Character Bios
Lenwë
Race/Species: Elf
Type/Kind: Nandor/Silvan
Dates: Time of the Trees
Children: Denethor
Description:
Lenwë, father of Denethor, was the leader of the tribe of Elves who came to be called the Nandor, who chose to abandon the Great Journey from Cuiviénen and remain on the eastern side of the Misty Mountains:
Then one arose in the host of Olwë, which was ever the hindmost on the road; Lenwë he was called. He forsook the westward march, and led away a numerous people, southwards down the great river, and they passed out of the knowledge of their kin until long years were past. Those were the Nandor; and they became a people apart, unlike their kin, save that they loved water, and dwelt most beside falls and running streams. Greater knowledge they had of living things, tree and herb, bird and beast, than all other Elves.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 3, Of The Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
Little is known of the wanderings of the Nandor, whom he led away down Anduin: some, it is said, dwelt age-long in the woods of the Vale of the Great River, some came at last to its mouths and there dwelt by the Sea, and yet others passing by Ered Nimrais, the White Mountains, came north again and entered the wilderness of Eriador between Ered Luin and the far Mountains of Mist.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 10, Of the Sindar
In after years Denethor, son of Lenwë, turned again west at last, and led a part of that people over the mountains into Beleriand ere the rising of the Moon.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 3, Of The Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 30Dec09