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2017-04-23T23:32:26Z

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Hi, I'm Elleth! I'm a huge Tolkien geek, though I've only been one for a little over two years. I know there are some extremely dedicated people who have been fans for decades, and I hope that'll be me someday!

Believe it or not, it was actually the Hobbit films that got me into Middle-earth. I know they're a travesty as far as faithfulness goes, but I still enjoy them now. (Is... that blasphemy? I'm not sure.)

I hope my edits here (sadly few so far) have been and will continue to be helpful!

Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth

2017-04-22T01:37:22Z

Elleth of Mossflower: Typo corrections.

[[File:Tuuliky - Aikanaro and Andreth.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Aegnor|Aikanaro]] and [[Andreth]]'' by Tuuliky.]]
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'''Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth''' was a discussion between two characters, [[Finrod|Finrod Felagund]], an Elven King, and [[Andreth]], a [[Mortals|mortal]] woman that took place during the [[Siege of Angband]] (though when originally written was placed much later) and deals with the metaphysical differences between [[Elves]] and [[Men]] and the imbalances between their fates. The conclusions they come to concern the role of Men beyond [[Arda]] and even the [[Second_Music_of_the_Ainur|Second Music]] (though not explicitly referred to). Towards the end it also brings in Andreth's love for [[Aegnor]] and his reasons for refusing to return it, explained tenderly by Finrod, his elder brother which is revealed as the prompting for the debate in the first place. The text was included in ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]''.<ref name="Finrod"/>

==Introduction==
'The Debate of Finrod and Andreth' is considered a major and finished work, unlike other writings featured in [[Myths Transformed]], which Tolkien referred to in other texts.<ref name="Finrod">{{MR|Finrod}}</ref>{{rp|303-4}} The primary manuscript of this text is titled ''Of Death and the Children of Eru, and the Marring of Men'', with the later subtitle: ''The Converse of Finrod and Andreth''. The text in [[Morgoth's Ring|''Morgoth's Ring'']] primarily relies on the finished manuscript with some of the edited notes from two, later typescripts. This work is dated to the late 1950s, and it was likely completed in 1959.<ref name="Finrod"/>{{rp|304}} It was written after ''Laws and Customs among the Eldar''.

==The debate==
The conversation between Finrod and Andreth took place around {{FA|409}} during the [[Long Peace]].<ref name="P4e">{{MR|P4e}}</ref>{{rp|327}} The premise of the debate is that the Edain do not understand the strange gift of [[Eru|Ilúvatar]], death which brings them beyond the bounds of the world, for this gift was marred by Melkor and instead of hope it brings fear.<ref name="Days">{{S|Days}}</ref> The wise-woman [[Andreth]], who learned the lore of [[Adanel]], believes that Men were once deathless and only by the corruption of the Enemy were they made to die. She declared that the Wise among Men say, "'death was imposed upon us.' And behold! the fear of it is with us always."<ref name="P4c">{{MR|P4c}}</ref>{{rp|309}} [[Finrod]] understood the fate of Men differently, as he had been tutored by the Powers in Aman, and sought to understand the views of Men and whether or no it was the power of [[Melkor]] that indeed changed the fate of Men.<ref name="P4a">{{MR|P4a}}</ref>{{rp|304}}

[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Crossing the Helcaraxë.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Jenny Dolfen]] - ''Crossing the Helcaraxë'']]
Finrod, as both a scholar and philosopher, strove to amend the distance between the Eldar and Men. He truly wished to understand the [[Atani]]. He explained the closeness of their kindred as [[Children of Eru]].<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|308}} Andreth resented this somewhat expressing that the deathless Elves look down upon them as children. He explained that they were both Eru's children. He also cautioned that harbouring envy for the Elves' immortality would breed hatred, which is what the Enemy would wish.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|310}} He explained that the [[Shadow]], which she feared, and Death, which was her fate, were not one and the same. Andreth questioned him about this because she believed that he would not understand what death was.

Finrod countered to explain that he indeed did know death and its fear for his own grandfather was murdered by the Enemy, many had been lost in the journey to the [[Hither Lands]], and many others died horribly in the war against the Enemy. Andreth continued that their death is not the same. The Eldar knew the pain of death only for a time and then were reborn while Men knew death as an uttermost end.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|311}} She continued that no matter how clever, brave, swift, or strong Men were, death will overtake them. Finrod asked then if that meant Men, thus pursued by death, had no hope? Andreth said that she was not ready to tell him yet of their Hope.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|311}}

The debate continued with Finrod explaining, "'our hunter is slow footed, but he never loses the trail.'"<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|312}} This statement clarified that Elves are bound to the world and cannot pass beyond it, when Arda dies, the Eldar will perish, (hröa and fëa) body and soul. Beyond that, they know nothing. Andreth admitted that she did not know that.

===The wound===
Then he asked her, since she did not just mean that Men are diminished and die so soon (compared to the Eldar) because Arda is marred, if there had been some particular strike against her people by the [[Melkor|Enemy]]. She said there had been. This caused Finrod to worry about the potential scope of Melkor's power. He knew the Eldar were also physically lessened by the Marring of Arda, as their spirit would eventually overcome their bodies, but if it was more than that which caused brief lives and death for Men, Melkor's power had greater reach than he realised. If it was so, as she said, that he changed the fate of an entire people against the design of Eru then all their strife against him was folly and even the [[Pelori|Mountains of the Pélori]] were built on sand.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|312}} Andreth agreed that was true as Men have long known. She said the [[Melkor|Nameless]] was Lord of the world and all strife against him was folly and their efforts fruitless.

[[File:Thomas_Rouillard_-_Melkor.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Thomas Rouillard - ''Melkor'']]
By the nameless, she meant Melkor, and Finrod cautioned her strongly against blasphemy because in her ignorance she had confused the Enemy with Eru. Understanding now her confusion, he disbelieved her tale that Men were made to die (stripped of their immortality) by Morgoth. However, in consideration, he asked her what she thought her people had possibly done that would have angered the Creator so much that he took everlasting life from them. He wished to know her understanding of the cause of the Marring of Man (the wound), and he was trying to lead her logically to the same conclusion he had just come to.

For this, Andreth had no answer. She said it was unspoken of. They fled from the knowledge of it, and no one then remembered the dark deed.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|313}} The only stories that she knew were that they were once not so swift to die. Finrod asked if she knew any tales at all of a time before they knew death, and she said only that perhaps [[Adanel]] would know such a [[Tale of Adanel|story]]. Finrod asked if the Valar knew. In bitterness, Andreth discounted the Valar as having had no care nor instruction for Men, for they were never summoned.

She was gently chided to not speak so of the Powers, for he had dwelt in their Light which she did not understand. He continued that perhaps they (Men) were beyond the scope of the Valar for Men govern themselves within Arda under the hand of the [[Eru|One]].<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|314}} And if she would not speak to others of her wound or how it was come by, she should be cautious to not misjudge the pain or misplace the blame of it.

===The death of Men===
[[File:Steamey - Men met Dark Elves.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Steamy - ''Men met Dark Elves'']]
The debate then circled back on the first question of Man not being intended to die. He inquired that in her people's first encounters with the other folk of the Quendi, if they spoke of life or death then or knew that they were mortal then? She replied that since they already had their lore, they did not need the lore of the Elves, and their ancient lore stated that they were: born ''never to die''. The lore did not have the concept that they would die when the world died, as the Eldar did (she had only just learned that knowledge from him). Her lore was that Men simply would not die. There was no conception of the world ending.

Finrod logically disproved this idea on two points: if one has an imperishable body that is of the world, it could not outlast the world, and without knowing it, Andreth claimed that Men have a ''hröar'' and ''fëar'' that are out of harmony. The Eldar clearly can perceive that the ''fëar'' of Men is akin to the ''fëar'' of the Quendi, yet it is not confined to Arda, nor is Arda its home.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|315}} While the Eldar can perceive the [[Unseen]] and she may not have understood this, he gently explained that sometimes friends and kinsmen see one clearer than they can see themselves.

The conversation then turned to an area of curiosity. Finrod asked about how Men perceived the world and the objects in it. The Eldar said that Men do not see things for what they are. When Men study one thing it is to learn something else, and when they love something, it is because it reminds them of something dearer. He wished to know the points of comparison (the tokens and reminders), and how Men seem to have a memory of things before they have begun to learn about them. Although unsure, she explained that the heart may be stirred by something it does not understand or there is a feeling of a fleeting memory that passes before it can be grasped.

She knew that, for their brief lives, Men have been called 'guests' by the Eldar, she explained that Men called the Eldar "Grown-up children" because they saw the world with unwearied eyes. To Men, nothing held its savour for long.

