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| Galdor | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Orchal (S) the Tall |
| Titles | Lord of Dor-lómin |
| Position | Head of the House of Hador |
| Birth | F.A. 417 |
| Rule | F.A. 455 - 462 |
| Death | F.A. 462 (aged 45) Eithel Sirion |
| Family | |
| House | House of Hador |
| Parentage | Hador, Gildis |
| Siblings | Glóredhel, Gundor |
| Spouse | Hareth |
| Children | Húrin, Huor |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Galdor |
Galdor was the second child and eldest son of Hador. He led the People of Hador when they were at the peak of their power, before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. Galdor was noted for his exceptional height, even among the Edain, and was also called Galdor the Tall.[1]
History
Galdor had a younger brother named Gundor and an older sister named Glóredhel.[2]
At a great feast of the Edain, Galdor married Hareth and Glóredhel married Haldir, both children of Halmir, chief of the House of Haleth.[1] Galdor and Hareth had two sons, Húrin and Huor.[3]
In the Dagor Bragollach in F.A. 455, both Galdor's father, Hador, and his younger brother, Gundor, died in the rearguard of the Elf-lord Fingolfin. Galdor then succeeded his father as Lord of Dor-lómin. In the wake of Morgoth's triumph the wife of Barahir, Emeldir, gathered the women and children of Dorthonion and led them westward; some found refuge in Galdor's domain.
The sons of Galdor, Húrin and Huor, had been taken after the Dagor Bragollach into the hidden city of Gondolin by the eagles of Thorondor. When they departed from the city (again carried by eagles) they returned to Dor-lómin where they would not reveal where they had been, even to their father.
Seven years after the Dagor Bragollach, Morgoth sent a great force against Hithlum, attacking the passes of the Ered Wethrin. Galdor defended the Eithel Sirion and was slain by an arrow.[1]
Etymology
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Galdor appears to be Sindarin, but its meaning is unclear. David Salo suggests it can be a combination of the root gal ("light") and the suffix -dor ("lord").[4]
Other names
His title Orchal means "the Tall."[5]
Genealogy
Other versions of the legendarium
In early drafts of The Silmarillion, Galdor was named Galion.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", Commentary, (ii) The House of Hador
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
- ↑ David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, p. 350
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", p. 305, note 48