Lenwë

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Lenwë was a Teleri elf, founder of the Nandor and also the father of Denethor.

On the Great Journey, Lenwë followed Olwë with the host of the Teleri until they reached the Anduin, afterwards he and his followers broke away and went downstream the river and never crossed the Misty Mountains. He founded the Nandor culture, to which his son Denethor later led and dwelt along the Vales of Anduin. He died of unknown causes somewhere along the Vales of Anduin or perhaps somewhere in Eriador.

His descendants hearing of Thingol's great realm crossed into the Beleriand under the leadership of his son Denethor en masse becoming the Laiquendi or Green-elves, who from then onward dwelt in the Ossiriand.

[edit] References

• The Silmarillion pgs. 54 & 94
• The Complete Guide to Middle-earth