She inquired if this restlessness was their nature or if it was the Shadow upon their hearts. Finrod replied that he believed it was their nature, the Shadow may have made them weary of things more swiftly, but the unrest was always there.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|316}}<ref name="Days"/>

At this point of the debate, the discussion became metaphorical for the union of the spirit with the body. For Elves, the spirit and body are in harmony. For Men, the spirit and the body are disjointed. The spirit of Men is a Guest in its House and truly resides elsewhere. Death for Man then is not 'death' for the ''fëa'', so much as it is a release of the spirit or a going home.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|317}} This would be [[Gift of Men|Man's gift]] unshadowed.

Andreth, however, did not accept this. She said that idea was in contempt of the body. And if it was the nature of Men for the ''hröa'' to die and the ''fëa'' to live on than the body is little more than an imposed chain. She called it then an imposition placed upon them and not a gift, and if such were their nature from the beginning, then the chain was imposed by him that should not be spoken of. She explained that though that was the thought of some men (out of the darkness), the Atani did not think that any longer. As true Incarnates, she explained, there is a union of love and harmony between the House and the Indweller, and death, which separates them, is a disaster to them both. She believed then that the spirit perished with the body.

Finrod understood her idea differently and considered the union of body and soul as a marriage. The traveller [[fea|''fëa'']] is wedded to the ''hröa'' of Arda, to divide them is a grievous hurt, yet each must fulfil their own nature. But then, he said, it must follow that the ''fëa'' of Man, when it departs, must take with it the [[hroa|''hröa'']], as its eternal spouse and companion, "into an endurance everlasting beyond Eä, and beyond Time."<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|318}} He saw this as a way to remove the taint of Melkor and even the limits set for Arda in the "Vision of Eru." He wonders then if the source of Men's curious way of looking at things, their sense of knowledge before knowing, was an echo of their spirit's far knowledge of its existence beyond their world.

[[File:Billy Mosig - The Elder Days.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Billy Mosig]] - ''The Elder Days'']]
Andreth responded that there was no way to know this for certain within Arda Marred. Finrod conceded that point, but he was joyful. For he had conceived of a vision, Men were not the 'followers' of the Firstborn but the heirs of Arda, who will heal the Marring of Arda and enlarge the Music to Surpass the Vision of the World.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|318}} In this way, the Eldar may be saved from their own death, which was inevitable with the ending of Arda. Through the fulfilment of the errand of the Second Children,<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|319}} they will be restored. And he has a fair vision of the Eldar and Men dwelling in the beautiful, green world together. The Eldar would then sing to Men of all that had been from the beginning. The world remade would be the true home of Men's spirit, with their ''fëar'' and ''hröa'' united, and it would then be the Eldar who, unchanged, remembered and spoke of the world that had been to teach the love of it to Men.<ref name="P4i"/>{{rp|342-3}} The Eldar's burden of memory, which weighed down their spirit in life, would become their wealth in the Days to come.

Andreth was more of a realist and spoke of their current time with the Shadow around them. What may be was little comfort for the time they were in.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|320}} Finrod then spoke of the difference between the concepts of hope ''[[Amdir]]'' (looking up) and ''[[Estel]]'' (trust). The foundation of ''Estel'' is that they are the Children of Eru, and Eru will not let his children be taken from him, not by the Enemy, or even by themselves.

Andreth had trouble accepting this, questioning again whether the [[Morgoth|Nameless]] is lord of the world, and if their seeking of hope was little more than ''flight in a dream''. He explained that she was confusing the concept of ''dream'' and ''waking'' with ''hope'' and ''belief''. Of this idea, she had many questions, and then mentioned the ''Old Hope'' of Men. This was the Hope she refused to speak of earlier.

===Hope===
Finrod was curious and wished to know what the ''Old Hope'' may be. This hope was simply that One would enter into Arda, heal man (from their wound, which Andreth seemed to think was death) and mend all the Marring from beginning to end. But few of the Wise among Men put faith into that belief, for even among the [[Atani]], the world was seen as a war between Light and Dark with two equipotent powers. The [[Melkor|Nameless]] and the [[Eru|One]].

To the Eldar that was false, and the only equipotent powers may be [[Manwë]] and Melkor, with Eru above both. Andreth then sees the King, Eru, as too far away from his kingdom who left it to the wars of princes.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|321}}

She worried then that the Hope was impossible for Eru was beyond the world and cannot enter into it. Finrod then explained that was beyond their understanding. To view that a greater vessel cannot fit into a smaller vessel was true and Eru was measureless, but as such, he could find a way. Finrod did not know what that way may be though. But, as Eru would not relinquish his work to Melkor, then Eru, his greater, must indeed reclaim it.

This idea of Hope was new to Finrod though, for no message of it had ever come to the Quendi. Only through the Atani had it been learned.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|322}} He considered then that this may have been the purpose of the Quendi and Atani meeting and speaking, so that the Quendi could learn of the Hope and Men could understand the potential of their gift.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|323}}

===Aegnor and Andreth===
At this point the conversation turned to the separation of their kindreds, and Andreth asked if the gulf between them can only be bridged by words. This idea made Andreth weep for she thought of [[Aegnor]].

Finrod explained that the fates of Men and Quendi were too different, and those who join across this divide find more sorrow than joy.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|323}} Finrod tried to comfort her with the friendship they had gained. He explained that he knew of her pain, for Aegnor, ''Aikanár'' (Sharp-flame) was his brother.

They had met, Finrod knew, one morning in the hills of [[Dorthonion]] when Andreth was a maiden. She was hurt by this memory, and in bitterness, she did not want Finrod to speak to her as if he knew her as personally as Aegnor once did.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|323}} She was then, during their debate, old with grey hair. She knew Aegnor would still have been ageless, and she did not want Finrod's comfort nor pity.

Using the metaphor of his name's meaning as a flame, she explained that when they were both young, his flame leapt towards her, she was drawn to him, but he turned away. Now, he remained young while she grew old. She asked if candles (Elves) pity moths (Men), and Finrod asked in response if moths pitied candles when the wind blew them out.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|324}} He continued to explain that for her sake, Aegnor would not take any bride, and she asked then why he turned away when she would have been with him for the good years that she had. Finrod explained that the Eldar do not wed during times of war and only in fleeing this land could they have been together, but love and loyalty bound him here. And he asked if she did not have the same bonds.

She explained that she would have given up everything she had and everything she was to have been his even for a short time, "'for one year, one day, of the flame I would have given all: kin, youth, and hope itself: ''[[adaneth]]'' I am.'"<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|324}} Finrod said that Aegnor knew that and that was why he, "'did not grasp what lay to his hand: ''[[elda]]'' he is'" for such barters were made in anguish that cannot be imagined.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|324}} Unions of the Eldar with Men were considered to have been made in ignorance of the consequences rather than in courage.

[[File:Elena Kukanova - The Star in her Hair.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Elena Kukanova - ''The Star in her Hair'']]
He explained that any such union would only be for a high Doom though it would still be brief and painful. Andreth protested the end was always painful, for Men, so it was of little consequence. She said that when she was old she would not have troubled him nor chased after him. Finrod explained that may be her view, but Aegnor would never have left her behind, even when she was old. Their union would end in pity, pity every hour, for the rest of her life. She would see his boundless pity and sorrow. He would have remembered her with pity. Aegnor could not have brought himself to cause her such shame.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|325}}

He continued that for the Elda much of life dwells in their memory. For the whole of his life, he would see her and know her as she was "'in the sun in the morning'" and "'that last evening by the water of Aeluin in which he saw thy face mirrored with a star caught in thy hair,'" and even after that, he will remember her that way beyond his death in the [[Halls of Mandos]] until the end of Arda.<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|325}}

Andreth was still saddened and questioned what memory she will go to, what halls, and if darkness itself would eventually quench the memory of the sharp flame. For this, Finrod had no answer, but he asked her if she would rather that Elves and Men had never met? He told her, if nothing else, to put aside any thought that she was scorned, for she was not and then, at least, their talk would not have been in vain. He then bid her farewell.

===Conclusion===
Before he left, he took her hand, and she asked him where he was going. He explained that he had to return to the [[Siege of Angband|Siege]]; she asked him to tell Aegnor to be careful. He said he would tell him, but he may as well tell her not to weep. For Aegnor was a warrior, with a spirit of wrath, and with every stroke he dealt in battle, he saw the Enemy that hurt Andreth's people long ago. His last words to her were that she was not for Arda, and wherever she goes, beyond the world, may she find light and "'await us there, my brother - and me.'"<ref name="P4c"/>{{rp|326}}

==Notes – by [[Christopher Tolkien]]==
Christopher Tolkien wrote that:
{{blockquote|"The ''Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth'' perhaps marks the culmination of my father's thought on the relation of Elves and Men, in Finrod's exalted vision of the original design of Eru for Mankind, but his central purpose was to explore fully for the first time the nature of 'the Marring of Men'."<ref name="P4e"/>{{rp|328}}}}

It also explores the fall of Man to which Andreth could pose no answer. In Tolkien's [[letter 131]], as quoted by C. Tolkien, it is stated that Men do not appear in the stories until the first fall of Man was already far in their past. Only rumour remained that they once fell under the domination of the Enemy and that some repented of it.<ref name="P4e"/>{{rp|328}}<ref>{{L|131}}</ref> Finrod asked Andreth directly about this rumour, which caused 'the wound' or change in Man's fate (shorter lives and the separation of spirit and body with death). First, she refused to speak of it to another race, but when Finrod asked of it in another way, she simply did not know, except to say that [[Adanel]] may know the [[Tale of Adanel|tale]].

