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May 1 2015, 11:12am
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The Arda 300: #160-#141
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#160 Ar-Adûnakhôr, 20th Ruler of Númenor – númenórean king
[TG:23,EoA:14,Wik:3,RF:9,JT:21,LR:3,Sil:3,UT:10,LoE:11,H5:2,H12:6=105pts,15indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/...-Ad%C3%BBnakh%C3%B4r
Tar-Herunúmen was his Quenya name, still inscribed in the scrolls out of fear of the Valar. In fact, his Adûnaic name, meaning ‘Lord of the West’ was so blasphemous, I at first included that translation after his name above, then a brief chill of fear came over me, and I removed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPauXWjY4T8
#159 Helm Hammerhand, 9th King of Rohan – rohirrim king
[TG:26,EoA:10,Wik:9,RF:10,JT:17,DD:19,MD:1,LR:3,UT:4,H8:2,H9:2,H12:2=105pts,27indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Helm
3 Kings of Rohan remain after Helm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO-TM9GA3Tg
#158 Amroth son of Amdír Malgalad, 2nd King of Lórien – sinda king
[TG:28,EoA:14,Wik:4,RF:7,JT:14,DD:15,MD:2,LR:3,UT:8,H7:4,H8:2,H9:2,H12:2=105pts,48indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Amroth
His father, the first King of Lórien, appeared back at #400. I discard the ephemeral notion that Amroth was a son of Galadriel and Celeborn. Possibly their arrival in Lothlórien, while he was king without a father, meant an adoptive sort of relationship. However, since his beloved, Nimrodel, had no love for High Elves (thus helping to negate the theory that he was a son of Galadriel), and wanted him to take them away to a peaceful haven, the Sinda King Amroth left Lórien to the rule of Celeborn and Galadriel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bo-Ev7li4w
#157 Tar-Míriel – númenórean queen
[TG:26,EoA:10,Wik:3,RF:8,JT:9,LR:1,Sil:4,UT:10,LoE:5,H5:6,H9:12,H12:12=106pts,27indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tar-Miriel
I couldn’t think of an appropriate title for her, so I just went with her name above. The title she should have had, after Royal Princess, was of course Ruling Queen, but such was not the case. Perhaps I could have gone with ‘Last Survivor Upon Númenor’. Helge Fauskanger of Ardalambion has (or once had) a link on his site to an essay he wrote, positing that a Tolkien movie prequel about Númenor would have been a superior alternative to The Hobbit, if only it could have been done. After reading it, I’ve always envisioned the Titanic-like climax as Míriel drowns while scaling Meneltarma. I have to agree with Fauskanger, that the Second Age may be Tolkien’s most powerful story of the 3 Ages, but unfortunately never made it into a novel of its own. (Substitute Nú-menor here for New Orleans…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYlmofOhnhM
#156 Ori, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer/scribe
[TG:60,EoA:3,Wik:2,RF:5,JT:8,DD:11,JR:11,LR:1,H6:2,H7:2,H12:2=107pts,32indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ori
His claim of course was writing the last pages of the Book of Mazarbul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONmFCkCGCc
#155 & #154 Amrod & Amras, twin youngest sons of Fëanor – noldo princes
[each: TG:35,EoA:4,Wik:7,RF:8,JT:12,DK:4,Sil:2,H2:4,H3:2,H4:6,H5:4,H10:4,H11:6,H12:10=108pts,63indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Amrod
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Amras
Although these 2 red-haired twins had near identical points (I rounded, to even them up), they had much different fates. Amrod apparently lost his life at Losgar attempting to sail back to his mother Nerdanel, who pleaded for one of her twin sons to remain in Aman, but was denied by Fëanor. (Here, another pioneer makes an appropriate appearance…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLQZZoAkdig
Unlike his brother, Amras survived to travel the distances of Beleriand, eventually dying in the attack upon the Havens of Sirion. The love between the brothers was said to be great, and their parting must have been tragic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyRjRc0Aqfo
#153 Mablung of the Heavy Hand – sinda captain
[TG:40,EoA:1,Wik:7,RF:10,JT:14,DK:1,Sil:4,CoH:2,UT:6,H2:4,B2:3,H3:4,H4:4,H5:2,H6:2,H11:4=108pts,92indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/...ng_of_the_Heavy_Hand
Well, heavy is the word for this elf of Túrin’s story. It was he who fished out the hand of Beren holding the Silmaril from the body of Carcharoth. And it was Mablung who was entrusted with the care of Morwen on her way to Nargothrond to seek her son. In the end Glaurung, who found Mablung, mocked him but spared his life, informing him he had lost both Morwen and Nienor. Eventually it was Mablung who had to tell Túrin that his wife was actually his sister. (If the Music of the Ainur was a character, I’d have the Abbey Road album be its song; but as it is, only the last song on the 1st side, and the 1st song on the last side, the greatest transition IMO in rock history, will be separated from that masterpiece to make this list. Optimistic & inspirational will appear with a character soon, but for now, dark & heavy…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZp_-7YUn-s
#152 Old Man Willow – willow-tree/huorn(?)
