromir's death to [[Denethor]], who was Boromir's father as well as the [[Ruling Steward]]. In return for Boromir's untimely death, Pippin decided to pledge his allegiance to the grieving [[Stewards of Gondor|Steward]] and so became a [[Guards of the Citadel|Guard of the Citadel]]. Pippin befriended [[Beregond]], of the Third Company of the Citadel, who showed him 'round the city and told him the secret passwords and ways of the city, and became good friends with Beregond's son [[Bergil]].

[[File:Anke Eißmann - Pyre of Denethor.jpeg|thumb|left|''The Pyre of Denethor'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]
Denethor was amused with the Hobbit's manners, especially the way he spoke to him in a very informal and personalized familiar language, as with a close friend or social equal, since the [[Hobbitish]] dialect lacked formal forms. Denethor's servants were astonished to this view, and probably gave strength to the rumor that Pippin was of very high social rank within his own country, and soon a wild rumor circulated, that the "[[Ernil i Pheriannath]]" had promised 5,000 Hobbits to the defence of the city.

During the [[Siege of Gondor]], Pippin was instrumental in saving [[Faramir]]'s life. After Faramir had returned from battle, he was badly wounded and suffering from the [[Black Breath]]; [[Denethor]] looked into the [[Anor-stone|palantír of Minas Tirith]] and saw the full might of [[Mordor]]. Believing that Sauron's forces would prevail in battle, Denethor ordered his servants to set a pyre so both he and Faramir could burn alive, but Pippin was able to fetch Gandalf and Beregond who were both able to help save Faramir.

After the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]], Pippin found [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] all in a daze - due to Merry's confrontation with the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] - and took him to the [[Houses of Healing]] where he was healed by [[Aragorn]]. Pippin accompanied the forces of [[Rohan]] and [[Gondor]] to the [[Black Gate]] where he participated in the [[Battle of the Morannon]], and saved Beregond's life by slaying a [[Trolls|Troll]]. Pippin was crushed beneath the troll, but he was pulled out by [[Gimli]] who recognized his foot.
===Return to the Shire===
When Pippin and the other Hobbits returned to The Shire, they were enraged to see what had happened to their peaceful corner of the world. Pippin went off to [[Tookland]] to raise up the [[Took Family|Took]]s in rebellion, and when he returned for the [[Battle of Bywater]] he brought 100 strong hobbits with him. Pippin and Merry jointly commanded the Hobbit victory and their names were placed at the top of [[The Roll]] commemorating those who fought in the battle.<ref name="Scouring">{{RK|Scouring}}</ref>
[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Pippin and Diamond.jpg|thumb|left|Pippin meets his future wife.]]
Pippin and Merry were heroes, and would tell all the other hobbits the stories of their travels to far-off lands. They would often go out abroad wearing their armour (Pippin had remained a Knight of Gondor) and people thought they were lordly - a position likely enforced by their extraordinary height caused by the [[Ent-draughts]] (they were at least 4'5<nowiki>''</nowiki> tall - taller than [[Bandobras Took|Bullroarer Took]]).<ref name="Concerning">{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref>

In {{SR|1427}} (at the age of 37), he married [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]], and they had a child together, [[Faramir Took I|Faramir]], [[Fourth Age 9|three years later]].<ref name="later" />
===Thainship===
[[File:Gregor Roffalski - Thain Peregrin I.jpg|thumb|''Thain Peregrin I'' by Gregor Roffalski]]
In {{SR|1434}} (at the age of 44) Pippin succeeded his father [[Paladin Took II|Paladin]] by becoming the 32nd [[Thain|Thain of the Shire]], and was also made a Counsellor of the North-kingdom by King Elessar.<ref name="later" />

In {{SR|1436}} King Elessar rode north and met Pippin, Merry and Sam at the [[Brandywine Bridge]]. In {{SR|1452}} the King, as a gift, added the [[Westmarch]] to The Shire, and in {{SR|1462}} at Sam's request Pippin appointed [[Fastred of Greenholm|Fastred]] - son-in-law of Sam - as the first [[Warden of Westmarch]].<ref name="later" />

As Thain, Pippin collected a library of historical information at [[Great Smials]], especially information relating to [[Númenor]] and the heirs of [[Elendil]]. It was at Great Smials that ''[[Appendix B|The Tale of Years]]'' was likely put together, with assistance from Merry, although Pippin himself probably didn't write any works. His successors expanded the collection.<ref name="Records">{{FR|Records}}</ref>

In {{SR|1484}}, at the age of 94 and having been Thain for 50 years, Pippin and Merry passed on their possessions and offices to their sons and left [[The Shire]] to visit [[Rohan]] where they stayed with [[King of Rohan|King]] [[Éomer]] for his last days. Then they moved to [[Gondor]] where they spent their last few years. Their bodies were placed in [[Rath Dínen]]; they were later laid beside King [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] following his death in {{FoA|120}} ({{SR|1541}}).<ref name="later" />

==Genealogy==
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space:nowrap;background-color:#FFFFFF;| PEA | | PIM | | PER | | PIP |y| DIA | | MER | | |PEA=[[Pearl Took|Pearl]] ''1375 - unknown''|PIM=[[Pimpernel Took|Pimpernel]] ''1379 - unknown''|PER=[[Pervinca Took|Pervinca]] ''1385 - unknown''|PIP='''PEREGRIN I''' ''1390 - 1484+''|DIA=[[Diamond of Long Cleeve|Diamond]] ''1395 - unknown''|MER=[[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Meriadoc]] ''1382 - 1484+''}}
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{{familytree |boxstyle=white-space: nowrap; background: #FFFFFF;| | | | | | | | | | | GOL |~| FAR | | | | | | | | |GOL=[[Goldilocks Gardner|Goldilocks]] ''1431 - unknown''|FAR=[[Faramir Took I|Faramir I]] ''1430 - unknown''}}
{{familytree/end}}

==Other names==
*'''Peregrin''' - Translation of Pippin's Westron name ''Razanur'',<ref name="PM">{{PM|Languages}}</ref> and is derived from Latin and was used for people who wandered. The English word ''pilgrim'' is derived from the same root.<ref name="Jim Allen">[[Jim Allan]], ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', The Giving of Names</ref> When he became Thain he was registered as '''Thain Peregrin I'''.<ref name="Took" />
*'''Pippin''' - A 'pet-form' related to the Westron abbreviation ''[[Razar]]'' which is a type of red [[apples|apple]];<ref name="PM">{{PM|Languages}}</ref> pippin, also a type of [[apples|apple]], is related to the word ''pip'', perhaps illustrating that Pippin was the youngest member of the Fellowship.
*'''[[Razanur Tûk]]''' - Peregrin's true [[Westron]] name, which contains the elements ''[[raza]]'' "stranger" and ''[[razan]]'' "foreign", and is the name of a legendary traveller.<ref name="PM">{{PM|Languages}}</ref>
*"''Fool of a Took''" and "''Tom-fool of a Took''" - given to him by [[Gandalf]] for his often mischievous behaviour, and, in particular, for dropping a stone down the well in [[Moria]].<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref>
*''[[Ernil i Pheriannath]]'' - [[Sindarin]] for "Prince of the Halflings", an erroneous title given to Pippin by the people of [[Minas Tirith]] on the belief he must be of high importance to be travelling with Gandalf.<ref name="Minas">{{RK|V1}}</ref>
*[[Guards of the Citadel|Guard of the Citadel]] - the office Pippin held when he swore fealty to [[Denethor]].<ref name="Minas" />
*Knight of Gondor - a position which Aragorn confirmed Pippin held;<ref name="Partings">{{RK|Partings}}</ref> it is unclear whether being a Guard of the Citadel equates to being a Knight or if Aragorn elevated him to that position.
*[[Counsellor of the North-kingdom]] - a position granted to Pippin when he became Thain.<ref name="later" />

:''See also: [[Took Family]] for information on Pippin's surname.''

==Other versions of the legendarium==
In the earliest drafts of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (see ''[[The History of The Lord of the Rings]]''), Frodo's counterpart Bingo Baggins was accompanied by his Took nephews, Frodo and Odo. They were similar characters but Odo was more limited and unaware than Frodo (Took) while Frodo was "more susceptible to the beauty and otherness of the Elves". Christopher Tolkien speculates that some aspects of Frodo Took have have been preserved in Samwise Gamgee. Through a process that [[Christopher Tolkien]] described as "strangely torturous" these characters were gradually folded into the singular character of Peregrin Took.<ref>{{RS|1IIU}}</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
===Pippin in adaptations===
<gallery mode="traditional" widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Pippin.jpg|Pippin in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]
File:The Return of the King (1980 film) - Pippin.jpg|Pippin in [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]
File:The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Pippin.jpg|[[Billy Boyd]] as Pippin in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Peregrin Took.jpg|Pippin in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
</gallery>

'''1955: [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1955 radio series)]]:'''
:[[Basil Jones]] provided the voice of Pippin.

'''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:'''
:The part of Peregrin Took voiced by [[Dominic Guard]].

'''1979: [[The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979 radio series)]]:'''
:[[Mac McCaddon]] provided the voice of Pippin.

'''1980: [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]:'''
:Pippin was voiced by the American actor [[Sonny Melendrez]].

'''1981: [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981 radio series)]]:'''
:Pippin was voiced by [[John McAndrew]].

'''1992: ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|BBC Radio's Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'':'''
:The role of Pippin is played by [[David Learner]].

'''2001-03: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''
:[[Billy Boyd]] played Pippin. His characterization differed from the book, as he was more heavily relied upon for comic relief in the movies than in the book. Frodo's move to Crickhollow and the conspiracy are both omitted, so Pippin and Merry instead become entangled in the Quest of the Ring by accident when they run into Frodo and Sam while raiding Farmer Maggot's crop, neither of them having any prior knowledge of the One Ring or Frodo's quest.

'''2001-2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Peregrin Took is provided by Robert Roth. He is addressed almost exclusively by his nickname Pippin. Roth portrays Pippin as resourceful, but a bit of a rascal and happy-go-lucky, befitting his position as the youngest and least experienced hobbit of the quartet.

'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''
:[[James Arnold Taylor]] provides the voice of Pippin. He is the comic relief character, and his jokes are primarily centered on food.

'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:The player catches up with Pippin at several points in his journey: in [[Rivendell]], at [[Cerin Amroth]] in [[Lothlorien]], at the ruins of [[Isengard]], and in [[Minas Tirith]]. The adventures of Merry and Pippin from after being captured by the Uruks up to the destruction of Isengard by the [[Ents]] are related in a series of Session Plays. After the destruction of the Ring but before the departure of the Fellowship from [[Minas Tirith]], Merry and Pippin become involved in additional adventures in [[Gondor]] and [[Mordor]].

==See also==
*[[Bandobras Took|Bullroarer Took]]
*[[Meriadoc Brandybuck]]
*[[Took Family]]
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| race=hobbit
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| born={{TA|2990}}
| died=Between {{FoA|63}} and {{FoA|120|n}}
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| list=32nd [[Thain]] of [[The Shire]]
| dates={{SR|1434}} - {{SR|1484|n}}
| next=[[Faramir Took I]]
| nrow=2
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Vampires

2024-08-07T07:52:52Z

Bananasinyourface: Fixed typo

{{race infobox
| name=Vampires
| image = Liz Danforth - Vampire.jpg
| caption="Vampire" by [[Liz Danforth]]
| pronun=
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| location=[[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]]
| affiliation=[[Morgoth]], [[Sauron]]
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'''Vampires''' were mysterious bat-like creatures in the service of [[Morgoth]] and of [[Sauron]]. The only vampire whose name is recorded in the annals of [[Arda]] is [[Sauron]]'s messenger, [[Thuringwethil]],<ref>{{LB|C12}}, line 3782</ref> but Sauron himself took the form of a vampire on at least one occasion, to flee [[Huan]].<ref>{{S|19}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|A vampire shape with pinions vast 
''screeching leaped from the ground, and passed,'' 
''its dark blood dripping on the trees''|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]<ref>{{LB|C9}}, line 2820, p. 254</ref>}}

==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''[[1989]]: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'' (''[[Dark Mage of Rhudaur]]''):'''
:Vampires are described as former [[Maiar|Maia]] patrons of normal bats, but corrupted by Morgoth and transformed into demons appearing as man-sized bats with "''the faces of hideous Men or Women''", having the ability to change shape.<ref>{{ICE|2012}}, p. 91</ref> A related creature is also envisioned, the ''Blood-wight'', which is an undead [[Men|Mannish]] shapechanger, draining blood from living beings.<ref>{{ICE|8013}}</ref>

'''[[2007]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:A new creature created for the game, the Merrevail (singular, Morroval) appear to be based on Tolkien's vampires. They are fearsome bat-winged women with sharp talons. The males of the species are the Mervyl (singular, Morvul).

