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Idril Celebrindal | Women of Arda - Ladies of the Noldor | Part 5 of 6

Idril was first named Itarillë when she was born in Valinor sometime before Y.T . 1500. Later, she would take the Sindarin version of her name and also be called Celebrindal, or Silver Foot, for her practice of walking unshod on the grass after the chill of the Helcaraxë and bathing her feet in the fountains of Gondolin. She was the only child of Turukáno, son of Ñolofinwë Arcáno, and Elenwë of the Vanyar. As her grandfather was the second son of King Finwë of the Noldor, she was counted amongst the many princesses of the House of Finwë. She was renowned for her wisdom and foresight.

Itarillë went with her parents into exile and travelled with her grandfather's host across the treacherous Helcaraxë. At one point, both she and her mother fell through the ice and into the water. Her father risked his life to save them, but only Itarillë was retrieved. Upon reaching Middle Earth, her family took Sindarin names, with her father becoming Turgon and she becoming Idril. She dwelt with her father in Vinyamar, while her grandfather - now Fingolfin - ruled as High King, before helping Turgon to establish the city of Gondolin sometime between F.A 64 and F.A 116. Sometime after that, the craftsman Enerdhil fashioned a famous gem known as the Elessar, which he gave to Idril to wear. In F.A 400, her aunt Aredhel, who had been lost for years, returned to the hidden kingdom with her son, Maeglin. Idril was the only one who could perceive her cousin’s mind and saw that he loved her despite their close kinship. She forever mistrusted him.

Following the deaths of her grandfather and uncle Fingon, the kingship passed to Idril’s father in F.A 472 . Turgon sent ships to the West, hoping to ask the Valar for aid against Morgoth, but the only elf to return was Voronwë. With him came a mortal, Tuor son of Huor, who bore arms Turgon had left in Vinyamar at the behest of the vala Ulmo. He delivered Ulmo’s warning to the king and was welcomed into his trust and counsel. During this time, Idril came to love Tuor and they married seven years later, marking the second union between the elves and the Edain. Idril and Tuor’s son, Eärendil, was born in F.A 503. In the custom of the Noldor in Valinor, Idril also gave her son the mother-name Ardamíre (Mír n’Ardhon in Sindarin), meaning “jewel of the world” which foretold his destiny.

Years later, when Morgoth became even more determined to uncover the location of Gondolin, Idril prepared a secret way as a means of escape in the even the city was attacked. She ensured that this work was not known to Maeglin, who eventually betrayed Gondolin to Morgoth. In F.A 510 the city was besieged and eventually fell, with Turgon perishing. Idril and Tuor led the survivors through the secret passage and out to the Havens of Sirion. At the Havens of Sirion the people of Gondolin met other refugees from Doriath, including the daughter of King Dior, Elwing. Idril’s son married Elwing in F.A 525 and was made lord of the havens. As Tuor grew older, he built the ship Eärrámë and together he and Idril sailed to the West. Before leaving, Idril entrusted the elf stone to Eärendil. When they arrived in Valinor, Tuor was accepted as one of the elves, and they lived there until the end of Arda.

Eärendil was one of the leaders of the War of Wrath and afterwards sailed across the heavens with the silmaril that Elwing gave him upon his brow. At night, he can be seen as the evenstar. His sons, Idril’s grandsons, were left in Middle Earth. The elessar Enderdhil made for Idril may be the elfstone given to Aragorn by Galadriel in the Third Age, but that is not know for certain. How Turgon’s sword, Glamdring, was eventually discovered in a troll hole is also unknown, nor whether it was used by the king in the fall of Gondolin. Some speculate that Idril carried it away from the siege before it was lost.

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Aredhel | Women of Arda - Ladies of the Noldor | Part 4 of 6

Aredhel was born Írissë, the daughter of Ñolofinwë, the second son of King Finwë of the Noldor, and Anairë. She was the third of four children and the only daughter. Her brothers were named Findekáno, Turukáno, and Arakáno, though they were remembered in tale and song as King Fingon, King Turgon, and Prince Argon. She was born the same year as her cousin, Artanis, who would later be called Galadriel. On account of her wearing white, Aredhel became known by the Sindarin name "Ar-Feiniel", the White Lady.

