Post by Móreadhiel on Jan 16, 2007 11:51:40 GMT -5
Amdír
King of Lothlorien in the Second Age. Amdir was a Sindarin Elf. Some Sindarin Elves from Beleriand moved eastward after their land was destroyed in the War of Wrath against Morgoth at the end of the First Age. Amdir may have been among them. According to one story, he became the leader of the people of Lothlorien, who were mostly Silvan Elves, or Wood-elves.
Throughout the Second Age, Lothlorien was at peace, and few outsiders even knew of its existence. At some point, the Elves of Lothlorien encountered Galadriel, who was then living in Eregion on the other side of the Misty Mountains. She and her husband Celeborn may have come to live in Lothlorien for a short time after the fall of Eregion in 1697.
In 3434, Amdir responded to a summons from Gil-galad to join the fight against Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance. Amdir's forces were valiant, but they were poorly equipped for battle. At the Battle of Dagorlad, they were cut off from their allies and were driven into the marshland west of the Black Gate. Amdir and more than half his troops were killed. The marshland became known as the Dead Marshes because of the corpses of Elves, Men, and Orcs who perished there.
Sauron was defeated in 3441. Amdir's son Amroth succeeded him as the King of Lothlorien.
Names & Etymology:
The name Amdír is composed of am meaning "up" and dir which is a masculine ending. In another version of the story, he was called Malgalad, which contains the element mal meaning "gold" and galad meaning "radiant."
Sources:
Unfinished Tales: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn," p. 240, 243-44, 258
The Silmarillion: "Appendix - Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names," entries for kal and mal
The History of Middle-earth, vol. V, The Lost Road and Other Writings: "The Etymologies," entry for DER
King of Lothlorien in the Second Age. Amdir was a Sindarin Elf. Some Sindarin Elves from Beleriand moved eastward after their land was destroyed in the War of Wrath against Morgoth at the end of the First Age. Amdir may have been among them. According to one story, he became the leader of the people of Lothlorien, who were mostly Silvan Elves, or Wood-elves.
Throughout the Second Age, Lothlorien was at peace, and few outsiders even knew of its existence. At some point, the Elves of Lothlorien encountered Galadriel, who was then living in Eregion on the other side of the Misty Mountains. She and her husband Celeborn may have come to live in Lothlorien for a short time after the fall of Eregion in 1697.
In 3434, Amdir responded to a summons from Gil-galad to join the fight against Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance. Amdir's forces were valiant, but they were poorly equipped for battle. At the Battle of Dagorlad, they were cut off from their allies and were driven into the marshland west of the Black Gate. Amdir and more than half his troops were killed. The marshland became known as the Dead Marshes because of the corpses of Elves, Men, and Orcs who perished there.
Sauron was defeated in 3441. Amdir's son Amroth succeeded him as the King of Lothlorien.
Names & Etymology:
The name Amdír is composed of am meaning "up" and dir which is a masculine ending. In another version of the story, he was called Malgalad, which contains the element mal meaning "gold" and galad meaning "radiant."
Sources:
Unfinished Tales: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn," p. 240, 243-44, 258
The Silmarillion: "Appendix - Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names," entries for kal and mal
The History of Middle-earth, vol. V, The Lost Road and Other Writings: "The Etymologies," entry for DER