==External links==
*{{WP|Vampire}}

{{References}}

[[Category:Bats]]
[[Category:Other races]]
[[Category:Servants of Melkor]]
[[Category:Servants of Sauron]]

[[fi:Vampyyrit]]

Lord of the Piercing

2024-08-03T01:55:38Z

Bananasinyourface: added {{fact}} and {{clarify}}

'''Lord of the Piercing''' is a short 4 minute parody of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', created for the [[wikipedia:2002 MTV Movie Awards|2002 MTV Movie Awards]]. It was broadcast [[6 June|June 6]], [[2002]]. ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' won two awards (Best Movie and [[Orlando Bloom|Best Newcomer]]) out of five nominations.

The parody was also included as an easter egg on [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|the Extended Edition]] of ''The Fellowship of the Ring''.{{Fact}}
==Plot==
The segment features Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar at the [[Council of Elrond]]. Jack the Elf accidently pierced [[the One Ring]] onto an appendage of his.{{Clarify}}

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!Role!!Actor
|-
|Jack the Elf||[[wikipedia:Jack Black|Jack Black]]
|-
|[[Arwen]]||[[wikipedia:Sarah Michelle Gellar|Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
|-
|}

Footage of ''[[The Council of Elrond (scene)]]'' is being reused.
==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331560/ Lord of the Piercing] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]

[[Category:Parodies]]

Thorin and Company

2024-08-03T00:38:43Z

Bananasinyourface: turned "thorin oakenshield" into one link

{{organization infobox
| name=Thorin and Company
| image = Frank Rivolli - The Dwarfs.jpg
| caption="The Dwarfs" by Frank Rivolli
| pronun=
| othernames=
| founded={{TA|2941}}
| founder=[[Thorin]]
| purpose=Reclamation of the [[Lonely Mountain]], and recovery of Dwarven wealth, including the [[Arkenstone]]
| members=[[Thorin]], [[Balin]], [[Dwalin]], [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], [[Bombur]] and [[Bilbo Baggins]]
| location=
| disbanded={{TA|2941}}
| notablefor=Re-establishment of the [[Kingdom under the Mountain]], bringing about the death of [[Smaug]]
}}
'''Thorin and Company''' refers to the thirteen exiled [[Dwarves]] under the leadership of [[Thorin Oakenshield]] and the one [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]], who famously made the [[Quest of Erebor]], travelling through the [[Misty Mountains]] and the [[Rhovanion|Wilderland]] to the [[Lonely Mountain]], to recover their ancient treasure from the Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]], stolen by the [[Dragons|Dragon]] [[Smaug]].

Thorin's company were:
*[[Balin]] and [[Dwalin]], sons of [[Fundin]] (descendants of [[Náin II]])
*[[Óin]] and [[Glóin]], sons of [[Gróin]] (cousins of Balin and Dwalin)
*[[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], brothers, nephews of Thorin
*[[Dori]], [[Nori]] and [[Ori]] (Dwarves of the [[House of Durin]])
*[[Bifur]] with his cousins [[Bofur]] and [[Bombur]] (descendants of the [[Dwarves of Khazad-dûm]])<ref name="Durin">{{App|Durin}}</ref>
*And Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit of [[the Shire]]<ref>{{H|Party}}</ref>
They were also joined by [[Gandalf]] for part of the journey.

Thorin referred to himself and his Dwarven companions as "Thorin and Company" in the opening line of the message left on Bilbo's mantelpiece after the [[An Unexpected Party|unexpected party]] at [[Bag End]].<ref>{{H|Mutton}}</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
===Thorin and Company in adaptations===
<gallery mode="traditional" widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Thorin and Company.jpg|Surviving members of the Company in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
File:The Hobbit (film series) - the Dwarves.jpg|The Company in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film series]]
</gallery>
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'''''
:All surviving members of the Company appear in the game. After the [[Battle of Dale]] the Dwarves and [[Gandalf]] pay homage to the tombs of Thorin, Fíli and Kíli, which are now next to that of King [[Dáin Ironfoot]].

'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film series]]:'''
:The thirteen Dwarves all feature in the films, although they do not wear coloured hoods, and are given more developed and distinct personalities as opposed to the novel. The Dwarves battle with [[Smaug]], instead of hiding from him, in the "Battle of the Forges". The Company is broken only once; when four of the Dwarves stay behind in Lake-town prior to the death of Smaug. While Thorin is under the influence of dragon-sickness, Gandalf says that "there is no Company, not anymore". But all thirteen Dwarves and Bilbo Baggins fight in [[the Battle of the Five Armies]], where Thorin, Fíli and Kíli are slain.
{{references}}
{{Thorin and Company}}
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Bronwe's Folly

2024-07-23T08:59:03Z

Bananasinyourface: italicised "athelas"

{{Adaptation}}[[File:Bronwe's Folly-LOTRO-1.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Bronwe's Folly''' is an [[Arnor|Arnorian]] ruin in [[Archet]]-Dale.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]], [[Bree-land]], ''The Ruins of Bree-land''</ref> It was originally a fortress of [[Cardolan]] but in {{TA|3018}} it became infested by wolves.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings Online]], Bree-land Introduction</ref> In the Bree-land Introduction [[Celandine Brandybuck]] asks the player to pick some [[Athelas|''athelas'']] flowers at the ruins to heal [[Amdir (Shadows of Angmar)|Amdir]]'s [[Morgul-knife|Morgul]]-wound.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings Online]], Introduction, ''Intro: Remedy of the Old Kings''</ref>

{{References}}
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings Online locations]]

Lake-town

2024-07-23T08:58:20Z

Bananasinyourface: fixed the capitalisation and italicisation of "athelas"

{{disambig-two|the town in [[Rhovanion]]|[[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]] supplement|[[Lake-town (book)]]}}
{{location infobox
| name=Lake-town
| image=J.R.R. Tolkien - Lake Town (Colored by H. E. Riddett).jpg
| caption="Lake Town" by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
| pronun=
| othernames=Esgaroth
| location=[[Rhovanion|Wilderland]], on the [[Long Lake]]
| type=Town
| description=Town built on wooden stilts over a lake
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'''Lake-town''', also known as '''Esgaroth''', was a town of the [[Lake-men]] in [[Rhovanion|Wilderland]].

==Description==
The town was constructed entirely of wood and stood upon wooden pillars sunk into the bed of the [[Long Lake]], as a protection against enemies, especially the dragon [[Smaug]] who dwelt nearby in the [[Lonely Mountain]].<ref name="Barrels">{{H|Barrels}}</ref> A few huts and buildings stood on the shore.<ref name="Welcome">{{H|Welcome}}</ref> The Lake-men had woods, fields, pastures and cattle on the shore.<ref name="Fire">{{H|Fire}}</ref>

Lake-town was situated on the west side of the lake, a bit north<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], drawing of Lake Town where the raft is moored to the shore south of the city</ref> of the mouth of the [[Forest River]] in a calm bay that was formed by the shelter of a rock promontory, which protected the town from the swirl of the Forest River. A long wooden bridge connected the town to the land. Guards were stationed in a hut at the landward head of the bridge. At the lakeward end of the bridge the town was protected by gates.<ref name="Welcome" /> The bridge to the land could be thrown down to protect the town.<ref name="Fire" />

[[File:Henning Janssen - Master above the Lake.jpg|thumb|left|The central market square of the Lake-town. Art by [[Henning Janssen]]]]

Lake-town had a market-place, wherein there was a round pool<ref name="Welcome" /> that was connected to the lake by a waterway for boats;<ref name="Fire" /> it was surrounded by wooden quays with steps and ladders that led down to the water. The greatest houses of Lake-town were around this market-place. They included a great hall where the [[Master of Lake-town]] held a feast.<ref name="Welcome" /> The edge of the town was occupied with quays and, again, ramps, which descended to the water.<ref>The bridge and some ramps are visible in Tolkien's drawing.</ref><ref name="Fonstad">{{HM|AME}}, The Hobbit - Lake-town</ref>

==History==
It is not known when Lake-town was built. The name ''Esgaroth'' is mentioned on [[Thrór's Map]], and is said to be an older name, known while Smaug was younger.<ref>{{H|Inside}}</ref> When [[Bilbo Baggins]] came to the town, he noticed old pilings of a (possibly older) greater town along the shores when the waters sank in a drought.<ref name="Welcome" /> It is possible that an original Esgaroth was destroyed sometime in the past, and the later Lake-town was its remnant.<ref name="Fonstad" />

Lake-town was inhabited by the [[Lake-men]].<ref name="Barrels" /><ref name="Gathering">{{H|Gathering}}</ref> It is possible that some of them were the descendants of the survivors of the former [[Dale (Kingdom)|kingdom of Dale]], like [[Bard|Bard the Bowman]], whose ancestor was its last lord, [[Girion]], whose wife and child had fled down the Running River.<ref name="Fire" /> However as the years passed, Smaug was forgotten and children even doubted about his existence or the tales of older men who sometimes had seen him flying.<ref name="Welcome" />

[[File:Henning Janssen - Abusing Hospitality.jpg|thumb|left|''Abusing Hospitality'' by [[Henning Janssen]]]]

In the autumn<ref name="Barrels" /> of {{TA|2941}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2941, p. 1089</ref> [[Thorin and Company]] escaped from [[Thranduil]]'s halls and [[Thorin]] followed by [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and Bilbo decided to enter the town and speak to the [[Master of Lake-town|Master]]. The Dwarves were welcomed warmly because the Lake-men were eager to have the [[King under the Mountain]] return. The Dwarves and Bilbo were hosted, rested and pampered before being sent with boats to the ruins of [[Dale]] to confront the dragon.<ref name="Welcome" />

[[File:Lída Holubová - The Black Arrow.jpg|thumb|''The Black Arrow'' by [[:Category:Images by Lída Holubová|Lída Holubová]]]]

Some days later, however, the town was attacked by [[Smaug]] and set on fire by his fiery breath, but [[Bard|Bard the Bowman]], who had indirectly learned of a weakness in Smaug's armour, slew the dragon with the [[Black Arrow]]. The town was wrecked by the dragon who had burnt it, fell dead on it and sunk in the lake. However, at least three quarters of its inhabitants escaped to the lakeshore with boats and camped there. The population was angry with the Master who had fled the town soon during the attack in his great gilded boat, praised the courage of Bard and his killing of the dragon and wanted to make Bard, who was descended from Girion, the king of the town. The Master replied that Girion had been lord of Dale, but not the king of Esgaroth and that the people of Lake-town had always elected masters from among the older and wiser among its population. The Master suggested that Bard should go back to his own kingdom in Dale and that those that wish could go with him. He also directed the anger of the population towards Thorin and his company by suggesting that they had woke the dragon who ruined the town and that they should demand compensation from them for the damage and a reward for the help that the population had given to them. Bard responded that this was no time for important plans of change and that he still served the Master, but would consider going north after a while with any who wanted to follow him. Bard sent messengers to king [[Thranduil]] to ask for aid. Thranduil sent ahead supplies by water down the Forest river and marched to them with an army of Elves. Many Elves helped to build huts for the people of Lake-town on the shore as a protection against the coming winter. Then the armed men of Lake-town and an army of Elves marched to the Lonely Mountain.<ref name="Fire" />

