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{{disambig-two|the son of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]|the [[Stewards of Gondor|Steward of Gondor]]|[[Dior (Steward of Gondor)]]}}
{{half-elf infobox
| name=Dior
| image=[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Descendants of Thingol 2.jpg|250px]]
| caption="Descendants of Thingol" by [[Jenny Dolfen]]
| pronun=
| othernames=''Aranel'', ''Eluchíl'' ([[Sindarin|S]])
| titles=Thingol's Heir, [[King of Doriath]], [[Peredhel]]
| position=
| location=[[Ossiriand]], [[Doriath]]
| affiliation=
| language=[[Doriathrin]]
| birth={{FA|470}}
| birthlocation=[[Tol Galen]]
| rule={{FA|503}} - {{FA|506|n}}
| death={{FA|506}}
| deathlocation=[[Menegroth]], [[Second Kinslaying]]
| age=36
| notablefor=
| house=[[House of Bëor]]
| heritage=[[Men|Mannish]] father, half-[[Elves|Elf]]/half-[[Maia]] mother
| parentage=[[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]
| siblings=
| spouse=[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]
| children=[[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], [[Elurín]]
| gender=Male
| height=
| hair=
| eyes=
| clothing=
| weapons=Presumably [[Aranrúth]]<ref name="NumenorUT">{{UT|3}}, note 2</ref>
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}}
{{Quote|He appeared as the fairest of all the children of the world, of threefold race: of the [[Edain]], and of the [[Eldar]], and of the [[Maiar]] of the Blessed Realm.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of the Ruin of Doriath]]"}}

'''Dior''' was the son of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], and the grandson and heir to the throne of [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]], [[King of Doriath]]. Dior was the first of the [[Peredhil]].<ref>{{PM|Finwe}}, p. 348</ref><ref>{{PM|Ros}}, p. 369</ref> 

==History==
Dior was born on the island of [[Tol Galen]] in [[East Beleriand]].<ref name=Fifth>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> When he was 27, he married [[Nimloth of Doriath]],<ref group=note>[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth's]] parentage is uncertain. She may have been the daughter of [[Galathil]], grandson of [[Elmo]], younger brother of [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]]. This would make Nimloth and Dior second cousins once removed.</ref> and took her back to live by the [[Lanthir Lamath]] waterfall at the base of the [[Blue Mountains]]. There, they had three children: [[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], and [[Elurín]]. 

After [[Thingol]] was slain by the [[Dwarves]] who coveted the [[Nauglamír]], Dior with his father and a host of [[Green-elves]] of [[Ossiriand]] journeyed swiftly north to the river [[Ascar]] and fought the [[Dwarves of Nogrod]] in the [[Battle of Sarn Athrad]].<ref name=Doriath>{{S|Doriath}}</ref>

In {{FA|503}}, he and his family went to [[Menegroth]] and restored the realm of [[Doriath]]. After the death of his parents, a lord of the [[Laiquendi]] came to [[Doriath]] bringing the [[Nauglamír]], which was worn by his mother. After mourning, he decided to wear it himself. When he placed the [[Nauglamír]] on himself, it sat lightly and he appeared as the fairest of three living races: [[Maiar]], [[Elves]], and [[Men]]. This news came to the [[Sons of Fëanor]], who came to [[Doriath]] with their followers, consumed by the [[Oath of Fëanor]].<ref name=Doriath/>

Dior managed to kill [[Celegorm]], and [[Caranthir]] and [[Curufin]] were also slain, but the kingdom of [[Doriath]] was destroyed. Dior and Nimloth were slain during the [[Second Kinslaying]], along with anyone trying to prevent the [[Sons of Fëanor]] from gaining the [[Silmaril]].<ref name=Doriath/> 

After the attack, the servants of [[Celegorm]] left [[Eluréd]] and [[Elurín]] in the forest to die. [[Elwing]], however, carrying the [[Nauglamír]], escaped with the remnant of the [[Iathrim|Elves of Doriath]] to the [[Havens of Sirion]].<ref name=Doriath></ref> Years later, she would wed [[Eärendil]] and together they would seek aid from [[Valinor]].<ref>{{S|Earendil}}</ref>

==Etymology==
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], the name ''Dior'' is said to mean "successor" in [[Doriathrin]]. The name derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''ndeuro'' ("follower, successor"), from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[NDEW]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 375, entry "[[NDEW]]"</ref>

==Other names==
Dior was first called '''''Aranel''''',<ref name=Fifth>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> probably [[Sindarin]] for ("Elf King"). <ref>{{HM|GS}}, p. 341</ref> Later he was called '''''Eluchíl''''' ("Heir of Elu") and '''the Fair'''.<ref name=Fifth>{{S|Fifth}}</ref>

== Genealogy ==
{{familytree/start}}
{{familytree | | THI |y| MEL | | HOB | | | |THI=[[Thingol|Elu Thingol]]|MEL=[[Melian]]|HOB=[[House of Bëor]]}}
{{familytree | | | | |!| | | | | |:| | | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | LUT |~|y|~| BER | | | |LUT=[[Lúthien]]|BER=[[Beren]]}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}
{{familytree | | | | | | | DIO |y| NIM | | |DIO='''DIOR'''|NIM=[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]<sup>1</sup>}}
{{familytree | | | | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| |}}
{{familytree | EAR |y| ELW | | ELD | | ELN |EAR=[[Eärendil]]|ELW=[[Elwing]]|ELD=[[Eluréd]]|ELN=[[Elurín]]}}
{{familytree | |,|-|^|-|.| | | | | | | | | |}}
{{familytree | ELD | | ELS | | | | | | | | |ELD=[[Elrond]]|ELS=[[Elros]]}}
{{familytree/end}}

==Other versions of the legendarium==
===The Book of Lost Tales===

In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'', a name of Dior was '''''[[Ausir (disambiguation)|Ausir]]''''' ([[Gnomish|Gn.]] "The Wealthy").<ref>{{LT2|V}}, pp. 240, 244, 251</ref><ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 20</ref>

===Dior's Fate===
In an older version of the ''Quenta Silmarillion'', [[Manwë]] spoke this judgment to [[Eärendil]]: 
{{blockquote|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>
{{blockquote|§9 It is to be observed that according to the judgement of Manwë Dior Thingol’s Heir, son of Beren, was mortal irrespective of the choice of his mother.|''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, The Conclusion Of The Quenta Silmarillion, §9}}

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