In. Y.T 1495, Aredhel followed her father across the Helcaraxë and into Middle Earth, where he was crowned High King Fingolfin of the Noldor after the death of her uncle Fëanor. Later, she dwelt with her brother, King Turgon, in Gondolin, while Fingon ruled as High King. In the hidden kingom, she longed to ride through the forests and wide lands as she once did in Valinor. Turgon was reluctant to let her leave in search of these, but he eventually gave his permission and she left with a small escort.

Although she was meant to only visit their brother Fingon, Aredhel chose instead to see her cousins, Celegorm and Curufin. When she arrived, however, she found that they were away. Upon growing tired of waiting for them, she began to take trips and wandered into the dark forest of Nan Elmoth. There she was seen by the Dark Elf Eöl, and using spells he drew her closer to his home.

In time, Aredhel had a son with Eöl named Maeglin. Although free to wander in Nan Elmoth, Aredhel was forbidden from visiting her family and thus grew homesick. She told Maeglin many stories about Gondolin and the Noldor, which eventually prompted him to suggest that they escape and return to Gondolin. There, Aredhel and Maeglin were welcomed, but Eöl followed them. King Turgon offered to acknowledge him as a kinsman and give him leave to stay in Gondolin, but Eöl refused and asked for both him and his son to be put to death. When it became clear that Maeglin would be spared, he attempted to kill him himself with a javelin. Aredhel threw herself before her son and was wounded by the poison tipped spear.

Even as she lay dying, Aredhel begged her niece, Idril, to speak to Turgon in favour of showing Eöl mercy. The entire city mourned her loss.

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Írimë Lalwendë | Women of Arda - Ladies of the Noldor | Part 2 of 6

Írimë was born to King Finwë and Indis sometime between Y.T 1190 and Y.T 1230 in Tirion. Her mother-name was Lalwendë, and she was most commonly known as Lalwen throughout her life. She had an elder sister, Findis, and an older brother, Ñolofinwë, and was followed by another brother, Arafinwë. Additionally, she was the youngest half-sister of Fëanáro, Finwë’s son by his first wife. Of all her siblings, she was the closest with Ñolofinwë.

When the Noldor were given the choice between remaining in the Blessed Realm and going into exile to fight Melkor in Middle Earth, Írimë chose to depart. With her went her brother Ñolofinwë and his descendants, and she travelled in his host into the North and onto the Helcaraxë. In Valinor she left behind Arafinwë and Findis, as well as her mother.

Ñolofinwë and a remainder of his host successfully crossed the ice and upon arriving in Belerian he renamed himself Fingolfin. While his fate is known and told in many songs, nothing is remembered of Írimë. It is not known whether she survived the crossing of the Helcaraxë to reach Middle Earth or if she perished on the grinding ice, as many did. What is known is that there were many tragedies that befell the Noldor throughout the First Age and that by the Third Age Írimë’s niece, Galadriel, was the greatest of the Eldar still in Middle Earth. It is likely she died sometime before this, and was reborn again in Valinor, or returned sometime shortly after the War of Wrath.

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Anairë | Women of Arda - Ladies of the Noldor | Part 3 of 6

Very little is know about Lady Anairë other than that she was one of the Noldor and wed Ñolofinwë Arcáno, the son of King Finwë. They married sometime before Y.T 1300 and together had three sons, Findekáno, Turukáno, and Arakáno, and a daughter, Írissë.

In Y.T 1495, Anairë's father-in-law, the king of the Noldor, was slain by Morgoth. Seeking retribution and the return of his silmarils, her husband's elder half-brother Fëanáro sailed in pursuit to Middle Earth. In doing so, he and his host slaughtered a number of the Falmari for their ships at Alqualondë, an atrocity that became known as the First Kinslaying. These were the people of her close friend and sister-in-law, Eärwen of Alqualondë.

Ñolofinwë chose to lead his own host across the grinding ice of the Helcaraxë, no longer content to remain in the Blessed Realm under the rule of the Valar and wanting to avenge his father. Although he and his people took no part in the kinslaying, it is speculated that the event influenced Anairë's decision to stay, as she wished to remain with Eärwen. She chose to remain in Valinor, but all of her children followed their father into exile.

Upon arriving in Middle Earth, Anairë's third son and youngest child Arakáno was slain in the Battle of the Lammoth. He distinguished himself in battle by slaying the orc captain and the Sindarin name Argon was posthumously devised for him. Her husband then took the name Fingolfin, and her other children were from then on known as Fingon, Turgon, and Aredhel. Fingolfin's nephew then ceded the kingship to him and he became High King of the Noldor. He was slain by Morgoth in F.A 456 as he fought him outside the gates of Angband, though not before permanently wounding him.