Bard told Thorin that he still served the Master of Lake-town and that Smaug had destroyed Lake-town and asked Thorin whether he had no thought about the misery and the sorrow of the people of Lake-town. However, Thorin refused to negotiate under the threat of an armed force at his gate and said that he would consider them as foes an thieves as long as an armed force stayed in front of his gate.<ref name="Gathering" /> When an army of [[Dwarves]] from the [[Iron Hills]] arrived and Bard refused to allow them to go to the mountain, the dwarves started to attack and arrows flew, but [[Gandalf]] stopped the opponents and told them that [[Orcs]] and [[Wargs]] were coming. As a consequence, the Dwarves allied with the Men and the Elves against the Orcs and Wargs and the [[Battle of Five Armies]] began.<ref>{{H|Burst}}</ref>

After the battle, some of the population of the Long Lake followed Bard to rebuild the town of [[Dale]] and to resettle the kingdom of Dale. Bard gave much gold to the Master of Lake-town to help the people of the ruined city of Lake-town, but the Master ran away with most of the gold and starved to death in the [[Waste]].<ref name="Stage">{{H|Stage}}, end of the chapter</ref> Lake-town was rebuilt north of its original location,<ref name="Stage" /> because the population feared to go near the dead body of the dragon in the water at the original location.<ref>{{H|Fire}}, last page</ref> The new Master was wiser and very popular, because he got most of the credit for the prosperity due to trade up and down the River Running.<ref name="Stage" />

By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], the kingdom of Dale under king [[Brand]] reached far to the south and east of Lake-town,<ref>{{FR|Meetings}}, p. 229</ref> but it is not recorded if Lake-town remained independent or if it became a part of the kingdom of Dale.

==Etymology==
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The name ''Esgaroth'' was seemingly not given a clear etymology in any of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s later writings. A manuscript written after ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' states that ''Esgaroth'' was "not ''Sindarin'' (though perhaps [[Sindarized]] in shape)" or was "not recorded in ''Sindarin''", similarly to the name ''[[Galion#Etymoloy|Galion]]''.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 54</ref>

J.R.R. Tolkien mentioned in a [[Letter to G.E. Selby (14 December 1937)|letter]] that he wrote on 14 december 1937 shortly after the publication of [[The Hobbit]] that ''Esgaroth'', ''[[Elrond]]'' and ''[[Gondolin]]'' have escaped out of his own mythology with its consistent nomenclature and organized history.<ref>[[Letter to G.E. Selby (14 December 1937)]]</ref>

In earlier manuscripts from up to the end of 1937 and the beginning of 1938 with additional entries up to 1940 or 1941,<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, introduction</ref> at least two meanings and etymologies of the name ''Esgaroth'' appeared:
#"Reedlake" followed by ", because of reed-banks in west", deriving from the [[Ilkorin|Ilkorin Elvish]] word ''[[esgar]]'' meaning "reed-bed".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 356, entry "[[ESEK]]"</ref>
#"[?][[Uncommon words#S|strand]]-[[Uncommon words#cite ref-LT2 0-0|burg]]" from ''esgar'' "shore" (not given any designated language, but published in a hastily written entry for the Elvish root SKAR2).<ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 14</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2013: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'':'''
[[File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Lake-town.jpg|thumb|Lake-town in ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit film trilogy]]'']]
:Lake-town is portrayed much larger than in Tolkien's illustrations, not built on a single square ramp, and having many 'blocks' and canals. It is run by a heavily corrupt Master, aided by [[Alfrid]]. While the other Dwarves set out for Erebor, [[Kíli]], [[Fíli]], [[Dori]] and [[Óin]] stay behind with [[Bard]]'s children [[Bain]], [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]] to tend to Kíli's arrow wound. Orc raiders assail the town, but they are repelled by the Dwarves, [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]]. Tauriel heals Kíli with [[athelas|''athelas'']].

'''2014: ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'':'''
:The town is destroyed by Smaug, who attacks it as revenge for helping Bilbo and the Dwarves. The remaining Dwarves escape on a barge with Tauriel's help. Bard (with Bain's help) kills Smaug with a windlass. His falling corpse kills the Master and all on his barge.

'''2018: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Lake-town.jpg|thumb|left|Lake-town in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]
:The rebuilt Lake-town is a major travel point for adventurers in the North, situated further up the Lake from the old Lake-town. The watery ruins of Esgaroth-of-old (the former Lake-town) are still intact on the [[Long Lake]], with the Bones of [[Smaug]] resting on the remains. A band of brigands pilfer the location for valuables as well as Smaug's Bones.

==External links==

*[http://lingwe.blogspot.se/2012/08/esgaroth-whats-in-name.html Esgaroth — what’s in a name?] at [http://lingwe.blogspot.se/ Lingwë]

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Óin

2024-07-23T08:57:34Z

Bananasinyourface: fixed the capitalisation and italicisation of "athelas"

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'''Óin''' was one of the [[Dwarves]] of [[Thorin and Company|Thorin's company]] who set out to reclaim [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] from [[Smaug]]. Later, he followed [[Balin]] in an ill-fated attempt to retake [[Moria]].

==History==
Óin was the son of [[Gróin]] and older brother of [[Glóin]], both of the [[House of Durin]].<ref name="Durin">{{App|Durin}}</ref>

===The Quest of Erebor===
Óin was one of the five Dwarves in the fourth group to arrive at [[Bag End]]. He wore a brown hood.<ref>{{H|Party}}</ref>

Óin and Glóin were noted for their ability to start fires, although both failed on the night that the company met the [[trolls]]. In their frustration they began to quarrel and eventually to fight, which was the incident that prompted the company to head for the fire seen far off on a hill.<ref>{{H|Mutton}}</ref>

In the glade where the wolves came to gather, Óin was one of five Dwarves who climbed up to fairly comfortable seats in a huge pine tree.<ref>{{H|Pan}}</ref>

When [[Gandalf]] was telling the story of the company's adventures to [[Beorn]], Óin and Glóin were the fifth pair of Dwarves to show up.<ref>{{H|Queer}}</ref>

Óin fought in and survived the [[Battle of Five Armies]]. He was given his share of the treasure by [[Dáin Ironfoot]], and made his home in Erebor.<ref>{{H|Return}}</ref>

===Expedition to Moria===
In {{TA|2989}}<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> Óin had followed Balin with a [[Balin's folk|company]] of Dwarves in an attempt to reclaim their ancient mansions of [[Moria|Khazad-dûm]], which were occupied by [[Orcs]].<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref> At first the colony did well, but on [[November 10]], {{TA|2994|n}} Balin was killed, and the Orcs returned. They took the [[Great Gates|East-gate]]/[[First Hall]] then the [[Second Hall]] after a [[Battle of the Second Hall|fierce battle]] which Óin likely fought in.

Óin went with a party to find escape via the [[Doors of Durin|West-gate]] but they found the water up to the doors and he was taken by the [[Watcher in the Water]]. Of his party only four returned five days after they had left, and soon thereafter all the remaining colonists were killed in a [[Last stand of Balin's folk|final stand]] in the [[Chamber of Mazarbul]].<ref>{{FR|II5}}</ref>

Their fate was unknown to their kinsmen and their silence was largely why [[Glóin]] and [[Gimli]] went to [[Rivendell]] at that time, to seek news from [[Elrond]]. When [[Frodo Baggins]] came to Rivendell, Glóin delighted in telling him about the doings of the renewed dwarf-kingdom. But when Frodo asked about Óin, Balin, and Ori, Glóin's face darkened and he said that he did not know.<ref>{{FR|II1}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Oinn'' is a dwarf from the ''[[Völuspá|Dvergatal]]''. His name means "Shy".<ref>Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", published in ''Publications of the Modern Language Association of America'', Vol 44 (1929), issue #4, pp. 939-967</ref>

==Genealogy==
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==Portrayal in adaptations==
===Óin in adaptations===
<gallery mode="traditional" widths="165px" heights="140px">
File:The Hobbit (1977 film) - Óin.png|Óin in [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]]
File:The Hobbit (film series) - Óin.jpg|Óin in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Óin.jpg|Óin in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Remains of Óin.jpeg|The Remains of Óin in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
</gallery>

===Films===
'''1967: [[The Hobbit (1967 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1967 film)]]:'''
:Óin is omitted. [[Thorin|Thorin Oakenshield]] only travels with an unnamed guard and the princess [[Mika Milovana]] of Dale.<ref name="Deitch">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UBnVL1Y2src|articlename=The Hobbit.mp4|dated=5 January 2012|website=YouTube|accessed=10 January 2012}}</ref>

'''1977: [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]]:'''
:No actor is specified for the role of Óin. If he does speak, it is only in unison with rest of the Dwarves.

'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''
:Óin was portrayed by [[John Callen]].<ref name="PJCasting">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=[http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook]|accessed=23-Dec-2011}}</ref> A description of Óin in ''The Hobbit'' films was released by the studio:

:{{Blockquote|Along with his brother Gloin, Oin is a distant cousin of Thorin Oakenshield. A brave [[Longbeards|Northern Dwarf]], Oin joins [[Thorin and Company|The Company of Thorin Oakenshield]] out of a sense of loyalty to his kin, and also because he has a substantial sum of money invested in the venture. Well read with an enquiring mind, Oin is the healer among the Company, often applying an herbal salve of his own invention – which has since come to be known as ‘ointment’ after its maker.|[[Warner Bros.]]<ref name="HobbitApp">{{webcite|author=[[Warner Bros.]]|articleurl=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hobbit-movies/id545808528|articlename=Hobbit Movies|dated=7-September-2012|website=[http://itunes.apple.com/ Apple iPhone/iPad App]|accessed=19-September-2012}}</ref>}}
:Perhaps the oldest of the thirteen Dwarves after Balin, Óin is also hard of hearing, as he carries an ear trumpet. When the company was captured in [[Goblin-town]], the ear trumpet got trodden upon by a [[Orcs|Goblin]], though Óin was mostly able to bend it back into its original shape after their escape. Due to the fact that he was the group's de facto medicine man, he opts to stay behind in [[Lake-town]] along with [[Fíli]] to look after [[Kíli]] when [[Thorin]] deems him too ill to accompany the group on the final leg of their quest up to the Lonely Mountain due to having been struck by a poisoned arrow. Óin is in awe of [[Tauriel|Tauriel's]] Elvish healing powers when she ultimately heals Kíli's wound with [[Athelas|a''thelas'']]

===Radio series===
'''1968: [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]]:'''
:Óin is portrayed by [[Rolf Lefebvre]].

'''1979: [[The Hobbit (1979 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1979 radio series)]]:'''
:No actor is specified for the role of Óin.

'''1989: [[Hobit (1989 Slovak radio series)|''Hobit'' (1989 Slovak radio series)]]:'''
:Óin is present, but no actor is specified for the role of Óin.

===Games===
'''1982: [[The Hobbit (1982 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (1982 video game)]]:'''
:Óin is omitted; Thorin is the only companion of the player, [[Bilbo Baggins]].<ref>''[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ZXComputing/Issue8304/Pages/ZXComputing830400076.jpg ZX Computing]'', 8304 (April/May 1983), p. 76, accessed [[24 April|April 24]] [[2011]]</ref>

'''2003: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]:'''
:No actor is credited for the role of Óin.