The fundamental philosophical discussion of destiny, nature, and experience between Men and Elves grows in intensity and bitterness (on Andreth's part), for a reason known only to the speakers, which was not revealed to the audience until the end.<ref name="P4e"/>{{rp|328-9}}

==Commentary – by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]==
This text was originally intended to be the last Appendix of ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.<ref name="P4g">{{MR|P4g}}</ref>{{rp|329}}

The debate was not written to persuade people today to believe one thing or another. Although it is a serious and passionate work, its purpose was to show the imaginary world of ''The Silmarillion'' with an example of what ideas the curious and intelligent minds on either side, Elvish and Human, may have discussed after they became acquainted.<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|329}}

To understand the argument, there are certain things that must be accepted as facts (or givens): the existence of ''Elves'' as immortal while the world lasted, who died only by accident; ''Men'' who were mortal with a lifespan much as they have now; ''Valar'', angelic beings, who acted as the agents and vice-gerents of Eru (God); and the war of the ''Eruhín'' (The Children of God) against Melkor, who had become the prime Spirit of Evil.<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|330}}

To understand the character of King Finrod, one must understand that he starts with certain basic beliefs:<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|330-1}}

# There exists Eru (The One), who made the World, but is not Himself the World.
# On Earth, there are Incarnate beings, Elves and Men, who are comprised of the union of the [[fea and hroa|''fëa'' and ''hröa'']], which roughly but not exactly equates to 'body' and 'soul'.
# ''Hröa'' and ''fëa'' are designed for one another to work in harmony. The ''hröa'' can be destroyed, but the ''fëa'' is indestructible.
# The separation of the ''hröa'' and ''fëa'' is 'unnatural', and not how life was intended. That unnatural state resulted from the 'Marring of Arda' and the operations of Melkor.
# Elvish 'immortality' is bound within what he could call the History of Arda, and the Elvish ''fëa'' is also held within the Time of Arda, or at least unable to leave it while it lasts.
# A 'houseless' Elvish ''fëa'' must have the power and opportunity, as deemed appropriate by the Valar, to return to incarnate life, if it has the desire or will to do so. This is because the state of being houseless is unnatural for the Elves.
# Since Men die with or without accident, whether they will it or no, their ''fëa'' must have a different relation to the Time of Arda and, if disembodied, left time (sooner or later). The Elves observed that Men died, which they deduced meant it was 'natural' for them, and supposed that the brevity of their lives was due to the difference of their ''fëa'', which was not designed to stay long in Arda.

The dilemma of the Elves is further explained that they understood that as they lived united, ''fëa'' and ''hröa'', but were bound to Arda, which they wholly loved, that they would end completely with Arda's end. The idea of their ''fëa'' living on consciously without the body, just to remember, was unsatisfactory for them because even more than their gift for memory, Elves were endowed with the ability to create. The Elvish "''fëa'' was above all designed to make things in co-operation with the ''hröa''."<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|332}} Therefore, the Elves had to trust in Eru that what he designed beyond the End would be wholly satisfying and probably contain joys unforeseeable.

Ergo, the Elves had little sympathy for the lack of hope (''[[estel]]'') Men faced in death. Men were generally ignorant of the End, which Elves knew would be, and generally were envious of Elvish 'immortality' without understanding the consequence of it. The Elves were generally ignorant of the persistent tradition among Men that they were also by nature immortal.<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|332}}

[[File:Anna Lee - Finrod.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Anna Lee]] - ''Finrod'']]
In Finrod's argument, it is only fear of death that was the disaster for Men (the wound), for death now divided the spirit from the body. He concluded that Men's natural end was 'assumption'. Men would become the agents through which Arda is re-made. Andreth countered that the re-making cannot be achieved while Finrod remained in the hope that it would.<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|333-4}}

Finrod saw that Melkor was greater than had been understood (even by the Elves who had seen him incarnate) if he had been able to change Men. According to Note 7, regarding this part of the commentary, the Themes of the Children arose in the music only after the arising of the discords of Melkor, which could imply that they first came into being marred.<ref name="P4i">{{MR|P4i}}</ref>{{rp|342}} However, Finrod would say that Melkor had not 'changed' Men but had 'seduced' them (to an allegiance to himself) very early in their history (see: [[Tale of Adanel]]), so that Eru had changed their 'fate' leading to the unnatural state of severing the body and spirit.<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|334}}

Finrod saw that nothing within Arda could fully counteract or heal the Evil shy of Eru himself, for "it was unthinkable that Eru would abandon the world to the ultimate triumph and domination of Melkor."<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|334-5}} However, Eru as the Author of the Drama could not enter ''wholly'' into the world and its history. He will, when he comes, have to be both outside and inside the world.

Since Finrod had already guessed that Men had been specially assigned a redemptive function, he probably guessed that the coming of Eru into the world would primarily be concerned with Men and with "an imaginative guess or vision that Eru would come incarnated in human form."<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|335}} That does not appear, however, in the ''Athrabeth''.

[[File:Elena Kukanova - Andreth.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Elena Kukanova - ''Andreth'']]
Though the Athrabeth is a conversation that deals with such things as death and the relation of Elves and Men to Time, Arda, and each other, its real purpose was dramatic.

It was written to exhibit "the generosity of Finrod's mind, his love and pity for Andreth, and the tragic situations that must arise in the meetings of Elves and Men (in the ages of the youth of the Elves)."<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|335}} For Andreth had, in her youth, fallen in love with Aegnor and though she knew he loved her in return, he did not express it. Therefore, she felt that she had been deemed too lowly for an Elf.

Finrod understood, though Andreth did not know that he knew the situation at first, and that is why he was never offended by her bitterness towards the Elves or even the Valar. He succeeded in helping her understand that she was not rejected out of "Elven lordliness: but that the departure of Aegnor was for motives of 'wisdom', and cost Aegnor great pain: he was an equal victim of the tragedy."<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|335}}

Aegnor was slain shortly after this conversation, when Morgoth broke the [[Siege of Angband|Siege]] with the [[Battle of Sudden Flame]]. Finrod later died for the sake of [[Beren]] One-hand, and it is possible, though unstated, that during this time Andreth, as a very old woman, also perished in the northern realm where she dwelt. The People of [[Bëor]], of whom she was one, were devastated by Melkor.<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|335-6}}

Finrod had passed from Middle-earth before any marriage of Elves and Men had taken place. But, if not for his sake, the marriage of Beren and [[Luthien|Lúthien]] could not have been. The marriage of "Beren certainly fulfilled his prediction that such marriages would only be for some high purpose of Doom, and that the least cruel fate would be that death should soon end them."<ref name="P4g"/>{{rp|336}}

==Etymology==
*''[[Athrabeth]] Finrod ah Andreth'' ([[Sindarin|S.]] "The Debate of [[Finrod]] and [[Andreth]]")

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Elven characteristics

2016-03-02T17:39:11Z

Elleth of Mossflower: /* Hair colour */ Nerdanel canonically had brown hair (which actually disappoints me :P).

[[File:Piotr Fox Wysocki - Last Elf.jpg|thumb|''Last Elf'' by Piotr Wysocki]]{{quote|The Elves have their own labours and their own sorrows, and they are little concerned with the ways of hobbits, or of any other creatures upon earth.|[[Gildor Inglorion]]<ref>{{FR|Three}}</ref>}}
The [[Elves]] were the fairest creatures in [[Arda]], a far more beautiful race than [[Men]], and generally tall (about six feet). {{fact}} Among them, [[Calaquendi|those]] who had gone to [[Valinor]] were the fairest and had the greatest skill of body.

Elves had keener senses, sight and hearing than Men, were slender, graceful yet strong, but were resistant to extremes of nature, illness and disease. However many [[Noldor]] died at the crossings of [[Helcaraxe]].

Practical considerations, including a number of occasions where Men were mistaken for Elves (most notably [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]]), suggest that the points of difference between Elves and Men, must have been subtle.

