Dân o’Nandor-on-Anduin
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Feb 5 2015, 1:02pm
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The Arda 300: #'s 290-281
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I'll consolidate my posts in some fashion after this one, to avoid taking up room.
#290 Skinbark/Fladrif – ent
[TG:13,EoA:3,Wik:3,RF:8,JT:7,MD:1,DD:14,LR:2,H6:4=55pts,8indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Skinbark
He gets significant points from Day, but again his A-Z was necessary to bring any ents & animals in good position. Skinbark also gets a point from Matthew Dickerson’s ‘Treebeard’ entry in Drout’s Encyclopedia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP6aVG6L1w
#289 Narmacil I, 17th King of Gondor – gondorian dúnadan king
[TG:18,EoA:9,Wik:5,RF:4,JT:14,LR:1,UT:2,H12:2=55pts,10indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Narmacil_I
J.E.A. Tyler gives this king many of his points with his wordy entry: “although Gondor still seemed all-powerful by the time he came to the Throne, most of his family did little to preserve this power, being for the most part hedonists who surrounded themselves with luxury and ignored their first duty: to govern…”, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eajk2uDWaP0
#288 Eärwen the swan-maiden, Princess of Alqualondë (f) – falmari princess
[TG:17,EoA:3,Wik:4,RF:3,JT:5,MD:1,Sil:4,UT:6,H10:4,H11:4,H12:4=55pts,20indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Earwen
One of Olwë’s daughter’s points comes from her mention in Michael Drout’s own article on ‘Finrod’ in his Encyclopedia. Unrelated, but in that very article Drout mentions that Finrod collaborated to create the Nauglamir, “composed of jewels brought back from Valinor”. Oops!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAgKFg1YSnI
#287 Guilin of Nargothrond – noldo lord
[TG:7,Wik:6,RF:2,JT:6,Sil:2,CoH:2,H2:4,H3:10,H4:8,H5:2,H11:2,H12:4=55pts,48indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Guilin
His son Gelmir appeared at #507; his son Gwindor will appear near the top 100. Gelmir was mutilated and strung in front of Gwindor’s elven host prior to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bmPMBVSKzI
#286 Hirilorn, Tree of the Lady (n) – beech-tree
[TG:17,EoA:9,Wik:10,RF:5,JT:6,Sil:3,CoH:2,UT:4=56pts,3indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Hirilorn
I have to give a disclaimer here: trees are included in this list, as long as they are named, indexed & or appear in an entry. Tolkien had a special affinity for trees; his favourite was cut down very recently, and we have ents, huorns, willows, & rowan-trees in his secondary world to attest for their place. I’ve attempted to include anything approaching a sentient character on this list: including a purse, a sword, the 2 watchers of Cirith Ungol, and a couple others yet to appear. There are those that will swear by the hormonal sentience of trees in our world, so I certainly won’t deny them their place in Tolkien’s! And I have a better song for Old Toby, coming soon, so I chose this one here for the literal applicability of its title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqlHJCtz5nE
#285 Araphant, 14th King of Arthedain – arnorian dúnadan king
[TG:26,EoA:9,Wik:6,RF:3,JT:7,LR:1,H12:4=56pts,10indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Araphant
His reign saw a rapprochement with Gondor, needing help to combat the surrounding evil forces…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP6Qki8mWc
#284 Grimbold of Grimslade – rohirrim marshal
[TG:23,EoA:2,Wik:7,RF:5,JT:6,LR:5,UT:6,H8:2=56pts,18indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/...rimbold_of_Grimslade
He was acting marshal, and no doubt a witness to the lighted beacons…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4a40FjB_sM
#283 Bregolas, 6th Lord of the First House & 3rd Lord of Ladros – 1st house adan
[TG:22,EoA:1,Wik:1,RF:3,JT:6,DK:1,Sil:2,CoH:2,UT:4,H3:4,H4:2,H5:2,H10:2,H11:4=56pts,44indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Bregolas
It’s his sons Belegund & Baragund that are reversed in the Sil genealogies, as Kane notes in Arda Reconstructed. Nonetheless, he fell beside Angrod & Aegnor during the Dagor Bragollach…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obAtn6I5rbY
#282 Vardamir Nólimon, 2nd King of Númenor – númenórean king
[TG:19,EoA:6,Wik:4,RF:2,JT:2,LR:1,UT:12,LoE:11=57pts,7indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Vardamir_Nolimon
Most of his points come from Unfinished Tales, particularly the ‘Line of Elros’ list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqKcnYWCAJc
#281 Durin III, King of Durin’s Folk & Khazad-dûm – dwarf king
[TG:28,EoA:2,Wik:2,RF:4,JT:3,DD:11,LR:1,UT:4,H12:2=57pts,8indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Durin_III
Thankfully he owes David Day a fifth of his points, being the initial ringbearer of the dwarves, thus deserving his place in the top 300. Only one Durin remains…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjsSaistmN4
glossary:
*=as in CT's indexing in UT (ie. characters not appearing in Hobbit/LotR/AdvTB/Sil)
@=guest at Bilbo’s Farewell Party
(f)=female (n)=neutral
POINTS - for ENTRIES: TG=Tolkien Gateway,EoA=Encyclopedia of Arda,Wik=Wikipedia,RF=Robert Foster’s Complete Guide to Middle-earth,JT=J.E.A. Tyler’s Tolkien Companion,DD=David Day’s A-Z of Tolkien; for INDICES: LR=Lord of the Rings,Sil=Silmarillion,UT=Unfinished Tales,HX=History of Middle-earth Vol.X,LT=Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien,HC=Humphrey Carpenter’s Biography,JG=John Garth’s Tolkien and the Great War,JR=John Rateliff’s History of The Hobbit,DK=Douglas Kane’s Arda Reconstructed; for both ENTRIES & INDICES: MD=Michael Drout’s Tolkien Encyclopedia; for NAME-LISTS: CoH=Children of Húrin,B1 or B2=the ‘Qenya & Gnomish Lexicons’ from Book of Lost Tales Vols.1&2,FoG=the ‘Fall of Gondolin’ from BoLT Vol.2,LoE=the ‘Line of Elros’ tree & list from UT; MISC: HoF=votes from the Hall of Fire thread that initiated this project + a composite of selected favourite character lists.
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