Character Bios
Caranthir
Meaning: From Quenya 'Carnistir', meaning 'red-face'
Other Names: Morifinwe, or Moryo, meaning 'Dark Finwe'
Location(s): Valinor, East Beleriand
Race/Species: Elf
Type/Kind: Noldor
Title(s): The Dark, The Cruel
Dates: Age of the Trees - I, c. 509
Parents: Father: Feanor; Mother: Nerdanel
Siblings: Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin, Amrod, Amras
Spouse: unnamed wife
Children: N/A
Description:
Caranthir was dark haired, but had the ruddy complexion of his mother. (The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoMe 12, Last Writings, The Shibboleth of Feanor). He was one of the more unpleasant of Feanor's sons, and very proud of his Noldorin heritage, looking down on the children of Finarfin because their mother wasn't a Noldo (The Silmarillion, QS, Ch. 13 - Of the Return of the Noldor), and also, initially, on mortals (Ch. 17 - Of the Coming of Men into the West).
He was slain by Dior Eluchil at the Ruin of Doriath, in the year 505 of the First Age.
Contributors:
Finch, 01.04.03
Still Anonymous, 02/27/04