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'Finarfin' is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, featured in ''The Silmarillion''.

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Family

Eventual fate

Trivia

See also

References

Family

He was the third son and youngest child of Finwë. Finarfin's mother was Indis. His half-brother was Fëanor and his full brother Fingolfin. His sisters were Findis and Irimë. He married Eärwen, princess of the Teleri. He had four children: Finrod Felagund, Angrod, Aegnor and Galadriel. Orodreth appears as one of Finarfin's sons in the published ''Silmarillion''. In Tolkien's later writings however he clearly is Angrod's son. Christopher Tolkien used an older form in the ''Silmarillion'', but later described this as a mistake.^[1] Finarfin was said to be the fairest and wisest of Finwë's sons. Like all of Finwë's sons, Finarfin founded his own house. Uniquely among the Noldor he and his descendants all had golden hair inherited from his mother, so his house was sometimes called "The Golden House of Finarfin".

Eventual fate

After the death of Finwë, he departed with his brothers Fëanor and Fingolfin for Middle-earth, but turned back when Mandos pronounced the Doom of the Noldor. Finarfin became King of the residual Noldor and presumably still rules from Tirion on Túna. He was the captain of the Noldor of Aman in the decisive War of Wrath against Morgoth.

Trivia

★ In Tolkien's fictional language of Quenya, his name is '''Arafinwë''', "Noble-Finwë".

★ Finarfin was called ''Finrod'' in earlier versions of the Middle-earth mythology, and his son Finrod Felagund 'Inglor Felagund'. As such he appears in the first edition of ''The Lord of the Rings'' as Finrod. This was changed in later editions, but not all references to 'Inglor' were removed: see Gildor Inglorion.

See also

★ House of Finwë

References

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