Amdír

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Character from Tolkien's Legendarium Name Amdír Titles King of Lórinand Race Elf Culture Sindar Date of death 3434 Realm Lórinand Book(s) Unfinished Tales

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Amdír was an Elven king during the Second Age. He only appears in Unfinished Tales, a posthumously published collection of writings edited by Tolkien's son Christopher.

He was conceived as a Sindarin Elf from Doriath who left east into Eriador after the War of Wrath. He took over the realm of Lórinand (later called Lothlórien) from Silvan Elves who had had no lords before, south of where Oropher (father of Thranduil the Elvenking of The Hobbit and grandfather of Legolas of The Lord of the Rings) established a realm among the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood.

Tolkien wrote that Amdír was killed in the War of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, during the Battle of Dagorlad. He and his troops were cut off from their allies into marshland, where more than half of them, including the King, were lost. The area later became known as the Dead Marshes.

After his death his son Amroth became King of Lórinand.

[edit] Other versions

In another version of the events, Tolkien called the character Malgalad.

House of Amdír Cadet Branch of the House of the Sindar Born: ? YT Died: 3434 SA
Preceded by None; Realm established	King of Lórien	Succeeded by Amroth

[edit] References

• J. R. R. Tolkien (1980). in Christopher Tolkien (ed.): Unfinished Tales. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-29917-9. 
• "Elves of Middle-earth", 2006. Retrieved on December 6, 2006.