== Pointed ears ==
Whether Elvish ears were pointed or not is open for speculation,<ref name=Dunkerson>{{webcite|author=Conrad Dunkerson|articleurl=http://tolkien.slimy.com/essays/Ears.html|articlename=Do the Elves in Tolkien's stories have pointed ears?|dated=|website=[http://tolkien.slimy.com/ The Tolkien Meta-FAQ]|accessed=15 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Martinez>{{webcite|author=[[Michael Martinez]]|articleurl=http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2011/09/21/do-tolkiens-elves-have-pointy-ears/|articlename=Do Tolkien’s Elves Have Pointy Ears?|dated=21 September 2011|website=[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/ Middle.earth.Xenite.org]|accessed=15 February 2012}}</ref> but it should be noted that there are no explicit references to pointed Elvish ears in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' or ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.

It was stated in early linguistic writings that "the [[Quendi|Quendian]] ears were more pointed and leaf-shaped than [[Men|Human]]."<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 368 (roots LAS1 and LAS2)</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 26</ref> Answering to a question on [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] ears, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] wrote that these were "only slightly pointed and 'elvish'".<ref>{{L|27}}</ref> Some fans take this to mean that Elvish ears were pointed, while others argue that it is an ambiguous statement.<ref name=Dunkerson/><ref name=Martinez/>

== Hair colour ==
The [[Vanyar]] were generally golden-haired, with the name ''Vanyar'' meaning "the Fair" in [[Quenya]] and refering to their light-coloured hair.{{Fact}} Other Elves - including the [[Noldor]], [[Sindar]], and [[Avari]] - had dark or even black hair.<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 118, 125</ref><ref group=note>[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] notes in one manuscript that "''no Elf had absolute black hair''" ({{PE|17}}, p. 125)</ref> [[Lúthien|Lúthien Tinúviel]] and her remote descendant [[Arwen|Arwen Undómiel]], both described as the fairest of all Elves, were dark haired. Additionally, a silver hair colour existed among the [[Teleri]] and in the royal houses of the Sindar, with [[Thingol]], [[Círdan]] and [[Celeborn]] all described as having silver hair.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}: Sindar</ref>

Occasionally elves had atypical hair colour due to intermarriage between clans. A prime example is the royal house of the Noldor and their descendants: [[Míriel Serindë]] of the Noldor, the first wife of [[Finwë]] and mother of [[Fëanor]], is described as having silvery hair.<ref>{{MR|P3I6}}</ref> Fëanor himself possessed "raven-dark" hair,<ref>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> but not all the sons of Fëanor shared this trait; [[Maedhros]] and the twins [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]] had auburn hair, as did their maternal grandfather [[Mahtan]]. [[Finarfin]], the youngest son of Finwë, and his descendants had golden hair on account of Finwë's second wife, [[Indis]] of the Vanyar. Finarfin's daughter [[Galadriel]] displayed an extremely rare hair colour nowhere else observed; "silver-golden" hair, said to be dazzlingly beautiful ("blending the light of the [[Two Trees]], [[Telperion]] and [[Laurelin]]").{{Fact}}

Another Noldo with noteworthy hair colour was [[Glorfindel]], whose hair is described as "shining gold" in colour.{{Fact}} [[Idril]], the daughter of [[Turgon]], King of [[Gondolin]], had golden hair inherited from her mother, [[Elenwë]] of the Vanyar.{{Fact}} [[Thranduil]], father of [[Legolas]] and a Sindarin Elf, is described as having "golden" hair in ''[[The Hobbit]]'',<ref>{{H|8}}</ref> but his son Legolas's own hair colour is not recorded. The golden hair colour is sometimes implied among the other Elves: [[Amroth]], a Sindarin Elf of Lothórien is one such case, whose hair is described as "bright" and shining like a spark of gold in the sun.<ref>{{UT|6}}</ref> In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', a very similar reference is made for an [[Galadhrim|Elf of Lothórien]] who had hair that "glinted like gold" in the sun.<ref>{{FR|Lorien}}</ref>

==Eye colour==
When Tolkien describes Elven eyes, they tend to be grey. This is certainly true of Lúthien and her descendants, including [[Elrond]] and his children ([[Arwen]], [[Elladan]] and [[Elrohir]]) as well as [[Aragorn]] and the Dúnedain. [[Voronwë]], who guided the man [[Tuor]] to Gondolin, also had grey eyes.

Though he was half-Noldorin, [[Maeglin]] is said to have dark eyes (possibly from his father [[Eöl]], who was not of the Noldor), while [[Olwë]] (the brother of Lúthien's father [[Thingol]], and a Telerin king) had blue eyes. The eye colour of most other Elves is not mentioned, and so would be difficult to generalize.

==Other characteristics==
The Elves were like [[Ainur]] in spirit; they loved all beauty of nature, especially water, the [[Sea]] and the [[stars]], since they were the first things they saw; as a consequence [[Ulmo]] and [[Varda]] were the [[Ainur]] closer to them. They were marked by an insatiable curiosity and a desire of learning and creating.

They detested all evil and were usually more resistant to being corrupted than Men, unless evil tricked them with fair form, like [[Annatar]]. Conversely, their work harmed evil, like [[lembas]] and the [[Elven rope]] that brought pain to [[Gollum]]'s skin. They were, however, susceptible to greed, pride and jealousy, as exemplified by the story of the House of [[Fëanor]], or the jealous and unjustified hatred of [[Saeros]] toward [[Túrin]]. <ref name=UT2>{{UT|2}}</ref>

The Eldar could manipulate '''''[[sanwe-latya]]''''' ([[Quenya]] for "thought-opening" or "telepathy") which allowed them to communicate with thought ([[Ósanwe]]).

Like Men and Dwarves, Elves did sleep. In ''[[The Two Towers]]'', it says of [[Legolas]], "[He] already lay motionless, his fair hands folded upon his breast, his eyes unclosed, blending living night and deep dream, as is the way with Elves."<ref>{{TT|Riders}}</ref>

Also, unlike Men, Elves were ambidextrous.<ref>{{VT|49a}}</ref>

Although Elves were generally considered the most powerful of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]], there are accounts that some Men from the Great Houses of the First Age were physically stronger, though less agile. It is told that the [[Helm of Hador|Dragon Helm]] was given to [[Fingon]], but "in all Hithlum no head and shoulders were found stout enough to bear the dwarf-helm with ease", so the High King gave it to [[Hador]], a Man.<ref name=UT2/>

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Beleg

2015-12-19T00:59:33Z

Elleth of Mossflower: /* Death */

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'''Beleg Cúthalion''' was a [[Sinda]] who served King [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]] of [[Doriath]]. He was considered to be the best archer and huntsman of his time.

==History==
Together with [[Mablung]], he was one of the great captains of the [[Sindar]]. Beleg was captain of the [[Marchwardens]] and therefore was usually on duty on Doriath's northern borders near [[Brethil]], [[Dimbar]] and [[Nan Dungortheb]]. Beleg carried a black bow named [[Belthronding]], to which his [[epessë]] (surname) referred, and an arrow called [[Dailir]].

If he went outside of Doriath, he was often accompanied by Mablung, e.g. when they went to the [[Mereth Aderthad]].<ref>{{S|13}}</ref> He and Mablung also were the only two Elves from Doriath who joined the hosts of the Noldor in [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref>

He took part in the [[Hunting of the Wolf]], together with King Thingol, Mablung, [[Beren|Beren Ercharmion]] and the great hound [[Huan]].
===With Túrin===
Later he became a good friend and brother-in-arms of [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]], and thus became ensnared in Túrin's accursed fate. For a long time Túrin joined Beleg in Dimbar.
[[File:Elena Kukanova - Anglachel.jpg|thumb|left|Elena Kukanova - ''Anglachel'']]
When Túrin fled from [[Doriath]], Beleg received permission from Thingol to follow him into exile. He deemed his bow unsuited for this task and from Thingol's armoury chose the sword [[Anglachel]] that [[Eöl]] had forged and given to Thingol in tribute.
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Túrin Returns to Find Beleg Being Held Captive.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Túrin Returns to Find Beleg Being Held Captive'']]
Beleg was captured by the [[Gaurwaith|band of outlaws]] Túrin led near [[Amon Rûdh]] and was tortured, because Túrin was not present. He brought word from Thingol to Túrin that he was free to return to Doriath, but Túrin neglected the offer. After returning to Thingol to bring the news, Beleg returned into the north marches, when winter came, he set out again to join Túrin.<ref>{{CH|6}}</ref>

The outlaws had meanwhile taken about at [[Bar-en-Danwedh]], the halls of [[Mîm]], the [[Petty-dwarf]].
[[File:Abe Papakhian - The Helm and the Bow.jpg|thumb|left|Abe Papakhian - ''The Helm and the Bow'']]
Together with Túrin, Beleg became for a while a captain against Morgoth, and the place where they dwelt became known as [[Dor-Cúarthol]], the "Land of Bow and Helm". Mîm hated the Elves and Beleg especially, because he had healed his enemy, [[Andróg]], from an arrow wound.