'''2008: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Óin appears in an extended flashback depicting the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]], in which he fights alongside his father and the rest of [[Farin|Farin's]] kin.
:The game took advantage of the exact wording of the [[Book of Mazarbul]] and rather than having the [[Watcher in the Water]] killing Óin outright, it took him to [https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/The_Drowned_Treasury Ghân-gharâf] within the [https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/The_Water-works Water-works] of [[Moria]]. There, Óin discovered the legendary [[Mithril]] axe [https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Zigilburk Zigilburk] and used it to keep the Watcher in the Water at bay until he eventually succumbed to hunger. In the present day, the same happens to [[Bofur|Bofur's]] grandson [https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Bróin Bróin] of the [https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Iron_Garrison Iron Garrison]. Bróin and Zigilburk are eventually discovered by the player, allowing the dwarves to pay proper respect to Óin's remains.

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Asëa

2024-07-23T08:56:46Z

Bananasinyourface: italicised "athelas"

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'''''asëa''''' is a [[Quenya]] word which also constitutes the first element of the plant name ''[[asëa aranion]]''.<ref>{{RK|V8}}</ref><ref name="PE49">{{PE|17}}, p. 49</ref> A signification given of ''asëa'' is "name of plant '[[athelas|''athelas'']]'".<ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 148</ref>

==Etymology==
The meaning and etymology of ''asëa'' is a matter of debate. In [[1998]], William Cloud Hicklin claimed to have "ongoing discussion about the origins of [the word [[athelas]]]" with [[Christopher Tolkien]], and wrote in a forum message that:

"''a very late note [by Tolkien] (1970 or later) says that Asea [...] was the name in Quenya, regularly adapted and compounded with -las in Sindarin. The plant was known to the medical loremasters of the Noldor. The root is *ATHAYA, 'helpful, kindly, beneficial.''"<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books.tolkien/msg/3fad9c3c879f5a2c Athelas] (message from William Cloud Hicklin, dated 26 October 1998) at [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books.tolkien Rec.arts.books.tolkien] (accessed 13 May 2011)</ref>

Hicklin's assertion has attracted a widespread attention on the Internet,<ref>[http://forums.theonering.com/viewtopic.php?p=2854688 Annotated LotR Project: Flight to the Ford] at [http://forums.theonering.com Forums.theonering.com] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Vincent Valesco|articleurl=https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c35f6e141f533245668b4|articlename=Re: Athelas [was: Re: Asfaloth]|dated=2005-10-4|website=|accessed=2022-09-22}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tuckborough.net/plants.html Plants & Trees] (cf. Athelas) at [http://www.tuckborough.net/index.htm The Thain's Book] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref> and was reprinted in the journal ''[[Tyalië Tyelelliéva]]'' [[Tyalië Tyelelliéva 15|No. 15]] (p. 31).<ref>Lisa Star, "[http://www.reocities.com/tyalie/unpub.html A List of Tolkien's Unpublished and Slightly Published Manuscripts]" (dated August 2002) at [http://www.reocities.com/ Reocities.com] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref> Hicklin's suggested etymology has also been picked up by [[Helge Fauskanger]] in his "Quenya-to-English wordlist", where ''asëa'' is said to be an adjective meaning "beneficial, helpful, kindly" derived from root ATHAYA.<ref>[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo] at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref><ref>[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/wordlists.htm Quenya Wordlists] at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref><ref group="note">This is given by [[Helge Fauskanger]] as the first meaning of ''asëa''. The second meaning is given as "2) asëa (þ) noun, name of the healing plant called in Sindarin ''athelas''", referring to {{PE|17}}, p. 148.</ref>

Another mention of the existence of an unpublished etymology of ''athelas''/''asëa'' occurred in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'' ([[2005]]/[[2008]]), where the authors referred to a claim by [[Arden R. Smith]]. Here it was written that the first element in ''athelas'' is connected with Quenya ''asëa''.<ref name="RC183">{{HM|RC}}, p. 183</ref>

With the publication of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s manuscript "Words, Phrases & Passages in ''The Lord of the Rings''" in [[2007]], an etymology of ''athelas''/''asëa'' was published, and editor [[Christopher Gilson]] wrote in a comment that this etymology is the source of the claim in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]''.

Since Tolkien's manuscript date from the late 1950s and early 1960s (and does not include any mention of the root ATHAYA), Hicklin's claim of an unpublished etymology dating from the 1970s remains unverified in published sources.

In his analysis of the Quenya words in "Words, Phrases & Passages in ''The Lord of the Rings''", Petri Tikka has tentatively suggested that ''asëa'' could mean "foil" (gloss followed by a question mark).<ref>Petri Tikka, "[http://www.petritikka.com/elvish/PE17.html Quenya words in Parma Eldalambaron 17]" at [http://www.petritikka.com/elvish/ Men Eldalambínen: A Place in Elvish] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref><ref group="note">Tikka's reasoning apparently stems from a literal translation of ''[[asëa aranion]]'' as "[[athelas|kingsfoil]]". Tolkien's translation of ''asëa aranion'' as "asëa of the Kings" is given in {{PE|17}}, p. 100, and the note which says "''athelas'' 'kingsfoil' appears on p. 49.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[athae]]''
*''[[as-]]''
*''[[asie]]''
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Tauriel

2024-07-23T08:55:13Z

Bananasinyourface: italicised "athelas"

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'''Tauriel''' was a [[Silvan Elves|Silvan Elf]] of [[Mirkwood]]. She has been described as a warrior and head of the Wood-elf guard.<ref name="ComingSoon">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86291 "Evangeline Lilly on Her ''Hobbit'' Character Tauriel"], ComingSoon.net, 25 January 2012 (accessed 14 March 2012)</ref> Her character was invented by [[Peter Jackson]] and [[Fran Walsh]] for [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]] and was portrayed by [[Evangeline Lilly]].<ref name="PJCasting">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150286515141558|articlename=The Hobbit Casting Update|dated=19-June-2011|website=[http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook]|accessed=22-Dec-2011}}</ref>

==History==
In ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'', when the elves of the [[Woodland Realm]] capture [[Thorin and Company]], Tauriel takes an interest in the young dwarf [[Kíli]]. When she learns of his being struck by a poisoned arrow by [[Bolg]] in the Company's escape from custody in wine barrels, she goes after him in hopes of healing his wound. [[Legolas]] (who is shown to be protective of her) joins her in pursuit of the [[Orcs]] who were after the company. The two of them manage to reach them in [[Lake-town]] and kill many of them, while Tauriel also manages to heal Kíli with [[athelas|''athelas'']] found on the premises.

In ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'', after she has succeeded in healing Kíli, the dragon [[Smaug]] attacks Lake-town. Luckily, she manages to escape the dragon's fiery wrath. Later on, during the aftermath of Smaug's attack on Lake-town, Kíli confesses his love for her. After that, she accompanies Legolas to [[Gundabad]] to discover another Orc army heading for the [[Lonely Mountain]], as well as thousands of [[bats]]. They return in time for the [[Battle of Five Armies|Battle of the Five Armies]]. She kills many Orcs and [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. Nearing the end of the battle, she confronts [[Thranduil]] who ordered his troops to withdraw. Thranduil was about to kill her, probably because she threatened him and claimed that he had no love in his heart, most likely offending him, when [[Legolas]] intervened. Tauriel went off to look for the dwarf [[Kili]], attempting to save him. However, during the battle, she witnesses Kíli's death at the hands of [[Bolg]]. After the battle, she confesses her love over Kíli's body. It is unknown what happens to her after this.

==Etymology==
The name ''Tauriel'', "daughter of Mirkwood"<ref name="PJCasting" /> (or more literally, "daughter of the forest") is made from the Sindarin word ''[[taur]]'' meaning "forest", and the patronymic ending ''[[-iel]]'' which means "daughter of".

==Other portrayals==
===Portrayals of Tauriel===
<gallery mode="traditional" widths="250px" heights="150px">
File:Games Workshop - Tauriel.jpg|Tauriel in ''[[The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game]]''
File:Games Workshop - Tauriel, Mirkwood Exile.jpg|Tauriel in ''[[The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game]]''
File:Lego The Hobbit 791016- Tauriel.jpg|Tauriel in ''[[Lego|Lego: The Hobbit]]''
File:Lego The Hobbit The Video Game - Tauriel.jpg|Tauriel in ''[[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game]]''
</gallery>
'''2012-2014: ''[[Lego|Lego: The Hobbit]]'':'''
:Tauriel was issued in two minifigure versions, the first in "Escape from Mirkwood Spiders" (#79001) and the second in "Attack on Lake-town" (#79016).<ref name="Lego">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Tauriel|articlename=Tauriel|dated=3 May 2016|website=[http://lego.wikia.com/ lego.wikia.com]|accessed=21 November 2016}}</ref>

'''2012-: ''[[The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game]]'':'''
:Tauriel is a hero figurine in two different versions: the standard model "Tauriel" (carrying two daggers and a bow), and a version called "Tauriel, Mirkwood Exile".<ref>[http://www.games-workshop.com/ games-workshop.com] (accessed 21 November 2016)</ref>

'''2014: ''[[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game]]'':'''
:Tauriel appears as a character in the video game.<ref name="Lego" />

==External links==
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2013/12/16/is-tauriel-in-the-book-the-hobbit/ Question: Is Tauriel in the Book, the ''Hobbit''?] by [[Michael Martinez]]
{{references}}
{{hobbitfilms}}

[[Category:Elves from adaptations]]
[[Category:The Hobbit (film series) characters]]

[[de:Tauriel]]
[[fi:Tauriel (elokuvahahmo)]]

Morgul-knife

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Bananasinyourface: fixed the capitalisation and italicisation of "athelas"

{{object infobox
| name=Morgul-knife
| image = Audrey Corman - Morgul-blade.png
| caption="Morgul-blade" by [[:Category:Images by Audrey Corman|Audrey Corman]]
| pronun=
| othernames=
| location=[[Weathertop]], [[Ford of Bruinen]], [[Rivendell]]
| owner=[[Nazgûl]]
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| creator=
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| createdlocation=
| destroyer=[[Elrond]]
| destroyed=[[20 October|20]]-[[24 October|24]] [[October]], {{TA|3018}}
| destroyedlocation=[[Rivendell]]
| notablefor=Injuring [[Frodo Baggins]]
| gallery=the Morgul-knife
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A '''Morgul-knife''' was a magical dagger. The [[Witch-king]], the Lord of the [[Nazgûl]], used one such Morgul-knife to stab [[Frodo]] on [[Weathertop]].