[TG:15,EoA:4,Wik:9,RF:6,JT:9,MD:54,LR:3,Let:1,H6:6,H7:2=109pts,29indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Old_Man_Willow
He’s the first to appear that has an entry of his own in Drout’s Encyclopedia, thus accounting for nearly half his points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lf0pQoRgFQ
#151 Aegnor, 3rd son of Finarfin – noldo prince
[TG:36,EoA:2,Wik:7,RF:10,JT:13,MD:1,DK:1,Sil:4,UT:4,H3:4,H4:6,H5:4,H10:10,H12:8=110pts,77indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Aegnor
Ah, the lover of Andreth, denied by a law of the Eldar prohibiting such a thing during time of war; and thus he left for the Dagor Bragollach, and his ‘death’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhsA6EAQvQ
#150 Kili, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer
[TG:66,EoA:2,Wik:4,RF:5,JT:3,DD:12,MD:1,JR:15,LR:1,H12:2=111pts,49indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Kili
Well, the top-eighth of the overall master-list of 1200 begins appropriately with another one of the 13 dwarves of Thorin’s party. He had a blue hood, and played the fiddle, along with Fili. (Musical numbers could have been found to accentuate the latter facts, but I’ll once again use Jackson, and his version of Kili, to squeeze in this classic, that otherwise wouldn’t have a character connection).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uPKcMkH0vw
#149 Tar-Meneldur, 5th King of Númenor – númenórean king
[TG:51,EoA:8,Wik:9,RF:2,JT:8,DK:1,LR:1,UT:14,LoE:11,H12:6=111pts,52indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tar_meneldur
As noted in Kane’s Arda Reconstructed (although for reasons of CT's meddling with the name & lineage), Tar-Meneldur was the recipient of the critical letter from Gil-galad, entrusted to Aldarion, Meneldur’s son, which led to his renouncing the Sceptre. The letter warned of the Shadow emerging in Middle-earth, called for whatever aid Númenor could provide, and explained Aldarion’s long absences due to his invaluable service to the High-King of the Noldor in Middle-earth. Tar-Meneldur, who took his name due to his love of star-lore, was King instead of his older sister Silmarien because of the existing Númenórean law. Placed unwittingly in the limelight, he resigned well before his time was due…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWCYUVotD9E
#148 Beregond, Captain of the Guard of the Citadel – gondorian captain
[TG:51,EoA:3,Wik:15,RF:8,JT:7,LR:5,H8:12,H9:4,H12:4,HoF+:2=111pts,66indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/..._(soldier_of_Gondor)
“I’m no captain” proclaimed Beregond to Pippin, yet that’s just what Aragorn made him after becoming King. He later served Faramir in Emyn Arnen, which brought him closer to his ancestors home in Ithilien…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78s-ZPr5zAw
#147 Arien Urwendi, Mistress of the Sun (f) – maia
[TG:30,EoA:2,Wik:8,RF:4,JT:3,DD:12,MD:2,DK:2,Sil:2,H1:10,B1:14,H2:2,H4:10,H5:4,H10:6=111pts,67indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Arien
Back at #153 was Mablung of the Heavy-hand, which inspired the last song of the first side of Abbey Road. Now we flip the record, to the first song of the last side…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q696HZAo2I
#146 Shadowfax, steed of Gandalf – meara mount
[TG:18,EoA:7,Wik:5,RF:10,JT:7,DD:14,MD:2,HC:1,LR:7,Let:1,UT:6,H7:16,H8:6,H9:4,H12:4,HoF+:3=111pts,104indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Shadowfax
So, why does the highest ranking horse appear so low here, when 2 Eagles, 2 Canines, 2 Spiders, 2 Dragons, and a bear, whale, & cat (if shape-shifting counts) will yet appear? My guess is that in Tolkien’s world, horses, as great as even the Mearas may be, are still subservient mounts. Some, as in the last few on the list, may push those boundaries in very select episodes, but they remain essentially dependant, unlike the animals that will yet appear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0QATz8aEAc
#145 Eldacar, 21st King of Gondor – gondorian dúnadan king
[TG:35,EoA:8,Wik:9,RF:18,JT:31,MD:2,LR:3,H12:6=112pts,17indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/...car_(King_of_Gondor)
