Celegorm

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Celegorm with his brother Curufin declaring the Oath

Celegorm

Biographical information

Other names

Turcafinwë, Tyelkormo

Titles

Lord of Himlad

Date of birth

YT ?, in the Noontide of Valinor

Year ascended to the throne

Date of death

FA 506

Realms ruled

Spouse

Unknown, possible not

Weapon

Physical description

Race

Elf

Culture

Ñoldor (House of Fëanor)

Gender

Male

Height

Hair color

Either dark or golden blond

Eye color

Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy

Actor

Voice

Character

Celegorm was the third son of Fëanor and Nerdanel, most closely associated with another brother, Curufin. He is somewhat anomalously described as having golden blond hair, rather than the black or red hair of his parents and siblings.

Celegorm was the Sindarin rendering of his Quenya mother name,Tyelcormo, or "Hasty-riser" to describe his quick temper. His father name in Quenya was Turcafinwë, or "Strong Finwë", meaning "strong-willed". ("Finwë" was a common family name among his House, it being the name of his grandfather Finwë, patriarch of the House and the High King of the Ñoldor.)

Celegorm was a great huntsman, and was a friend of the Vala Oromë. From Oromë he learned great skill of birds and beasts, and could understand a number of their languages. He had brought with him from Valinor the great hound Huan, a gift from Oromë.

[edit] History

As with the other Sons of Fëanor, Celegorm was bound by an oath to recover his father's Silmarils, which had been stolen by the Dark Lord Morgoth. His oath took him and his brothers to Middle-earth during the First Age where they established realms in exile, waged war against the armies of Morgoth, fought their own Elvish kind, and eventually brought ruin upon themselves.

While he and his brother Curufin lived in Nargothrond they captured Lúthien Tinúviel, daughter of King Thingol of Doriath. Celegorm wished to marry her, thus forcing a bond of kinship with Thingol. Huan, however, broke with his master and helped Lúthien escape.

Celegorm fell at Menegroth in the Second Kinslaying, when the Sons of Fëanor attacked Doriath to seize a Silmaril in the possession of the Elvish King Dior, the Beautiful of Doriath. Dior and Celegorm slew each other in the halls of Menegroth.

[edit] The House of Fëanor

Finwë = Míriel   Mahtan
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    Fëanor = Nerdanel
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  Maedhros  Maglor  Celegorm  Caranthir  Curufin  Amrod  Amras 
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