When Mîm was captured by Orcs, he revealed where the outlaws had their refuge. After fierce battle upon the top of Amon Rûdh all men were slain and Túrin captured. Beleg was bound and left back alive, as was demanded by Mîm who wanted to deal with the Elf personally. But Andróg was still alive, though mortally wounded, and he chased Mîm away and cut through Beleg's bonds before dying.<ref>{{CH|8}}</ref>

===Death===
Beleg followed the [[Orcs]] into [[Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion)|Taur-nu-Fuin]], where he met [[Gwindor]], an Elf of [[Nargothrond]] who had been captured in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad but escaped from slavery in [[Morgoth]]'s mines. With help from Gwindor, who had seen the passing by Orc-band, Beleg found the Orc-camp at night. He shot one by one the [[wolves]] who guarded the camp. He then was able to rescue Túrin, who was unconscious because of the torture he had endured, during a thunderstorm.
[[Image:Ted Nasmith - Beleg is Slain.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Beleg is Slain'']] Beleg carried Túrin away from the camp and cut his bonds with his sword. But the blade slipped away and cut into Túrin's flesh. Awaking suddenly and filled with terrible memories of past torture, Túrin only perceived a shape bent over him with a blade and believed the Orcs were about to torture him again. Finding his hands unbound, in a sudden rage of self defense, Túrin wrested Anglachel from Beleg and killed him.

Beleg was buried along with his bow Belthronding by Túrin and Gwindor. Anglachel had turned black and blunt when it spilled its master's blood. But Gwindor took it with him, for he deemed it better to use the blade for vengeance agains Morgoth, than to leave it rotting in the earth.<ref>{{CH|9}}</ref>

Túrin afterwards made a song for Beleg, named ''[[Laer Cú Beleg]]'', the Song of the Great Bow.

== Etymology ==
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''Beleg'' means "mighty" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''beleg''</ref> His [[epessë]] ''Cúthalion'' means "Strongbow".

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

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Amon Ereb

2015-12-02T19:20:15Z

Elleth of Mossflower:

'''Amon Ereb''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. ''[[amon]]'' "hill" + ''[[ereb]]'' "isolated, lonely"), sometimes just '''Ereb''', was the broad, shallow-sided hill that dominated the southern plains of [[East Beleriand]].<ref>{{S|Beleriand}}</ref>

The hill was the highest point in that region and the easternmost hill of [[Andram]], but was standing alone. Within sight of the [[Gelion]], it had tremendous strategic importance, because it guarded the eastern passage around the Long Wall of the Andram into the southern parts of [[East Beleriand]] and the northern [[Taur-im-Duinath]].<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref>

It was here that [[Denethor (Nando)|Denethor]] of the [[Nandor]] met his end in the [[First Battle]].<ref>{{S|Sindar}}</ref> Much later, [[Caranthir]] fortified it to guard his escape into the south after the [[Dagor Bragollach]]<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref> and the Fëanorions withdrew there after [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<ref>{{WJ|11}}</ref>
==Fate==
[[File:Didier Willis - Mount Dolmed and Amon Ereb.png|thumb|Collage of maps showing where Amon Ereb would be (if surviving the submersion of [[Beleriand]]).]]
A small circle appears in [[Forlindon]] on Tolkien's early draft map for ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{HM|TI}}, p. 302</ref> Christopher Tolkien cannot explain this feature<ref>{{HM|TI}}, p. 301</ref> and notes that in his own 1943 redrawn map, the circular area is no longer present.<ref>{{HM|TI}}, p. 322</ref> If one does a correct collage of Beleriand and Eriador maps, however, the small circular map seems to coincide with Amon Ereb.<ref>See notably the maps independently reconstructed by [[Charles Noad]], "A Note on the Geography of the First Age" in ''[[Amon_Hen_(journal)|Amon Hen]]'' no. [[Amon_Hen_38|38]], April 1979, reprinted in ''[[Mallorn_(journal)|Mallorn]]'' no. [[Mallorn_27|27]], September 1990, p. 40; [[Ronald Kyrmse]], "The Geographical Relation between Beleriand and Eriador" in ''[[Mallorn_(journal)|Mallorn]]'' no. [[Mallorn_26|26]], September 1989, pp. 25–27; [[Didier Willis]], "Du Beleriand aux confins de Rhûn" (French) in ''[[Tolkien, le façonnement d'un monde]]'' (2014), vol. 2, pp. 197-212.</ref> This might suggest that Amon Ereb was once thought to have survived the submersion of Beleriand, although there is no textual evidence for it.

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User:Elleth of Mossflower

2015-12-01T19:02:25Z

Elleth of Mossflower: Added some info.

Hi, I'm Elleth! I've known about this site for a while, and I personally consider it to be more reliable than the LotR wiki (though I am also an editor there). Anyway, I hope my contributions here will be helpful!

Elven characteristics

2015-11-27T18:21:02Z

Elleth of Mossflower: /* Other characteristics */ Corrected a major error. (If anyone needs more evidence, it's mentioned in the Sil that Luthien slept.)

[[File:Piotr Fox Wysocki - Last Elf.jpg|thumb|''Last Elf'' by Piotr Wysocki]]{{quote|The Elves have their own labours and their own sorrows, and they are little concerned with the ways of hobbits, or of any other creatures upon earth.|[[Gildor Inglorion]]<ref>{{FR|Three}}</ref>}}
The [[Elves]] were the fairest creatures in [[Arda]], a far more beautiful race than [[Men]], and generally tall (about six feet). {{fact}} Among them, [[Calaquendi|those]] who had gone to [[Valinor]] were the fairest and had the greatest skill of body.

Elves had keener senses, sight and hearing than Men, were slender, graceful yet strong, but were resistant to extremes of nature, illness and disease. However many [[Noldor]] died at the crossings of [[Helcaraxe]].

Practical considerations, including a number of occasions where Men were mistaken for Elves (most notably [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]]), suggest that the points of difference between Elves and Men, must have been subtle.

== Pointed ears ==
Whether Elvish ears were pointed or not is open for speculation,<ref name=Dunkerson>{{webcite|author=Conrad Dunkerson|articleurl=http://tolkien.slimy.com/essays/Ears.html|articlename=Do the Elves in Tolkien's stories have pointed ears?|dated=|website=[http://tolkien.slimy.com/ The Tolkien Meta-FAQ]|accessed=15 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Martinez>{{webcite|author=[[Michael Martinez]]|articleurl=http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2011/09/21/do-tolkiens-elves-have-pointy-ears/|articlename=Do Tolkien’s Elves Have Pointy Ears?|dated=21 September 2011|website=[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/ Middle.earth.Xenite.org]|accessed=15 February 2012}}</ref> but it should be noted that there are no explicit references to pointed Elvish ears in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' or ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.

It was stated in early linguistic writings that "the [[Quendi|Quendian]] ears were more pointed and leaf-shaped than [[Men|Human]]."<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 368 (roots LAS1 and LAS2)</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 26</ref> Answering to a question on [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] ears, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] wrote that these were "only slightly pointed and 'elvish'".<ref>{{L|27}}</ref> Some fans take this to mean that Elvish ears were pointed, while others argue that it is an ambiguous statement.<ref name=Dunkerson/><ref name=Martinez/>

== Hair colour ==
Elven hair colour is quite varied and complex. In general, the [[Vanyar]] were golden-haired, and other Elves (including the [[Noldor]], [[Sindar]], and [[Avari]]) had dark (brown) or even black hair,<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 118, 125</ref><ref group=note>[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] notes in one manuscript that "''no Elf had absolute black hair''" ({{PE|17}}, p. 125).</ref> although some of the Teleri, including [[Celeborn]], had silver hair. [[Lúthien|Lúthien Tinúviel]] and her remote descendant [[Arwen|Arwen Undómiel]], both described as the fairest of all Elves, were dark haired.

This is not the full picture, however: [[Míriel Serindë]] of the Noldor, the first wife of [[Finwë]] and mother of [[Fëanor]], is described as having a silvery hair.<ref>{{MR|P3I6}}</ref> [[Finarfin]], the youngest son of Finwë, and his descendants (such as [[Galadriel]]) had golden hair on account of Finwë's second wife, [[Indis]] of the Vanyar. [[Idril]], the daughter of [[Turgon]], King of [[Gondolin]], had golden hair inherited from her mother, [[Elenwë]] of the Vanyar. Fëanor, the eldest Noldorin prince is described as having a "raven-dark" hair.<ref>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> However, not all the sons of Fëanor were dark-haired: [[Maedhros]] and the twins [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]] had auburn hair, from their grandfather [[Mahtan]]. Another Noldo with unusual hair colour was [[Glorfindel]], whose hair is described as of "shining gold" in colour.