==History==
[[File:Campbell White - Morgul-Knife.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Morgul-knife'' by [https://www.campbellwhitedesign.com/ Campbell White]]]
Morgul-knives were magical weapons, which remained in the wound of the victim and turned the victim into a [[Wraiths|wraith]] that was weaker than the Nazgûl and thus under the rule of the Nazgûl and of Sauron.<ref name="Meetings">{{FR|Meetings}}, p. 222"</ref>

On 6 October {{TA|3018}},<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3018, October 6, p. 1091</ref> during his journey to [[Rivendell]] with [[the One Ring]], [[Frodo]] was stabbed by the [[Witch-king|Lord of the Nazgûl']] with a Morgul-knife on [[Weathertop]]. The Morgul-knife that was used by the Lord of the Nazgûl was long and thin<ref name="Flight">{{FR|Flight}}, p. 198</ref> and glowed with a pale light.<ref>{{FR|Knife}}, p. 195</ref> It had an evil inscription on its hilt that was probably invisible for [[Men]].<ref name="Glorfindel">{{FR|Flight}}, pp. 209</ref> The point of the Morgul-knife had broken off<ref name="Flight" /> and had remained within the wound and was working inwards threatening to turn Frodo into a wraith.<ref name="Meetings" /> When Aragorn managed to drive away the Nazgûl, the Lord of the Nazgûl left behind his Morgul-knife. When dawn came the blade of the Morgul-knife seemed to melt in the growing light of the sun and vanished so that only its hilt was left. Aragorn collected leaves of the herb [[Athelas|''athelas'']] and bathed the wound with water in which the leaves had been soaked. However, ''athelas'' only had limited power to ease the effects of the wound, because Frodo felt a lessening of the pain and the sense of frozen cold.<ref name="Flight" />

When they met the Elf [[Glorfindel]] on 18 October {{TA|3018}},<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3018, October 18, p. 1091</ref> he shuddered when he touched the hilt, but was able to see the evil inscription on it and to advise Aragorn to touch it as little as possible. Glorfindel declared that his healing skill was not sufficient to heal the wound of this weapon, but Frodo felt a lessening of the chill, an easing of the pain, warmth returned from his shoulder to his hand and the world seemed to grow lighter and he was able to see things better again.<ref name="Glorfindel" />

After Frodo arrived in [[Rivendell]] on 20 October {{TA|3018}} [[Elrond]] was able to locate and remove the shard and to heal the wound in the night before Frodo woke up on October 24 {{TA|3018}}.<ref name="Meetings" />

One year after the stabbing with the Morgul-knife<ref>{{App|Chief}}, entry for the year 3019, October 6, p. 1096</ref> the wound in Frodo's shoulder ached and the memory of darkness lay heavily on Frodo. Frodo's eyes seemed to neither see his companions nor the world around him. However, the pain and unease passed by the end of the next day.<ref>{{RK|Homeward}}, p. 989</ref>

On the second anniversary of the stabbing with the Morgul-knife Frodo fell ill,<ref>{{App|Chief}}, entry for the year 3020, October 6, p. 1096</ref> turned very pale and seemed to look far away, but it passed and Frodo was quite normal again on the next day.<ref>{{RK|Havens}}, p. 1025</ref>

Frodo's eventual departure over the sea to [[Tol Eressëa]] on 29 September {{TA|3021}}<ref>{{App|Chief}}, entry for the year 3021, September 29, p. 1096</ref> gave him a chance to be fully healed from his wounds.<ref>{{L|246}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''[[Morgul]]'' means "necromancy",<ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''Imlad Morgul'', p. 482</ref> "black arts" or "sorcery" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{PE|17}}, entry Q ''noldo'', p. 125</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''
:The enchanted Morgul-knife, wielded by the Ringwraiths, strikes as a short sword with many additional effects on a character.<ref>{{ICE|2010}}, p. 38</ref>

'''1995-8: ''[[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game]]'':'''
:The "Morgul-knife" modifies a Nazgûl's prowess, and affects the corruption points of a character. "Morgul-blade" is a Permanent-event card, playable by a Ringwraith or a Ringwraith follower.

'''2001-03: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''
:Artist [[John Howe]] made the original design of the daggers of the Ringwraiths.<ref>[[Gary Russell]], ''[[The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring]]''</ref> They are straight, double-edged daggers with a prominent taper toward the tip. The crossguard is notably turned downward, with a couple of spikes protruding from the center line. It features a small pommel, also with decorative spikes.

==See also==
*[[Morgul-wound]]

{{references}}

{{weapons}}

[[Category:Knives]]

[[fi:Morgulin veitsi]]

Roses

2024-07-23T08:53:08Z

Bananasinyourface: italicised "athelas"

{{disambig-more|Rose|[[Rose (disambiguation)]]}}
{{plant infobox
| name=Roses
| image=
| caption=
| pronun=
| othernames=
| location=Throughout [[Middle-earth]]
| notablefor=
| family=''Rosaceae''
| appearance=Flowering plants with large blossoms and prickly stems
}}
'''Roses''' are flowering plants with large, showy blossoms and (often) prickly stems that were found in many places throughout [[Middle-earth]].

In [[Gondolin]] there was a roadway called the [[Alley of Roses]], one of the most beautiful places in the city.<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 183</ref>

In [[the Shire]] it was common to bestow flower names upon girls<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> and many maidens bore the name "Rose" – [[Rosa Baggins]]<ref>{{App|Baggins}}</ref>, [[Rose (daughter of Holman)|Rose]] (the daughter of [[Holman the greenhanded]]), [[Rose Cotton]], [[Rose Gardner]], and [[Primrose Gardner]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref> Given the stay-at-home nature of [[Hobbits]]<ref>{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref> their familiarity with roses certainly indicates the cultivation of these flowers in their homeland.

Roses could be found far to the south of the Shire. In [[Ithilien]], [[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] encountered [[Eglantine]], a type of rose<ref>{{TT|IV4}}</ref> (one Hobbit, [[Eglantine Banks]],<ref>{{App|Took}}</ref> was named after this flower, indicating that this variety of rose also grew in the Shire). When [[Aragorn]] steeped [[athelas|''athelas'']] in hot water in the [[Houses of Healing]], [[Ioreth]] claimed that the fragrance reminded her of the roses in [[Imloth Melui]], a valley in [[Gondor]].<ref>{{RK|V8}}</ref>

==Other names==

The [[Sindarin]] name for a rose is ''meril''.<ref>{{SD|XI}}, pp. 129-31</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Didier Willis]]|articleurl=http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/english.html|articlename=Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary|dated=|website=[http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com]|accessed=4 February 2014}}</ref>

==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Roses|Roses]] at [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]

{{references}}
[[Category:Flowers]]

The Houses of Healing

2024-07-23T08:49:48Z

Bananasinyourface: Rewrote and/or reordered most of the summary.

{{disambig-two|the chapter of ''[[The Return of the King]]''|building in [[Minas Tirith]]|[[Houses of Healing]]}}
{{chapter
| image=Anke Eißmann - Athelas.jpg
| title=The Houses of Healing
| book=The Return of the King
| number=8
| event=[[Aragorn]] heals the wounded of [[Gondor]] and [[Rohan]].
| date=[[16 March]] {{TA|3019|n}}
| location=[[Minas Tirith]]
| perspective=[[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Peregrin]]
| previous=The Pyre of Denethor
| next=The Last Debate
}}
'''The Houses of Healing''' is the eighth chapter of the first book in ''[[The Return of the King]]''.

==Summary==
[[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] was stricken with the [[Black Breath]] because of his battle with the [[Witch-king]]. He accompanied the procession carrying [[Théoden]] and [[Éowyn]] into the [[Minas Tirith|city]].<ref>{{RK|Battle}}</ref> As Merry ascended the city roads, he became seperated from the group. He then encountered [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], who was startled and glad. Pippin noticed that Merry was stumbling badly. Merry's right arm was paralysed after he stabbed the [[Witch-king|Nazgûl]]. Pippin escorted Merry to the [[Houses of Healing]].

Merry was lain upon a bed near Éowyn and [[Faramir]], who was injured by an [[Southrons|Southron]] arrow. The three of them grew steadily sicker from the [[Black Breath]] as Gandalf stood nearby. [[Ioreth]] recalled a legend of Gondor, which said, "The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known."

[[Aragorn]] furled his banner and ordered his men to prepare tents outside the city. He refused to claim his throne until the war with [[Mordor]] was decided, for good or ill. Aragorn planned to wait outside the gate until the [[Stewards of Gondor|Lord of Minas Tirith]] bade him to enter. At [[Gandalf]]'s request, Aragorn entered the city with [[Éomer]] and [[Imrahil]] in the guise of a Ranger. Aragorn, learning of Denethor’s fate, assigned Imrahil to act as the interim leader of [[Gondor]]. Aragorn, Éomer, and Imrahil secretly agreed, though, that Gandalf was their true leader for the remainder of the war against Mordor. Gandalf recalled what [[Ioreth]] had said, implying that only Aragorn could save those wounded by the Enemy.

[[Aragorn]], [[Éomer]], [[Imrahil]], and [[Gandalf]] entered the [[Houses of Healing]], where they met [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]]. Aragorn looked at [[Faramir]], [[Éowyn]], and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], noting that Faramir was in most urgent need of help. Aragorn asked [[Ioreth]] and the herb-master of the Houses of Healing for [[Athelas|''athelas'']]. Neither of them understood the virtues of the herb. When [[Bergil]], entered with the ''athelas'', Aragorn crushed its leaves, and stirred them in a bowl of hot water. The sweet scent of the herb awoke Faramir from his fever. Faramir immediately affirmed Aragorn as his superior and king. Aragorn and Éomer discussed Éowyn. Aragorn then tended to Éowyn and Merry, who both returned to consciousness at the scent of the ''athelas''. All through the night, Aragorn healed the wounded of the city. Rumours flew throughout the city that the King of Gondor now walked again, bringing healing in his hands. As foretold at Aragorn's birth, the people called him [[Elfstone]],<ref>{{App|Tale}}</ref> after the green gem that he wore around his neck, which [[Galadriel]] had given to him earlier.<ref>{{FR|Farewell}}</ref>{{references}}
[[Category:The Return of the King chapters|Houses of Healing]]

Bergil

2024-07-23T07:32:38Z

Bananasinyourface: corrected a minor mistake about when he served the houses of healing

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| people=[[Gondorians|Gondorian]]
| name=Bergil
| image=Stefano Baldo - Bergil.jpg
| caption="Bergil" by [[:Category:Images by Stefano Baldo|Stefano Baldo]]
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'''Bergil''' was a boy of [[Minas Tirith]].

==History==
Bergil was born around {{TA|3009}} and was the eldest son of [[Beregond]] of [[Gondor]]. He had at least one younger brother, [[Borlas]].

A boy at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], he accompanied [[Peregrin Took|Pippin Took]] when he first arrived in the city of [[Minas Tirith]]. He led Pippin to the [[Great Gate of Minas Tirith]] to view the men from the various provinces of Gondor coming to [[Pelennor]] to reinforce the city against the impending [[Siege of Gondor|siege]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 769</ref>

Bergil served the [[Houses of Healing]] during the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].<ref>{{RK|Houses}}, p.859</ref> He found ''athelas'' for [[Aragorn]], which was used to heal [[Faramir]], [[Éowyn]], and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Meriadoc]].<ref>{{RK|Houses}}, p. 865</ref>

==Etymology==
''Bergil'' is clearly [[Sindarin]], but it is never glossed. It could be a combination of [[root]] [[BER]] ("valiant") + ''[[gil]]'' ("star").

==Genealogy==
{{familytree/start}}
{{familytree | |F|~|~|7| | BAR | | | | |BAR=[[Baranor (man of Gondor)|Baranor]] ''b. late {{TA}}''}}
{{familytree | |:| | |:| | |!| | | | | |}}
{{familytree | IOR | |:| | BER | | | | |IOR=[[Iorlas]] ''b. c. {{TA|2990}}''|BER=[[Beregond]] ''fl. {{TA|3019}}''<ref name="New">{{PM|Shadow}}</ref>}}
{{familytree | | | | |:|,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | BER | | BOR |y| WIF | | |BER='''BERGIL''' ''b. c. {{TA|3009}}''<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}</ref>|BOR=[[Borlas]] ''d. after c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/> |WIF=''unnamed wife'' ''d. {{FoA|210}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | DAU | | BER |DAU=''unnamed daughter''<ref name="New"/>|BER=[[Berelach]] ''fl. c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
{{familytree/end}}

[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Bergil.jpg||150px|thumb|left|Bergil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]
==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''[[1956]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1956 radio series)]]'':'''
:The role of Bergil was played by a young [[David Hemmings]].<ref name="RT1726">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1726, [[7 December|December 7]], [[1956]]</ref>

'''2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Bergil is provided by Viktor Petrov.

'''2015: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Bergil is first found is pre-battle [[Minas Tirith]], where he and his friends take the player on a series of adventures throughout the city. After the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]], he and the player are help [[Ioreth]] in finding [[athelas|''athelas'']].

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Fourth Age characters]]
[[Category:Gondorians]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Third Age characters]]

[[de:Bergil]]
[[fi:Bergil]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hommes:4a:gondoriens:bergil]]

Bergil

2024-07-23T06:49:04Z

Bananasinyourface: added that he served the houses of healing

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'''Bergil''' was a boy of [[Minas Tirith]].