Anairë's eldest son succeeded Fingolfin as High King. Fingon ruled for only 16 years before falling in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears in F.A 472. He died fighting Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs. Aredhel was killed in F.A 400, and Gothmog would later go on to sack the hidden kingdom of Gondolin, the last refuge of the Noldor from which Turgon ruled as High King, in F.A 510. Turgon was the last of Anairë's children to die, perishing amidst the destruction of his city.

Anairë's husband and children's spirits likely travelled to the Halls of Mandos, where they would have been reembodied and reunited with each other.

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Findis | Women of Arda - Ladies of the Noldor | Part 1 of 6

Findis was born to Finwë, King of the Noldor, and his second wife, Indis of the Vanyar, between Y.T 1185 and Y.T 1190 in the city of Tirion.

Her parent's marriage was a matter of controversy, as her father was the first of the Eldar to every remarry after his first wife, Míriel Þerindë, gave birth to their child and her spirit left her body. When she refused to return, the Valar permitted Finwë to take another wife. Remarriage was as unfamiliar an idea as voluntary death to the elves of Valinor, but Finwë chose Indis, a kinswoman of King Ingwë of the Vanyar, to be his new bride. His first child, Fëanáro, never forgave him this and resented the influence Indis had over him.

In Y.T 1190, Findis gained a younger brother, Ñolofinwë Arcáno. Sometime later, her sister Írimë was born, and finally Arafinwë Ingoldo was born in Y.T 1230. Ñolofinwë and Fëanáro had a fiery and destructive feud, to the point that it is not likely that Fëanáro accepted any of his half-siblings, including Findis.

After her father's death at the hands of Melkor in Y.T 1495, Fëanáro and his sons led their followers across the sea to Middle Earth in chase of the Silmarils. Ñolofinwë followed across the grinding ice of the Helcaraxë with others of the Noldor who wished to go into exile, including all his children and grandchildren, as well as the descendants of his younger brother. Arafinwë remained and was made king of the Noldor in Valinor. Unlike her younger sister, Findis chose to stay with her mother. Together they went to dwell with the Vanyar until Finwë was reembodied.

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Finduilas | Women of Arda - Ladies of the Noldor | Part 6 of 6

Finduilas was born the daughter of Orodreth, son of Angrod, and his wife, an unnamed lady of the Sindar, sometime in the First Age. As a granddaughter of Finarfin, king of the Noldor in Valinor, she was a princess of the House of Finwë and the great-niece of Galadriel. She may have been the sister of Gil-galad Ereinion, who succeeded Turgon of Gondolin in the high kingship in F.A 510. She was also called Faelivrin, referring to "the gleam of the pools of Ivrin", by Gwindor.

Finduilas presumably lived in the Noldor kingdom of Nargothrond when Beren came to call upon her great-uncle, Finrod Felagund, to assist him in the quest for the silmaril and the ensuing power struggle between her father and the Sons of Fëanor. Orodreth eventually prevailed and ruled unencumbered as king of Nargothrond. At some point Finduilas was betrothed to Gwindor son of Guilin, but he joined the Union of Maedhros and went to fight under King Fingon in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears in F.A 472. During this battle, Gwindor was captured and held prisoner for fourteen years. By the time he escaped, he had lost much of his strength and beauty.

Upon Gwindor's return, Finduilas no longer felt the love she had for him, and instead fell in love with the mortal companion he met in his journey home. This man, known as Agarwaen, became increasingly influential in Nargothrond. Unknown to Finduilas, his real name was Túrin son of Húrin, and he did not return her feelings, instead thinking of her as like his late younger sister Lalaith. Realising that Finduilas had fallen in love with Túrin, Gwindor - who had known all along who he was - revealed his identity to her and the rest of Nargothrond. This action set in motion the eventual fall of the kingdom at the hands of Morgoth, who had long sought Túrin.

Glaurang, the first of the dragons, sacked Nargothrond in F.A 495. Finduilas was then captured. Gwindor died after having ordered Túrin to protect her, though due to Glaurang's words of deceit he too was unable to save her. While journeying to Angband, the orcs that held her captive were waylaid by the Haladin of Brethil and killed their prisoners. Finduilas was pinned to a tree by a spear and died there. The Haladin raised a mound about her which they knew as "The Mound of the Elf-maid" or Haudh-en-Elleth.

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