Additionally, a silver hair colour existed in the royal houses of the Sindar, with [[Thingol]], [[Círdan]] and [[Celeborn]] all described as having silver hair.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}: Sindar</ref> [[Galadriel]] displayed an extremely rare hair colour nowhere else observed: "silver-golden" hair, said to be dazzlingly beautiful ("blending the light of the [[Two Trees]], [[Telperion]] and [[Laurelin]]"). This may have been a result of her unusual mixed Noldorin-Vanyarin-Telerin heritage (her mother was the niece of [[Thingol]], and her father was a son of [[Finwë]] and [[Indis]]). [[Thranduil]], father of [[Legolas]] and a Sindarin Elf, is described as having blond ("golden") hair in ''The Hobbit'',<ref>{{H|8}}</ref> but his son Legolas' own hair colour is not recorded. The golden hair colour is sometimes implied among the other Elves: [[Amroth]], a Sindarin Elf of Lórien is one such case, whose hair is described as "bright" and shining like a spark of gold in the sun.<ref>{{UT|6}}</ref> In ''The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring'', a very similar reference is made for an [[Galadhrim|Elf of Lothórien]] with a hair "glinted like gold" in the sun.<ref>{{FR|Lorien}}</ref> However, these descriptions can be interpreted differently.

==Eye colour==
When Tolkien describes Elven eyes, they tend to be grey. This is certainly true of Lúthien (and her descendants: [[Elrond]], Arwen and her brothers, and [[Aragorn]] and the Dúnedain). [[Voronwë]], who guided the man [[Tuor]] to Gondolin, also had grey eyes.

Though he was half-Noldorin, [[Maeglin]] is said to have dark eyes (possibly from his father [[Eöl]], who was not of the Noldor), while [[Olwë]] (the brother of Lúthien's father [[Thingol]], and a Telerin king) had blue eyes. The eye colour of most other Elves is not mentioned, and so would be difficult to generalize.

==Other characteristics==
The Elves were like [[Ainur]] in spirit; they loved all beauty of nature, especially water, the [[Sea]] and the [[stars]], since they were the first things they saw; as a consequence [[Ulmo]] and [[Varda]] were the [[Ainur]] closer to them. They were marked by an insatiable curiosity and a desire of learning and creating.

They detested all evil and were usually more resistant to be corrupted than Men, unless evil tricked them with fair form, like [[Annatar]]. Conversely, their work harmed evil, like [[lembas]] and the [[Elven rope]] that brought pain to [[Gollum]]'s skin. They were, however, succeptible to greed, pride and jealousy, as exemplified by the story of the House of [[Fëanor]], or the jealous and unjustified hatred of [[Saeros]] toward [[Túrin]]. <ref name=UT2>{{UT|2}}</ref>

The Eldar could manipulate '''''[[sanwe-latya]]''''' ([[Quenya]] for "thought-opening" or "telepathy") which allowed them to communicate with thought ([[Ósanwe]]).

Like Men and Dwarves, Elves did sleep. In ''[[The Two Towers]]'', it says of [[Legolas]], "[He] already lay motionless, his fair hands folded upon his breast, his eyes unclosed, blending living night and deep dream, as is the way with Elves." If necessary, they could also rest their minds as they walked.

Also, unlike Men, Elves were ambidextrous.<ref>{{VT|49a}}</ref>

Although Elves were generally considered the most powerful of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]], there are accounts that some Men from the Great Houses of the First Age were physically stronger, though less agile. It is told that the [[Helm of Hador|Dragon Helm]] was given to [[Fingon]], but "in all Hithlum no head and shoulders were found stout enough to bear the dwarf-helm with ease", so the High King gave it to [[Hador]], a Man.<ref name=UT2/>

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Amrod

2015-11-15T20:39:10Z

Elleth of Mossflower:

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| caption="Amrod and Amras, sons of Feanor" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
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'''Amrod''' (died in {{YT|1497}}) was the youngest of the seven [[Sons of Fëanor]]. [[Amras]] was his twin brother, and the elder of the two.

== History ==

He joined his brothers in the [[Oath of Fëanor]], but his mother Nerdanel begged that either he or Amras be left behind, believing in her heart that one would not return. Fëanor, however, refused her this kindness, and paid for it. Amrod was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the [[Teleri]] when his father ordered them to be burnt at [[Losgar]]. According to the ''[[Shibboleth]]'', he claimed (to Amras) to have felt uncomfortable sleeping on the ground after the Noldor landed on the [[Lammoth]]. It was thought later that he wished to return to his mother in the ship, being shocked by his father's deeds. Fëanor was probably aware of his dissention, and this may have been one of the elements of his decision to burn the ships even before all the food and stores had been removed. Yet he was in great dismay when he learned of his son's death, and doubtless remembered the foreboding words of his wife.

== Etymology ==
Amrod's [[father-name]] in [[Quenya]] was '''[[Telufinwë]]''', "Last [of] Finwë", for he was the last of the sons of the [[House of Finwë]] and its short form was ''Telvo''. His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was originally '''[[Ambarussa]]''' ("Top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amras, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him '''[[Umbarto]]''', "The Fated" (from ''[[umbar]]'' = "fate"). His father, disturbed by it, changed it to '''[[Ambarto]]''', "Upwards-exalted" (from ''[[amba]]'' = "upwards, top" and ''[[arta]]'' ="exalted", "lofty"). Nevertheless both twins called each other ''Ambarussa''. Others most often called him '''[[Atyarussa]]''', which means "Second-''russa''".<ref name="Sind">{{VT|41b}}</ref>

Amrod is the [[Sindarization]] of ''[[Ambarto]]''<ref name="Sind"/>, while '''[[Amarthan]]''' is the Sindarization of ''[[Umbarto]]''.<ref name="Sind"/>

== Genealogy ==
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== Other versions of the Legendarium ==
In earlier stages of the Legendarium, Fëanor's sons had different slightly different names. Amrod used to be called Damrod. <ref>{{LT2 | IV}}, pp. 241, 251</ref>

In the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' and in earlier texts he is said to have lived on to [[Beleriand]] and ruled with his twin Amras over lands west of the [[Blue Mountains]].

There is no trace of the death of Amrod at Losgar in the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', as it was a very late idea by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]], omitted by [[Christopher Tolkien]] as he did not at the time see how it could be incorporated into the primary text of ''The Silmarillion''. Even in ''The Silmarillion'' his life, course and death happen alongside to his brother's and has not an individual role.

Where both Amrod and Amras are mentioned in the published text after the landing in Losgar, it should according to Tolkien's later wishes be Amras alone. The information regarding Amrod's naming, especially, comes from ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]''.

== References ==
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Flight of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Return of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Beleriand and its Realms]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Noldor in Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Ruin of Doriath]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath]]
* ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two]]'', [[The Nauglafring]]
* ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Earliest Annals of Valinor]]
* ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The later Annals of Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The later Annals of Valinor]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The Etymologies]]
* ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[The Annals of Aman]]
* ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', [[The Grey Annals]]
* ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Shibboleth of Feanor]]

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

[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:Sons of Fëanor]]
[[Category:First Age characters]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[de:Amrod]]
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/amrod]]
[[fi:Amrod]]

==References==
<references /><noinclude></noinclude>

Amrod

2015-11-15T20:34:50Z

Elleth of Mossflower: Tried to clarify something (hope I succeeded...).

{{noldor infobox
| name=Amrod
| image=[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Amrod and Amras, sons of Feanor.jpg|250px]]
| caption="Amrod and Amras, sons of Feanor" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
| pronun=
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| rule=
| death={{YT|1497}}
| deathlocation=[[Losgar]]
| age=
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| house=[[House of Fëanor]]
| parentage=[[Fëanor]] & [[Nerdanel]]
| siblings=[[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]], [[Celegorm]], [[Caranthir]], [[Curufin]] and [[Amras]] (twin)
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'''Amrod''' (died in {{YT|1497}}) was the youngest of the seven [[Sons of Fëanor]]. [[Amras]] was his twin brother, and the elder of the two.

== History ==

He joined his brothers in the [[Oath of Fëanor]], but his mother Nerdanel begged that either he or Amras be left behind, believing in her heart that one would not return. Fëanor, however, refused her this kindness, and paid for it. Amrod was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the [[Teleri]] when his father ordered them to be burnt at [[Losgar]]. According to the ''[[Shibboleth]]'', he claimed (to Amras) to have felt uncomfortable sleeping on the ground after the Noldor landed on the [[Lammoth]]. It was thought later that he wished to return to his mother in the ship, being shocked by his father's deeds. Fëanor was probably aware of his disention, and this may have been one of the elements of his decision to burn the ships even before all the food and stores had been got out. Yet he was in great dismay when he learned of his son's death, and doubtless remembered the foreboding words of his wife.