==History==
Bergil was born around {{TA|3009}} and was the eldest son of [[Beregond]] of [[Gondor]]. He had at least one younger brother, [[Borlas]].

A boy at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], he accompanied [[Peregrin Took|Pippin Took]] when he first arrived in the city of [[Minas Tirith]]. He led Pippin to the [[Great Gate of Minas Tirith]] to view the men from the various provinces of Gondor coming to [[Pelennor]] to reinforce the city against the impending [[Siege of Gondor|siege]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 769</ref>

Bergil served the [[Houses of Healing]] after the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].<ref>{{RK|Houses}}, p.859</ref> He found ''athelas'' for [[Aragorn]], which was used to heal [[Faramir]], [[Éowyn]], and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Meriadoc]].<ref>{{RK|Houses}}, p. 865</ref>

==Etymology==
''Bergil'' is clearly [[Sindarin]], but it is never glossed. It could be a combination of [[root]] [[BER]] ("valiant") + ''[[gil]]'' ("star").

==Genealogy==
{{familytree/start}}
{{familytree | |F|~|~|7| | BAR | | | | |BAR=[[Baranor (man of Gondor)|Baranor]] ''b. late {{TA}}''}}
{{familytree | |:| | |:| | |!| | | | | |}}
{{familytree | IOR | |:| | BER | | | | |IOR=[[Iorlas]] ''b. c. {{TA|2990}}''|BER=[[Beregond]] ''fl. {{TA|3019}}''<ref name="New">{{PM|Shadow}}</ref>}}
{{familytree | | | | |:|,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | BER | | BOR |y| WIF | | |BER='''BERGIL''' ''b. c. {{TA|3009}}''<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}</ref>|BOR=[[Borlas]] ''d. after c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/> |WIF=''unnamed wife'' ''d. {{FoA|210}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | DAU | | BER |DAU=''unnamed daughter''<ref name="New"/>|BER=[[Berelach]] ''fl. c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
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[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Bergil.jpg||150px|thumb|left|Bergil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]
==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''[[1956]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1956 radio series)]]'':'''
:The role of Bergil was played by a young [[David Hemmings]].<ref name="RT1726">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1726, [[7 December|December 7]], [[1956]]</ref>

'''2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Bergil is provided by Viktor Petrov.

'''2015: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Bergil is first found is pre-battle [[Minas Tirith]], where he and his friends take the player on a series of adventures throughout the city. After the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]], he and the player are help [[Ioreth]] in finding [[athelas|''athelas'']].

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Fourth Age characters]]
[[Category:Gondorians]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Third Age characters]]

[[de:Bergil]]
[[fi:Bergil]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hommes:4a:gondoriens:bergil]]

Athelas

2024-07-23T06:24:06Z

Bananasinyourface: changed "Kingsfoil" to lowercase, in keeping with the text.

{{disambig-more|Athelas|[[Athelas (disambiguation)]]}}
{{plant infobox
| name=Athelas
| image=John Howe - Athelas.jpg
| caption="[[:Image:John Howe - Athelas.jpg|Athelas]]" by [[John Howe]]
| pronun={{respell|ath|eh-las}}
| othernames=Kingsfoil (W), ''[[asëa aranion]]'' (Q)
| location=[[Númenor]] and the [[Westlands]], especially where [[Dúnedain]] had passed
| notablefor=Healing properties against the [[Black Breath]]
| family=
| appearance=
}}
'''''Athelas''''', also known as k'''ingsfoil''' or '''''asëa aranion''''', was a sweet-smelling herb with healing properties, such as curing wounds, poison and counteracting evil influence such as the [[Black Breath]].

==History==
During the [[First Age]] ''athelas'' was perhaps growing in [[Beleriand]]. [[Huan]] had found ''athelas'' to heal [[Beren]] of his wounds.<ref name="Canto10">{{LB|C10}}</ref>

''Athelas'' most notably grew on the island of [[Númenor]] and was brought to [[Middle-earth]] by the [[Númenóreans]].<ref name="Flight">{{FR|I12}}</ref> It grew sparsely in [[Eriador|the North]] and only in places where the Men of Westernesse had camped or lived. By the end of the [[Third Age]] only the [[Rangers of the North]] retained the knowledge of its healing properties.

In Gondor (where it was known as k'''ingsfoil''') its healing virtues were unknown and its leaves were esteemed only for their refreshing scent, but it was especially powerful in the hands of the [[Kings of Gondor]], perhaps because of the [[Elves|Elvish]] heritage of the [[House of Anarion|royal house]].<ref name="Healing">{{RK|V8}}</ref>

Its long leaves<ref>{{FR|Flight}}</ref> were used by [[Aragorn]] on several occasions: healing [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] from the Morgul wound,<ref name="Flight" /> tending the wounds of Frodo and Sam after the exit from [[Moria]],<ref name="Lorien">{{FR|II6}}</ref> and, secretly entering [[Minas Tirith]] upon his return to [[Gondor]], to heal those touched by the [[Black Breath]], an act that enhanced his reputation and strengthened his claim to the crown.<ref name="Healing" />

==Properties and Effects==
''Athelas'', when dried and crushed in hot water, is refreshing. It clears and calms<ref name="Flight" /> the minds of those who smell it. ''Athelas'' also strengthens<ref name="Lorien" /> those smelling the scent. It has a particular scent that is either unique to the individual who smells the herb or influenced by the recipient of the herb's effects:

*[[Faramir]]'s scent is of "dewy mornings of unshadowed sun... [in which] Spring is itself but a fleeting memory."<ref name="Healing" />
*[[Ioreth]] smells the "roses of Imloth Melui" from her childhood.<ref name="Healing" />
*[[Éowyn]] smells no scent as if the air was clean, fresh and had never "been breathed by any living thing and came new-made from snowy mountains high beneath a dome of stars, or from shores of silver far away washed by seas of foam."<ref name="Healing" />
*[[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]]'s smell is that of "orchards, and of heather in the sunshine full of bees."<ref name="Healing" />

==Etymology==
''Athelas'' is a [[Sindarin]] word, consisting of ''[[athae]]'' + ''[[lass]]''.<ref name="Eldarin">{{PE|Eldarin}}, pp. 49-100</ref>

The [[Quenya]] cognate is '''''asëa aranion''''' ("asëa of the Kings").<ref name="Eldarin" /> It has been suggested that the whole name could mean "Beneficial (leaf) of Kings".<ref>[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo] at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref><ref>[http://www.tuckborough.net/plants.html Plants & Trees] (cf. Athelas) at [http://www.tuckborough.net/index.htm The Thain's Book] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref> The rejected form ''asea aranaite'' was used in a manuscript version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{WR|3|XI}}, p. 394</ref>

''Kingsfoil'' has the Old French element ''foil'', "leaf" as seen in [[Wikipedia:cinquefoil|cinquefoil]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 781</ref>

==Other versions of the legendarium==
''Athelas'' doesn't appear in the published ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]'' or in the tales of the [[First Age]] in general; however in the early ''[[Lay of Leithian]]'' it was used by [[Huan]] and [[Lúthien]] to heal the wounded [[Beren]].<ref name="Canto10" /> This contradicts the information from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' of it being brought to Middle-earth by [[Númenóreans]],<ref name="Flight" /> so its history was either revised by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]], or ''athelas'' grew in [[Beleriand]] before it was destroyed, and then brought ''back'' to Middle-earth by Númenóreans in the [[Second Age]].

==Portrayal in adaptations==
===Athelas in adaptations===
<gallery mode="traditional" widths="250px" heights="150px">
File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Athelas.jpg|''Athelas'' from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Athelas.png|''Athelas'' from ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''
</gallery>
'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:In the [[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford scene]] Aragorn searches for the plant with Samwise, so that he might halt the effect of the [[Morgul-knife]] on Frodo. He finds it and uses some on the wound before [[Arwen]] takes Frodo on her horse to [[Rivendell]].

'''2013: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'':'''
:''Athelas'' appears as a plant used by the Elf [[Tauriel]] to heal the Dwarf, [[Kili]], of a poisonous wound inflicted by an Orc's arrow.

==In other media==
Kingsfoil is also mentioned in [[wikipedia:Ursula K. Le Guin|Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s ''[[wikipedia:A Wizard of Earthsea|A Wizard of Earthsea]]'', as one of the herbs in the witch of Gont's hut.<ref>"[http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=5895 Athelas]", dated 21 January 2001, at [http://forum.barrowdowns.com/index.php? Forum.BarrowDowns.com] (accessed 13 November 2011)</ref>

''Athelas'' is also mentioned in the game [[wikipedia:Quest for Glory I|Quest for Glory]].

The [[fonts|font]] ''Athelas'',<ref>"[https://www.type-together.com/athelas-font Official page]" of ''Athelas'' font, on [https://www.type-together.com TypeTogether.com] (accessed April 11, 2024)</ref> named for the plant, was released in 2008 by independent type foundry TypeTogether. The font was designed by TypeTogether's founders, Veronika Burian and Jose Scaglione.

{{references}}
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
[[de:Athelas]]
[[fr:encyclo/biologie/flore/athelas]]
[[fi:Athelas]]

Athelas

2024-07-23T06:19:06Z

Bananasinyourface: Italicised all occurrences of "athelas"

{{disambig-more|Athelas|[[Athelas (disambiguation)]]}}
{{plant infobox
| name=Athelas
| image=John Howe - Athelas.jpg
| caption="[[:Image:John Howe - Athelas.jpg|Athelas]]" by [[John Howe]]
| pronun={{respell|ath|eh-las}}
| othernames=Kingsfoil (W), ''[[asëa aranion]]'' (Q)
| location=[[Númenor]] and the [[Westlands]], especially where [[Dúnedain]] had passed
| notablefor=Healing properties against the [[Black Breath]]
| family=
| appearance=
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'''''Athelas''''', also known as '''Kingsfoil''' or '''''asëa aranion''''', was a sweet-smelling herb with healing properties, such as curing wounds, poison and counteracting evil influence such as the [[Black Breath]].

==History==
During the [[First Age]] ''athelas'' was perhaps growing in [[Beleriand]]. [[Huan]] had found ''athelas'' to heal [[Beren]] of his wounds.<ref name="Canto10">{{LB|C10}}</ref>

''Athelas'' most notably grew on the island of [[Númenor]] and was brought to [[Middle-earth]] by the [[Númenóreans]].<ref name="Flight">{{FR|I12}}</ref> It grew sparsely in [[Eriador|the North]] and only in places where the Men of Westernesse had camped or lived. By the end of the [[Third Age]] only the [[Rangers of the North]] retained the knowledge of its healing properties.