Eldacar was a king that had tradition, destiny, and public opinion all against him, but succeeded in the end. His enemy was Castamir, Captain of Ships and usurper King, who put Eldacar’s son to death. Eldacar returned, however, and when Castamir attempted to flee, he was killed in the Battle of the Crossings of Erui.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYV6KZpnEak
#144 Lobelia Bracegirdle>Sackville-Baggins (f) @ – hobbit
[TG:33,EoA:2,Wik:3,RF:15,JT:43,MD:2,JR:1,LR:4,H6:6,H7:2,H9:2=113pts,43indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/...ia_Sackville-Baggins
Ah, Lobelia! She walked like a woman and talked like a man…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C__CgQlaykI
#143 Eärnil II, 32nd King of Gondor – gondorian dúnadan king
[TG:47,EoA:2,Wik:16,RF:11,JT:29,LR:2,UT:6,H12:4=117pts,28indx.pg]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Earnil_II
He was a war-leader, and not of the royal line. Yet when desperate times fell upon Gondor, and the ruling house was all but slain, the royalty and privilege that Arvedui of Arthedain attempted to use in an attempt to become the next King of Gondor, was overruled by the Council and the Steward Pelendur, and Eärnil was awarded the throne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plj82F4kY7o
#142 Eonwë, herald of Manwë – maia herald
[TG:26,EoA:3,Wik:7,RF:7,JT:3,DD:12,MD:2,DK:1,Sil:3,UT:6,H1:6,B1:8,H4:4,H5:6,H9:2,H10:8,H11:8,H12:6=118pts,115indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eonwe
He has been a fixture since the beginning of the mythology. Granted, he gradually morphed from Fionwë, son of Manwë & Varda, to eventually be the steadfast herald of the Gods, leading the Host of Valinor in the War of Wrath. He’s seen it all…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLK4-JufR8
#141 Voronwë Aranwion of Gondolin – noldo mariner/guide
[TG:18,EoA:9,Wik:12,RF:7,JT:13,DK:1,JG:1,Sil:4,UT:8,H1:4,B1:8,H2:10,H3:4,H4:6,H5:4,H9:4,H11:8=121pts,115indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/.../Voronwe_of_Gondolin
What can I say?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_XCpC6HdE
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,Let=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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sador
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May 3 2015, 4:43am
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I was thinking of 'Celluloid Heroes' myself...
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Musical numbers could have been found to accentuate the latter facts, but I’ll once again use Jackson, and his version of Kili, to squeeze in this classic, that otherwise wouldn’t have a character connection.
But the Kinks do appear at last, and I guess as a Led Zeppelin fan you really couldn't miss the opportunity.
And I'm sure Voronwe will be delighted by the Santana song. Which you could hardly use for his namesake.
I also suppose that Shadowfax is one of those characters in which you don't need to work hard to find a song - you have to decide on which one!
Although these 2 red-haired twins had near identical points (I rounded, to even them up), they had much different fates...
I've noticed that before - you seem to accept the last version, or even the last idea of Tolkien which Christopher brought in HoME, as the 'truth'. (well, you did mention both Saeros and Orgol as names). Personally, I tend to consider these as sketched-out ideas. HoME records so many false starts by Tolkien, and quite a few which were pretty non-great ideas, that I would at least see if this kind of idea went anywhere before accepting it. At least, I would add this with a qualifier.
But that's another matter of taste. 
Thank you, again!
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N.E. Brigand
Half-elven
Jun 26 2019, 4:08am
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In light of your #154 and 155, you may appreciate this post by John Rateliff on "Weird Tolkien".
Treachery, treachery I fear; treachery of that miserable creature.
But so it must be. Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.
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