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Biography: The Evenstar
Arwen Undomiel, daughter of Elrond the wise and Celebrian of Lorien, was hailed as one of the fairest beings in Middle Earth. Blessed with the likeness of Luthien Tinuviel, yet doomed to the same fate, Arwen walked the earth for many ages alone, and content. Arwen dwelled for many years in Imladris, or Rivendell as called in the western tongue. Her mother departed to the grey havens after being poisoned by orc arrows. It was after this time when Arwen left her father and twin brothers to dwell with her mother’s kin in the fair woods of Lorien. During the time that Arwen was away, an unexpected visitor arrived in Rivendell. Gilraen, Queen of Gondor sought aid in Rivendell with her young son. Elrond took them in and raised the boy as his own, naming him Estel, which is hope, but keeping his true heritage a secret. After a many years, Arwen felt it time to return to her father’s house. One evening, while walking through the woods, she heard a voice call out to her just as Beren had done to Luthien. “Tinuviel, Tinuviel!” called the voice. Arwen came to learn that the voice belonged to Aragorn, heir to the throne of Gondor, who was first called Estel. It was there, under the waxing moon in the forest of Imladris where the first meeting of Arwen Undomiel and Aragorn Elessar first took place.
Aragorn could not deny his love for Arwen, but Elrond did not approve of it. So, in despair, Aragorn left Rivendell in hope of defeating his emotions. Arwen did not remain in Rivendell long after Aragorn departed. She journeyed back to Lorien, where she stayed until later days. Then, by chance, in 2980, Aragorn happened to stumble into Lothlorien, and by the grace of Lady Galadriel, he was bade to enter, and change into kingly garments. This was how Arwen saw him after all that time, and almost immediately, her heart was sealed. They spent a season together, and, upon the hill of Cerin Amroth, they plighted their troth as Arwen gave up her immortality by forsaking her parting to the Grey Havens.
In later years, while the war of the ring escalated, Arwen returned to Imladris, and much to the dismay of her father, refused to leave to Valinor. It was mainly because of her that Aragorn defeated the Enemy, and, on Midsummer’s Day, they were married in the City of Kings. Though Arwen was blissfully happy, the parting of her father was a grievous ordeal.
To Aragorn, Arwen bore one son and many daughters. It is said that on Aragorn’s death-bed, Arwen begged him not to leave, but his time had come. It was with great sorrow, that she left her children and the city, and made for Lorien where no being dwelled. The winter after Aragorn’s death, Arwen drowned in her sorrow, and made her grave where elanor and niphredil no longer grew.
Thus ends the tale of Arwen Undomiel, Queen of Elves and Men
