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Lothlorien History
Race
Elves
Names
Lothlorien was also called Dwimordene, the Golden Wood, Laurelindórenan, Lindórinand, Lórinand, and Lórien.
Description
Lothlorien was a little forest realm.Caras Galadhon, or 'The City of the Trees', was the main settlement of Lothlorien. It's people were called the Galadhrim. Lorien was home to 3 kinds of elves: Silvan, Sindar, and Noldor. Being where it was (go to Maps and Land Features to see map), it was isolated from many other elf inhabitated areas. But there was some communication between Rivendell (see map) and Lothlorien for Elladan and Elrohir (sons of Elrond, ruler of Rivendell) rode there with news and Arwen (daughter of Elrond) and Aragorn (heir of Isuldir) visited.
Language
Sindarin was the most used elven-language in Lothlorien, though most had an accent, because many of the Lorien elves were of Silvan origin.
History of Rulers
Amdir (a Sindarin elf), ruled and was King of Lorien until the Second Age ended. Then, Amroth, his son, followed in his father's footsteps and became King of Lorien. But, disaster struck when he became overly preoccupied with his lover Nimrodel, and Lothlorien was badly defended and unfortified.
Celeborn and Galadriel came to the forest in the middle of the Third Age. But, already, Lorien had been tainted by rumour. The Galadhrim had closed off it's borders to other races, even the Greenwood elves.Nenya, Galadriel's ring, guarded the realm of Lorien. Time and it's effects were unlike time outside of Lorien. That is why after their stay in Lothlorien, the hobbits were surprised to find out that almost a month had passed.
Lorien held through the Third Age, sheltering the Fellowship of the Ring after their flight from the mines of Moria, during it's dangerous quest to destroy the One Ring.
Galadriel's ring, Nenya, after the War of Ring ended, lost all it's power, and the magic of Lothlorien began to fade. The elves had deserted the realm by the time that Aragorn died. |