In Gondor (where it was known as '''Kingsfoil''') its healing virtues were unknown and its leaves were esteemed only for their refreshing scent, but it was especially powerful in the hands of the [[Kings of Gondor]], perhaps because of the [[Elves|Elvish]] heritage of the [[House of Anarion|royal house]].<ref name="Healing">{{RK|V8}}</ref>

Its long leaves<ref>{{FR|Flight}}</ref> were used by [[Aragorn]] on several occasions: healing [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] from the Morgul wound,<ref name="Flight" /> tending the wounds of Frodo and Sam after the exit from [[Moria]],<ref name="Lorien">{{FR|II6}}</ref> and, secretly entering [[Minas Tirith]] upon his return to [[Gondor]], to heal those touched by the [[Black Breath]], an act that enhanced his reputation and strengthened his claim to the crown.<ref name="Healing" />

==Properties and Effects==
''Athelas'', when dried and crushed in hot water, is refreshing. It clears and calms<ref name="Flight" /> the minds of those who smell it. ''Athelas'' also strengthens<ref name="Lorien" /> those smelling the scent. It has a particular scent that is either unique to the individual who smells the herb or influenced by the recipient of the herb's effects:

*[[Faramir]]'s scent is of "dewy mornings of unshadowed sun... [in which] Spring is itself but a fleeting memory."<ref name="Healing" />
*[[Ioreth]] smells the "roses of Imloth Melui" from her childhood.<ref name="Healing" />
*[[Éowyn]] smells no scent as if the air was clean, fresh and had never "been breathed by any living thing and came new-made from snowy mountains high beneath a dome of stars, or from shores of silver far away washed by seas of foam."<ref name="Healing" />
*[[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]]'s smell is that of "orchards, and of heather in the sunshine full of bees."<ref name="Healing" />

==Etymology==
''Athelas'' is a [[Sindarin]] word, consisting of ''[[athae]]'' + ''[[lass]]''.<ref name="Eldarin">{{PE|Eldarin}}, pp. 49-100</ref>

The [[Quenya]] cognate is '''''asëa aranion''''' ("asëa of the Kings").<ref name="Eldarin" /> It has been suggested that the whole name could mean "Beneficial (leaf) of Kings".<ref>[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo] at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref><ref>[http://www.tuckborough.net/plants.html Plants & Trees] (cf. Athelas) at [http://www.tuckborough.net/index.htm The Thain's Book] (accessed 14 May 2011)</ref> The rejected form ''asea aranaite'' was used in a manuscript version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{WR|3|XI}}, p. 394</ref>

''Kingsfoil'' has the Old French element ''foil'', "leaf" as seen in [[Wikipedia:cinquefoil|cinquefoil]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 781</ref>

==Other versions of the legendarium==
''Athelas'' doesn't appear in the published ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]'' or in the tales of the [[First Age]] in general; however in the early ''[[Lay of Leithian]]'' it was used by [[Huan]] and [[Lúthien]] to heal the wounded [[Beren]].<ref name="Canto10" /> This contradicts the information from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' of it being brought to Middle-earth by [[Númenóreans]],<ref name="Flight" /> so its history was either revised by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]], or ''athelas'' grew in [[Beleriand]] before it was destroyed, and then brought ''back'' to Middle-earth by Númenóreans in the [[Second Age]].

==Portrayal in adaptations==
===Athelas in adaptations===
<gallery mode="traditional" widths="250px" heights="150px">
File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Athelas.jpg|''Athelas'' from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Athelas.png|''Athelas'' from ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''
</gallery>
'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:In the [[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford scene]] Aragorn searches for the plant with Samwise, so that he might halt the effect of the [[Morgul-knife]] on Frodo. He finds it and uses some on the wound before [[Arwen]] takes Frodo on her horse to [[Rivendell]].

'''2013: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'':'''
:''Athelas'' appears as a plant used by the Elf [[Tauriel]] to heal the Dwarf, [[Kili]], of a poisonous wound inflicted by an Orc's arrow.

==In other media==
Kingsfoil is also mentioned in [[wikipedia:Ursula K. Le Guin|Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s ''[[wikipedia:A Wizard of Earthsea|A Wizard of Earthsea]]'', as one of the herbs in the witch of Gont's hut.<ref>"[http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=5895 Athelas]", dated 21 January 2001, at [http://forum.barrowdowns.com/index.php? Forum.BarrowDowns.com] (accessed 13 November 2011)</ref>

''Athelas'' is also mentioned in the game [[wikipedia:Quest for Glory I|Quest for Glory]].

The [[fonts|font]] ''Athelas'',<ref>"[https://www.type-together.com/athelas-font Official page]" of ''Athelas'' font, on [https://www.type-together.com TypeTogether.com] (accessed April 11, 2024)</ref> named for the plant, was released in 2008 by independent type foundry TypeTogether. The font was designed by TypeTogether's founders, Veronika Burian and Jose Scaglione.

{{references}}
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
[[de:Athelas]]
[[fr:encyclo/biologie/flore/athelas]]
[[fi:Athelas]]

Bergil

2024-07-23T06:06:52Z

Bananasinyourface: Explained how Bergil gave Athelas to Aragorn

{{infobox character
| people=[[Gondorians|Gondorian]]
| name=Bergil
| image=Stefano Baldo - Bergil.jpg
| caption="Bergil" by [[:Category:Images by Stefano Baldo|Stefano Baldo]]
| pronun=
| othernames=
| titles=
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| location=[[Gondor]]
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| language=[[Westron]]
| birth=Around {{TA|3009}}
| birthlocation= [[Gondor]]
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'''Bergil''' was a boy of [[Minas Tirith]].

==History==
Bergil was born around {{TA|3009}} and was the eldest son of [[Beregond]] of [[Gondor]]. He had at least one younger brother, [[Borlas]].

A boy at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], he accompanied [[Peregrin Took|Pippin Took]] when he first arrived in the city of [[Minas Tirith]]. He led Pippin to the [[Great Gate of Minas Tirith]] to view the men from the various provinces of Gondor coming to [[Pelennor]] to reinforce the city against the impending [[Siege of Gondor|siege]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 769</ref>

Bergil found ''athelas'' for [[Aragorn]], which was used to heal [[Faramir]], [[Éowyn]], and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Meriadoc]].<ref>{{RK|Houses}}, p. 865</ref>

==Etymology==
''Bergil'' is clearly [[Sindarin]], but it is never glossed. It could be a combination of [[root]] [[BER]] ("valiant") + ''[[gil]]'' ("star").

==Genealogy==
{{familytree/start}}
{{familytree | |F|~|~|7| | BAR | | | | |BAR=[[Baranor (man of Gondor)|Baranor]] ''b. late {{TA}}''}}
{{familytree | |:| | |:| | |!| | | | | |}}
{{familytree | IOR | |:| | BER | | | | |IOR=[[Iorlas]] ''b. c. {{TA|2990}}''|BER=[[Beregond]] ''fl. {{TA|3019}}''<ref name="New">{{PM|Shadow}}</ref>}}
{{familytree | | | | |:|,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | BER | | BOR |y| WIF | | |BER='''BERGIL''' ''b. c. {{TA|3009}}''<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}</ref>|BOR=[[Borlas]] ''d. after c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/> |WIF=''unnamed wife'' ''d. {{FoA|210}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | DAU | | BER |DAU=''unnamed daughter''<ref name="New"/>|BER=[[Berelach]] ''fl. c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
{{familytree/end}}

[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Bergil.jpg||150px|thumb|left|Bergil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]
==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''[[1956]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1956 radio series)]]'':'''
:The role of Bergil was played by a young [[David Hemmings]].<ref name="RT1726">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1726, [[7 December|December 7]], [[1956]]</ref>

'''2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Bergil is provided by Viktor Petrov.

'''2015: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Bergil is first found is pre-battle [[Minas Tirith]], where he and his friends take the player on a series of adventures throughout the city. After the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]], he and the player are help [[Ioreth]] in finding [[athelas|''athelas'']].

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Fourth Age characters]]
[[Category:Gondorians]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Third Age characters]]

[[de:Bergil]]
[[fi:Bergil]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hommes:4a:gondoriens:bergil]]

Bergil

2024-07-23T05:49:51Z

Bananasinyourface: Italisised "athelas"

{{infobox character
| people=[[Gondorians|Gondorian]]
| name=Bergil
| image=Stefano Baldo - Bergil.jpg
| caption="Bergil" by [[:Category:Images by Stefano Baldo|Stefano Baldo]]
| pronun=
| othernames=
| titles=
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| location=[[Gondor]]
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| birthlocation= [[Gondor]]
| rule=
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}}
'''Bergil''' was a boy of [[Minas Tirith]].

==History==
Bergil was born around {{TA|3009}} and was the eldest son of [[Beregond]] of [[Gondor]]. He had at least one younger brother, [[Borlas]].

A boy at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], he accompanied [[Peregrin Took|Pippin Took]] when he first arrived in the city of [[Minas Tirith]]. He led Pippin to the [[Great Gate of Minas Tirith]] to view the men from the various provinces of Gondor coming to [[Pelennor]] to reinforce the city against the impending [[Siege of Gondor|siege]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 769</ref>

==Etymology==
''Bergil'' is clearly [[Sindarin]], but it is never glossed. It could be a combination of [[root]] [[BER]] ("valiant") + ''[[gil]]'' ("star").

==Genealogy==
{{familytree/start}}
{{familytree | |F|~|~|7| | BAR | | | | |BAR=[[Baranor (man of Gondor)|Baranor]] ''b. late {{TA}}''}}
{{familytree | |:| | |:| | |!| | | | | |}}
{{familytree | IOR | |:| | BER | | | | |IOR=[[Iorlas]] ''b. c. {{TA|2990}}''|BER=[[Beregond]] ''fl. {{TA|3019}}''<ref name="New">{{PM|Shadow}}</ref>}}
{{familytree | | | | |:|,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | BER | | BOR |y| WIF | | |BER='''BERGIL''' ''b. c. {{TA|3009}}''<ref name="MT">{{RK|MT}}</ref>|BOR=[[Borlas]] ''d. after c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/> |WIF=''unnamed wife'' ''d. {{FoA|210}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | DAU | | BER |DAU=''unnamed daughter''<ref name="New"/>|BER=[[Berelach]] ''fl. c. {{FoA|220}}''<ref name="New"/>}}
{{familytree/end}}

[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Bergil.jpg||150px|thumb|left|Bergil in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]
==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''[[1956]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1956 radio series)]]'':'''
:The role of Bergil was played by a young [[David Hemmings]].<ref name="RT1726">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1726, [[7 December|December 7]], [[1956]]</ref>

'''2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''
:The voice of Bergil is provided by Viktor Petrov.

'''2015: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Bergil is first found is pre-battle [[Minas Tirith]], where he and his friends take the player on a series of adventures throughout the city. After the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]], he and the player are help [[Ioreth]] in finding [[athelas|''athelas'']].

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Fourth Age characters]]
[[Category:Gondorians]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Third Age characters]]

[[de:Bergil]]
[[fi:Bergil]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hommes:4a:gondoriens:bergil]]

Crebain

2024-07-23T05:49:11Z

Bananasinyourface: Italicised the first occurrence of "crebain"

{{quote|Not all the birds are to be trusted.|[[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[A Knife in the Dark]]"}}
[[Image:Daniel Govar - Crebain.jpg|thumb|''Crebain'' by [[Daniel Govar]]]]
'''''Crebain''''' were large birds of the [[crows|crow-kind]], native to [[Dunland]] and [[Fangorn Forest]].

==History==
The [[Fellowship of the Ring]] encountered various flocks of ''crebain'' on their arrival in [[Hollin]]. Fearing that they were used as spies by [[Saruman]], the Fellowship spent the entire day in hiding, without a campfire.<ref name="RGS">{{FR|South}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Crebain'' is the [[Sindarin]] plural of ''craban''. The word was derived from [[Mannish]] tongues.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 37</ref>

The plural form was known from the ''Lord of the Rings'' while the singular form was published in [[2007]]; even before the publication of this singular, ''craban'' was the generally assumed form by [[Tolkienists|students]] of [[Sindarin]], although the forms ''croban'' or ''creban'' were possible as well.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c35c02bd1e7b46e2ee068|articlename=Etymology of ''crebain'' (50.32)|dated=2001-05-1|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=2022-09-23}}</ref>

==Inspiration==
The similarity between ''craban'' and [[wikipedia:Proto-Germanic|Proto-Germanic]] *''hrabanaz''<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=raven Raven] at [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php the Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref> and its derivatives, such as ''raven'', has been noted by several writers.<ref>{{HM|IE}}, page 75</ref><ref>[[Ruth S. Noel]], ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'', page 128</ref><ref>Robert Ireland, "[http://www.quicksilver899.com/Tolkien/LOTR/LOTR_AC.html The Lord of the Rings: A-C]", ''[[A Tolkien Dictionary]]''</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:A flock of ''Crebain'' "from [[Dunland]]" appears when the Fellowship is in Hollin. Though [[Gimli]] at first dismisses it as a cloud, [[Boromir]] notices them going too fast, and against the wind. The Fellowship hide as the birds swoop by.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Ring Goes South (scene)|The Ring Goes South]]"</ref> The ''crebain'' are revealed to have indeed been spies when they report to Saruman at [[Isengard]] later.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Fighting Uruk-hai]]"</ref>

==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of Crebain|Images of ''Crebain'']]
*[[Crows]]
*[[Ravens]]
*[[Gorcrows]]

{{references}}
[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]
[[de:Crebain]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:animaux:corbeaux:crebain]]
[[fi:Crebain]]

Houses of Healing

2024-07-23T05:20:05Z

Bananasinyourface: Added "Herb-master of the Houses of Healing" as an inhabitant.