== Etymology ==
Amrod's [[father-name]] in [[Quenya]] was '''[[Telufinwë]]''', "Last [of] Finwë", for he was the last of the sons of the [[House of Finwë]] and its short form was ''Telvo''. His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] was originally '''[[Ambarussa]]''' ("Top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his twin Amras, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel prophetically called him '''[[Umbarto]]''', "The Fated" (from ''[[umbar]]'' = "fate"). His father, disturbed by it, changed it to '''[[Ambarto]]''', "Upwards-exalted" (from ''[[amba]]'' = "upwards, top" and ''[[arta]]'' ="exalted", "lofty"). Nevertheless both twins called each other ''Ambarussa''. Others most often called him '''[[Atyarussa]]''', which means "Second-''russa''".<ref name="Sind">{{VT|41b}}</ref>

Amrod is the [[Sindarization]] of ''[[Ambarto]]''<ref name="Sind"/>, while '''[[Amarthan]]''' is the Sindarization of ''[[Umbarto]]''.<ref name="Sind"/>

== Genealogy ==
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== Other versions of the Legendarium ==
In earlier stages of the Legendarium, Fëanor's sons had different slightly different names. Amrod used to be called Damrod. <ref>{{LT2 | IV}}, pp. 241, 251</ref>

In the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' and in earlier texts he is said to have lived on to [[Beleriand]] and ruled with his twin Amras over lands west of the [[Blue Mountains]].

There is no trace of the death of Amrod at Losgar in the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', as it was a very late idea by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]], omitted by [[Christopher Tolkien]] as he did not at the time see how it could be incorporated into the primary text of ''The Silmarillion''. Even in ''The Silmarillion'' his life, course and death happen alongside to his brother's and has not an individual role.

Where both Amrod and Amras are mentioned in the published text after the landing in Losgar, it should according to Tolkien's later wishes be Amras alone. The information regarding Amrod's naming, especially, comes from ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]''.

== References ==
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Flight of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Return of the Noldor]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Beleriand and its Realms]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Noldor in Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Ruin of Doriath]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath]]
* ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two]]'', [[The Nauglafring]]
* ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Earliest Annals of Valinor]]
* ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Earliest Annals of Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The later Annals of Beleriand]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The later Annals of Valinor]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', [[The Etymologies]]
* ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[The Annals of Aman]]
* ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]'', [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', [[The Grey Annals]]
* ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion]]
* ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'', [[The Shibboleth of Feanor]]

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

[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:Sons of Fëanor]]
[[Category:First Age characters]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[de:Amrod]]
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/amrod]]
[[fi:Amrod]]

==References==
<references /><noinclude></noinclude>

Timeline/First Age

2015-11-15T20:17:18Z

Elleth of Mossflower: Correction. Amrod should be Amras.