__NOTOC__
{{disambig-two|the building in [[Minas Tirith]]|chapter of ''[[The Return of the King]]''|[[The Houses of Healing]]}}
{{location infobox
| name=Houses of Healing
| image=Matěj Čadil - The Hands of the King are the Hands of the Healer.jpeg
| caption="The Hands of the King are the Hands of the Healer" by [[Matěj Čadil]]
| pronun=
| othernames=''Bair Nestad'' ([[Noldorin|N]])
| location=[[Minas Tirith]]
| type=Infirmary
| description=
| regions=
| towns=
| inhabitants=[[Warden of the Houses of Healing]], [[Ioreth]], Herb-master of the Houses of Healing
| created=
| destroyed=
| events=[[Siege of Gondor]]
| gallery=the Houses of Healing
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The '''Houses of Healing''' was an infirmary in [[Minas Tirith]].

The Houses were surrounded by lawns and trees, set near to the Citadel-gate and the southward wall in the sixth circle of [[Minas Tirith]]. The chief healer was the [[Warden of the Houses of Healing]].

==History==
When [[Faramir]] had been saved from the pyre of [[Denethor]], [[Gandalf]] and [[Beregond]] carried him in a bier to the Houses of Healing, with [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] following. Soon Gandalf and Pippin departed but [[Beregond]], after reporting to the chief of the Guard, went to the houses to serve and guard his captain.<ref>{{RK|V7}}</ref>

Later, Faramir was joined by [[Éowyn]], [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], and others suffering from the [[Black Shadow]]. [[Ioreth]], one of the few women permitted to stay in the city during the siege due to her healing skills, wished aloud for a king since "''The hand of the king are the hands of a healer.''" Gandalf heard her and brought [[Aragorn]] into the Houses to tend the wounded. Using ''[[athelas]]'' Aragorn was able to revive Faramir, who called him his king, Éowyn, and Merry. When Aragorn left the houses he found many waiting for him at the door and after eating he spent most of the night tending the wounded.<ref>{{RK|V8}}</ref>

While the [[Army of the West]] marched to the [[Black Gate]], the Lady Éowyn arose in the Houses of Healing and begged the Warden to be discharged. The Warden brought her to Faramir, now able to walk in the gardens of the houses, where he dissuaded her from leaving. As the days passed their love bloomed and after the fall of [[Sauron]] it was in the Houses of Healing that they plighted their troth.<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref>

==Other names==
[[Tolkien]] considered to give a [[Noldorin]] name to the Houses of Healing. After some variations, he created the name '''''Bair Nestad''''', but it was never used in narrative.<ref>{{WR|3|X}}, pp. 379-380</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
[[File:BfME_II_Houses_of_Healing.png|thumb|left|The Houses of Healing addition.]]
'''[[2003]]: {{rotkee}}:
:Two scenes in the Houses of Healing were included in the extended edition: "[[The Houses of Healing (scene)|The Houses of Healing]]" and "[[The Captain and the White Lady]]". The former depicts [[Aragorn]] healing [[Éowyn]], and features [[The Houses of Healing (soundtrack)|a song]] sung by [[Liv Tyler]].<ref>{{rotkee}}, "The Music of Middle-earth"</ref> [[Éomer]] was originally not included in the scene, but [[Karl Urban]] thought it would be fitting if he were there.<ref>[[J.W. Braun]], ''[[The Lord of the Films]]'', p. 162</ref>

'''[[2006]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':'''
:The Houses of Healing is an addition to the fortress of the Men faction. At 1000, it is the second cheapest. It reduces hero revival time and cost by 20%. In the [[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king|expansion pack]], it also heals nearby allies.

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The Rider

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#REDIRECT [[The Hunter and the Rider]]{{merge|The Hunter (creature)}}
The '''Rider''' was a shadowy creature of [[Elvish]] legend, sent by [[Morgoth|Melkor]] to trouble the first [[Elves]] at [[Cuiviénen]]. The true identity of the Rider is unknown. The legend could have had its source in lies spread by [[Morgoth|Melkor]] about [[Oromë]], in an attempt to deceive the Elves into thinking that he was evil. It is also possible that the Rider was one of the "''shadows and [[evil spirits]]''" sent by Melkor to spy upon and harass the [[Quendi]], or even Melkor himself.<ref name="S3">{{S|3}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[The Hunter (creature)]]
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Hunter and Rider

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The '''Hunter''' was a shadowy creature of [[Elves|Elvish]] legend, said to have plagued the newly-awakened [[Elves]] at [[Cuiviénen]].
The true identity of the Hunter is unknown. The legend could have had its source in lies spread by [[Morgoth|Melkor]] about [[Oromë]], in an attempt to deceive the Elves into thinking that he was evil. It is also possible that the Hunter was one of the "''shadows and [[evil spirits]]''" sent by Melkor to spy upon and harass the [[Quendi]], a [[Maia]] loyal to Melkor, or even Melkor himself.<ref name="S3">{{S|3}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[The Rider]]

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The Rider

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Hunter and Rider

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Tom (The Stone Troll)

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'''Tom''' is a character only mentioned in a verse composed by [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam Gamgee]]. In the poem, Tom encounters an old [[Stone-trolls|troll]], gnawing for years on the shinbone of [[Tim]], his [[Unusual words|nuncle]], and Tom demands to let it down.<ref>{{FR|I12}}</ref><ref>{{AB|7}}</ref> Most likely, Tim was only an invention by the poet.<ref name="RF">{{HM|Guide}}, p. 385</ref>

==Genealogy==
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{{familytree| | | | |,|-|-|-|.| | |}}
{{familytree| | | | UNK | | TIM | |UNK=''unknown''|TIM=[[Tim]]}}
{{familytree| | | | |!| | | | | | |}}
{{familytree| | | | TOM | | | | | |TOM='''TOM'''}}
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[[Pauline Baynes]] who illustrated ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'', depicted Tom who kicked the troll with his ''boots'', as [[Tom Bombadil]]; although the name was most probably generic and there is no evidence that the author intended Tom to be Bombadil, as having an uncle and father would be absurd.

[[Robert Foster]] considers a possibility that Tom was somehow modelled after Bombadil, considering that Sam composed the poem soon after their meeting.<ref name="RF" />

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Tom (disambiguation)

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'''Tom''' can refer to:

==Middle-earth==
'''Tom''' was a common name of [[Hobbits]], usually an abbreviation of [[Westron]] '''Tombûran''', '''Tomacca''',<ref>{{PM|II}}, p. 50</ref> '''Tomba''' or '''Tolma'''<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> (all of unknown meaning). It can refer to the following characters:
*'''[[Tom]], a troll in ''[[The Hobbit]]'';'''
*'''[[Tom Bombadil]], a mysterious character who lived in the [[Old Forest]];'''
*[[Tom Bombadil (chapter)]], the sixth chapter within ''[[The Return of the Shadow]]''.
*[[Tolman Cotton Senior|Tolman "Tom" Cotton Senior]] ({{SR|1341}} - {{SR|1440}}), also known as Farmer Cotton, father of [[Rose Cotton]];
*[[Tolman Cotton Junior|Tolman "Tom" Cotton Junior]] (born {{SR|1380}}), eldest son of Tom Cotton Senior;
*[[Tolman Gardner|Tolman "Tom" Gardner]] (born {{SR|1442}}), youngest son of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]];
*[[Tom (The Stone Troll)|Tom]], the protagonist of Sam Gamgee's poem "[[The Stone Troll]]";
*[[Tomnoddy]], a name used for a spider in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Wootton Major==
*[[Tom (son of Nan)]]
*[[Tomling]]

==Adaptations==
*[[List of minor The Lord of the Rings Online characters in Bree-land#Tolman Gardner|Tolman Gardner]], a minstrel trainer in the Bree-land Introduction from ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''.

==Real-world==
'''Tom''' is usually short for '''Thomas'''.

*[[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley]], one of the [[T.C.B.S.]];
*[[Tom Cross]], artist;
*[[Tom Davidson]], author;
*[[Thomas M. Honegger]], author and contributor to the [[Cormarë Series]];
*[[Tom Luce]], actor;
*[[Tom Kane]], voice actor;
*[[Tom Loback]], artist, author and linguist;
*[[User:Mthomas|Thomas Meleteas]], artist;
*[[Thomas Morwinsky]], [[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]]-writer and cartographer;
*[[Thomas Robins]], actor who played [[Déagol]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'';
*[[Thomas Rouillard]], artist;
*[[Taum Santoski]], author and linguist;
*[[Tom Sherry]], artist;
*[[Tom Shippey]], prominent author, most famous works being ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century]]'' and ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]'';
*[[Chance Thomas]], composer of music for various video-games.
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Tom (disambiguation)

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Bananasinyourface:

'''Tom''' can refer to:

==Middle-earth==
'''Tom''' was a common name of [[Hobbits]], usually an abbreviation of [[Westron]] '''Tombûran''', '''Tomacca''',<ref>{{PM|II}}, p. 50</ref> '''Tomba''' or '''Tolma'''<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> (all of unknown meaning). It can refer to the following characters:
* '''[[Tom]], a troll in ''[[The Hobbit]]'';'''
* '''[[Tom Bombadil]], a mysterious character who lived in the [[Old Forest]];'''
* [[Tom Bombadil (chapter)]], the sixth chapter within ''[[The Return of the Shadow]]''.
* [[Tolman Cotton Senior|Tolman "Tom" Cotton Senior]] ({{SR|1341}} - {{SR|1440}}), also known as Farmer Cotton, father of [[Rose Cotton]];
* [[Tolman Cotton Junior|Tolman "Tom" Cotton Junior]] (born {{SR|1380}}), eldest son of Tom Cotton Senior;
* [[Tolman Gardner|Tolman "Tom" Gardner]] (born {{SR|1442}}), youngest son of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]];
* [[Tom|Tom(the stone troll)]], the protagonist of Sam Gamgee's poem "[[The Stone Troll]]";
* [[Tomnoddy]], a name used for a spider in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Wootton Major==
* [[Tom (son of Nan)]]
* [[Tomling]]

==Adaptations==
* [[List of minor The Lord of the Rings Online characters in Bree-land#Tolman Gardner|Tolman Gardner]], a minstrel trainer in the Bree-land Introduction from ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''.

==Real-world==
'''Tom''' is usually short for '''Thomas'''.

* [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley]], one of the [[T.C.B.S.]];
* [[Tom Cross]], artist;
* [[Tom Davidson]], author;
* [[Thomas M. Honegger]], author and contributor to the [[Cormarë Series]];
* [[Tom Luce]], actor;
* [[Tom Kane]], voice actor;
* [[Tom Loback]], artist, author and linguist;
* [[User:Mthomas|Thomas Meleteas]], artist;
* [[Thomas Morwinsky]], [[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]]-writer and cartographer;
* [[Thomas Robins]], actor who played [[Déagol]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'';
* [[Thomas Rouillard]], artist;
* [[Taum Santoski]], author and linguist;
* [[Tom Sherry]], artist;
* [[Tom Shippey]], prominent author, most famous works being ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century]]'' and ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]'';
* [[Chance Thomas]], composer of music for various video-games.
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