<noinclude>{{Cleanup}}</noinclude>
{| class="TGtable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| colspan="2" style="background:#e7d1a6; text-align:center" | '''First Age'''
|-
| style="background: #F2E6CE; text-align: center;" | '''{{FA}}'''
| style="background: #F2E6CE; text-align: center;" | '''Event'''
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|1|n}} || [[Men]] awake in [[Hildórien]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|2|n}} || [[Fingolfin]] camps beside [[Lake Mithrim]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|5|n}} || [[Fingon]] rescues [[Maedhros]] from [[Thangorodrim]], [[Fingolfin]] becomes [[High King of the Noldor]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|6|n}} || [[Thingol]] grants permission for the [[Noldor]] to occupy the [[Northlands]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|7|n}} || The [[Noldor]] hold a council. The [[Sons of Fëanor]] relocate to [[East Beleriand]].
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|20|n}} || The [[Mereth Aderthad|Feast of Mereth Aderthad]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|50|n}} || [[Ulmo]] grants visions of hidden places to [[Finrod]] and [[Turgon]]. 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|52|n}} || [[Nulukkizdîn‎]] discovered by [[Finrod]] and begins to construct [[Nargothrond]]. 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|53|n}} || Hidden valley of [[Tumladen]] discovered by [[Turgon]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|60|n}} || [[Dagor Aglareb]] ("The Glorious Battle"), [[Siege of Angband]] begins. [[Minas Tirith (Beleriand)|Minas Tirith]] constructed 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|64|n}} || [[Turgon]] removes his people from [[Nevrast]] to [[Tumladen]], construction of [[Gondolin]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|65|n}} || [[Brithombar]] and [[Eglarest]] constructed 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|66|n}} || [[Thingol]] learns of the [[Silmarils]] from [[Galadriel]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|67|n}} || [[Thingol]] learns of the [[Kinslaying at Alqualondë]], [[Quenya]] forbidden in [[Beleriand]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|102|n}} || [[Nargothrond]] completed 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|116|n}} || [[Gondolin]] completed 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|150|n}} || [[Caranthir]] meets with the [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|155|n}} || [[Orcs]] from [[Lammoth]] attack [[Hithlum]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|260|n}} || [[Glaurung]] defeated in [[Ard-galen]], [[Long Peace]] begins 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|262|n}} || [[Bëor]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|282|n}} || [[Marach]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|289|n}} || [[Baran]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|292|n}} || [[Belen]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|307|n}} || [[Malach]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|310|n}} || Men of the [[House of Bëor]] enter [[Beleriand]] and are discovered by [[Finrod]]. [[Imlach]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|311|n}} || [[Finrod]] leaves with [[Bëor]]. [[Baran]] leads the [[House of Bëor]]. 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|312|n}} || The [[Haladin]] enter [[Beleriand]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|313|n}} || [[Marach]] enters [[Beleriand]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|315|n}} || [[Haldad]] born, [[Boron]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|316|n}} || [[Beldir]] born, [[Aredhel]] leaves [[Gondolin]] and weds [[Eöl]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|317|n}} || [[Baranor (son of Baran)|Baranor]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|320|n}} || [[Maeglin]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|322|n}} || [[Malach]] settles in [[Hithlum]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|336|n}} || [[Malach]] leaves [[Hithlum]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|337|n}} || [[Amlach]] born, [[Malach]] weds [[Zimrahin]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|338|n}} || [[Boromir (Lord of Ladros)|Boromir]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|339|n}} || [[Adanel]] born, [[Belemir]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|340|n}} || [[Bereg]] born, [[Belegor]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|341|n}} || [[Magor]] born, [[Haleth]] and [[Haldar]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|355|n}} || Death of [[Bëor]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|359|n}} || [[Bregor]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|361|n}} || [[Andreth]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|365|n}} || [[Hathol]] born, [[Beril]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|366|n}} || [[Haldan]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|369|n}} || [[Bereg]] leads a thousand people southwards.
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|374|n}} || [[Beren (son of Belemir)|Beren]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|375|n}} || Deaths of [[Haldad]] and [[Haldar]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|376|n}} || Death of [[Marach]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|380|n}} || Death of [[Baran]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|386|n}} || [[Bregil]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|389|n}} || [[Hirwen]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|390|n}} || [[Hador]] born, [[Halmir]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|393|n}} || Birth of [[Bregolas]].
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|397|n}} || [[Gilwen]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|398|n}} || Death of [[Malach]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|400|n}} || [[Aredhel]] and [[Maeglin]] return to [[Gondolin]] and is secretly followed by [[Eöl]]. [[Eöl]] kills [[Aredhel]] and is then executed. Birth of [[Barahir]].
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|402|n}} || Battle of [[Pass of Aglon|Aglon]] Pass 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|405|n}} || [[Hador]] enters the service of [[Fingolfin]].
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|406|n}} || [[Emeldir]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|408|n}} || Death of [[Boron]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|409|n}} || [[Brandir (son of Arachon)|Brandir]] born, Conversation of [[Finrod]] and [[Andreth]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|410|n}} || [[Ladros]] is given to the [[House of Bëor]].
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|411|n}} || [[Beldis]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|414|n}} || [[Haldir (Chieftain of the Haladin)|Haldir]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|415|n}} || [[Glóredhel]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|416|n}} || The [[House of Hador]] is given the lands of [[Dor-lómin]] to dwell in 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|417|n}} || [[Galdor (Lord of Dor-lómin)|Galdor]] born, [[Beleth]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|418|n}} || [[Hundar]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|419|n}} || [[Gundor]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|420|n}} || Death of [[Haleth]]. [[Hareth]] born. [[Baragund]] born. [[Hador]] dwells in [[Hithlum]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|422|n}} || [[Forest of Brethil]] given to the [[House of Haleth]]. [[Belegund]] born. 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|432|n}} || [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]] born, Death of [[Boromir (Lord of Ladros)|Boromir]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|436|n}} || [[Galdor (Lord of Dor-lómin)|Galdor]] weds [[Hareth]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|441|n}} || [[Húrin]] born, [[Handir]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|443|n}} || [[Morwen]] born, [[Hunleth]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|444|n}} || [[Huor]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|447|n}} || [[Hundad]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|448|n}} || Death of [[Bregor]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|450|n}} || [[Rían]] born 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|451|n}} || Death of [[Haldan]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|455|n}} || [[Morgoth]] breaks the [[Siege of Angband]], [[Dagor Bragollach]] ("Battle of Sudden Flame"). Deaths of [[Fingolfin]], [[Angrod]], [[Aegnor]], [[Hador]], [[Gundor]], and [[Bregolas]], [[Fingon]] becomes [[High King of the Noldor]], [[Gil-galad]] sent to the [[Falas]] 
|-
| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|456|n}} || Death of [[Fingolfin]] in single combat with [[Morgoth]]. Death of [[Gundor]]. [[Emeldir]], wife of [[Barahir]], leads [[House of Bëor|their people]] out of [[Dorthonion]] to [[Brethil]].
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|457|n}} || [[Sauron]] captures [[Minas Tirith (Beleriand)|Minas Tirith]], [[Húrin]] and [[Huor]] depart [[Gondolin]]. [[Barahir]] and his outlaws in [[Dorthonion]], [[Orcs]] defeated in the [[Forest of Brethil]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|458|n}} || [[Húrin]] and [[Huor]] enter [[Gondolin]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|459|n}} || [[Húrin]] and [[Huor]] leave [[Gondolin]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|460|n}} || Deaths of [[Barahir]], [[Belegund]], [[Baragund]], and all the outlaws save [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|462|n}} || Death of [[Galdor (Lord of Dor-lómin)|Galdor]]. [[Orcs]] invade [[Beleriand]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|463|n}} || [[Easterlings]] swear false loyalty to [[Maedhros]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|464|n}} || [[Túrin]] born. [[Beren]] leaves [[Dorthonion]], meets [[Lúthien]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|465|n}} || [[Brandir]] born. [[Quest for the Silmaril]]. Death of [[Finrod]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|466|n}} || [[Lalaith]] born. [[Silmaril]] taken from [[Morgoth]]. First death of [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|467|n}} || First death of [[Lúthien]]. Lúthien sings [[Beren]] back from [[Mandos]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|468|n}} || [[Hunthor]] born, [[Thingol]] refuses to join the [[Union of Maedhros]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|469|n}} || Death of [[Lalaith]]. [[Orcs]] driven from [[Beleriand]]. [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]] return to [[Middle-earth]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|470|n}} || [[Dior]] born, [[Hardang]] born 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|471|n}} || Death of [[Halmir]], [[Huor]] weds [[Rían]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|472|n}} || [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"), [[Year of Lamentation]]. [[Tuor]] born. Deaths of [[Fingon]], [[Huor]], [[Glóredhel]], [[Azaghâl]], [[Haldir (Chieftain of the Haladin)|Haldir]], [[Hundar]] and [[Rían]]. [[Turgon]] becomes [[High King of the Noldor]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|473|n}} || [[Nienor]] born, [[Túrin]] sent to [[Doriath]]. Fall of the [[Falas]], [[Havens of Sirion]] constructed 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|481|n}} || [[Túrin]] and [[Beleg]] in [[Doriath]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|484|n}} || Death of [[Saeros]], [[Túrin]] leaves [[Doriath]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|485|n}} || [[Túrin]] kills [[Forweg]] and becomes leader of the [[Gaurwaith]].
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|486|n}} || [[Túrin]] and the outlaws encounter [[Mim]] and make their home on [[Amon Rûdh]] as the [[House of Ransom]].
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|487|n}} || [[Túrin]] an outlaw on [[Amon Rûdh]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|488|n}} || [[Tuor]] enslaved 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|489|n}} || [[Túrin]] and [[Beleg]] on [[Amon Rûdh]], Death of [[Beleg]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|490|n}} || [[Gwindor]] leads [[Túrin]] to [[Nargothrond]], [[Túrin]] becomes captain of [[Nargothrond]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|491|n}} || [[Tuor]] escapes and becomes an outlaw 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|494|n}} || [[Morwen]] and [[Nienor]] flee to [[Doriath]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|495|n}} || Battle of the [[Crossings of the Taeglin]], [[Battle of Tumhalad]], [[Tuor]] comes to [[Nevrast]]. [[Sack of Nargothrond]] by [[Glaurung]]. Deaths of [[Finduilas]], [[Orodreth]], [[Gwindor]], and [[Handir]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|496|n}} || [[Túrin]] comes to [[Brethil]], [[Tuor]] comes to [[Gondolin]], [[Nienor]] loses memory and is given the name [[Níniel]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|497|n}} || [[Dior]] weds [[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|498|n}} || [[Túrin]] weds [[Níniel]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|499|n}} || Deaths of [[Glaurung]], [[Brandir]], [[Hunthor]], [[Nienor]] and [[Túrin]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|500|n}} || [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]] born. Release of [[Húrin]]. Death of [[Morwen]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|501|n}} || [[Húrin]] comes to [[Doriath]], Deaths of [[Húrin]] and [[Hardang]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|502|n}} || [[Dwarves of Nogrod]] set the Silmaril in the [[Nauglamír]], death of [[Thingol]], [[Melian]] returns to [[Valinor]]. 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|503|n}} || [[Eärendil]] born, [[Elwing]] born. [[Battle of the Thousand Caves]], [[Battle of Sarn Athrad]], Lúthien wears the [[Silmaril]]. [[Dior]] and his family come to [[Menegroth]]. Final deaths of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]. Dior receives the [[Nauglamír]] and [[Silmaril]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|505|n}} || Demand made for the Silmaril
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|506|n}} || [[Second Kinslaying]] at [[Menegroth]]. Deaths of [[Dior]], [[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]], [[Celegorm]], [[Curufin]], and [[Caranthir]]. [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]] are abandoned to die. 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|507|n}} || [[Elwing]] comes to the [[Havens of Sirion]] with the [[Silmaril]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|509|n}} || [[Maeglin]] captured and tortured 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|510|n}} || [[Fall of Gondolin]]. Deaths of [[Turgon]], [[Ecthelion]], [[Glorfindel]], [[Maeglin]], and [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]]. [[Gil-galad|Ereinion Gil-galad]] becomes [[High King of the Noldor]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|511|n}} || [[Gondolin]] refugees arrive at the [[Havens of Sirion]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|512|n}} || [[Maedhros]] learns a [[Silmaril]] is at the [[Havens of Sirion]], but forswears the [[Oath of Fëanor]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|525|n}} || [[Eärendil]] weds [[Elwing]], [[Tuor]] and [[Idril]] depart for [[Valinor]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|527|n}} || The remaining [[Sons of Fëanor]] - [[Maedhros]], [[Maglor]] and [[Amras]] - begin to feel tormented by their [[Oath of Fëanor|unfulfilled oath]].
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|532|n}} || [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]] born 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|534|n}} || [[Eärendil]] searchs for [[Valinor]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|538|n}} || [[Third Kinslaying]] at the [[Havens of Sirion]]. Death of [[Amras]]. [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]] are taken captive by [[Maglor]]. [[Elwing]] escapes with the [[Silmaril]] into the [[Belegaer|Sea]]. [[Ulmo]] gives her the form of a white bird and she reunites with [[Eärendil]] aboard [[Vingilótë]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|540|n}} || [[Morgoth]] controls all of [[Beleriand]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|542|n}} || [[Eärendil]] and [[Elwing]] come to [[Valinor]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|545|n}} || [[Host of Valinor]] lands in [[Beleriand]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|587|n}} || Destruction of [[Beleriand]], death of [[Ancalagon]]. Death of [[Maedhros]] 
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| style="text-align: right;" | {{FA|590|n}} || [[Morgoth]] thrust from [[Arda]]. [[Host of Valinor]] departs [[Middle-earth]]
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Ambarussa

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Elleth of Mossflower:

'''Ambarussa''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˌambaˈrusːa]}}) was [[Nerdanel|Nerdanel's]] [[Amilessë|mother-name]] for her twin sons [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]]. It translates as "top-russet", referring to the color of their hair. After [[Fëanor]] their father insisted on giving them each separate names Nerdanel named Amras ''[[Umbarto]]'', the fated, and Fëanor changed it to ''[[Ambarto]]''. But the twins each still called the other ''Ambarussa''.<ref>{{PM|Shibboleth}}, ''The names of the Sons of Fëanor with the legend of the fate of Amrod'', p. 353</ref>

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