Caranthir

Caranthir, also known as Caranthir the Dark,The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië" was an Elf, the fourth son of Fëanor and the harshest and the quickest to anger of his seven brothers.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIII: "Of the Return of the Noldor"
== Biography ==
As with his brothers, Caranthir was bound by an oath to recover his father's Silmarils, which had been stolen by the Dark Lord Morgoth in Aman. This oath took the seven brothers to Middle-earth during the First Age, where they established realms in exile, waged war against armies of Morgoth, fought their own Elvish kind on occasion, and eventually brought ruin upon themselves.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
Caranthir's realm was in Thargelion in East Beleriand, and was sometimes called Dor Caranthir (Caranthir's land); his abode was on the shores of Lake Helevorn.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms" Because his realm bordered the great Dwarvish Kingdoms of Nogrod and Belegost in the Blue Mountains, he became very wealthy controlling much of the trade coming through the Dwarf-Road.
He rescued the Edain lady Haleth and her people, the Haladin, when they were besieged by Orcs. He then saw the bravery and valour of Men, and offered the Haladin settlement in the North, but Haleth, thanking him, refused and left, eventually settling in Brethil.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVII: "Of the Coming of Men into the West"
In FA 455, after the Dagor Bragollach, Caranthir was forced to flee Thargelion and headed south with his brother Amrod. Two years later, the sons of Ulfang, Uldor, Ulfast and Ulwarth swore allegiance to CaranthirThe Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin" but were faithless later in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
Caranthir, along with his brothers Celegorm and Curufin, perished during the Second Kinslaying in Menegroth, a failed attempt to recover a Silmaril from Elven King Dior of Doriath.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"
==Etymology==
Caranthir is the Sindarin translation of his mother-name Carnistir ("Red-face") from the Quenya carnë ("red, scarlet").The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names His father-name is Morifinwë ("Dark Finwë")The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor" from mor ("Dark").
== Other versions of the legendarium ==
In the earlier versions, Caranthir was called Cranthor The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter IV: "The Nauglafring" and Cranthir.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	كارانثير
Armenian 	Կարանթիր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Карантир
Bengali 	কারান্থির
Bosnian 	Karantir
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Карантир
Catalan 	Carànthir
Chinese (Hong Kong)	卡蘭希爾
Georgian 	კარატირი
Greek 	Καράνθιρ
Gujarati 	કરાન્તિર
Hebrew 	קאראנתיר
Hindi 	करनथिर
Japanese 	カランシア
Kannada 	ಕಾರಂತಿರ್
Kazakh 	Карантһір (Cyrillic) Karanthir (Latin)
Korean 	카란시르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Карантhир
Macedonian Cyrillic	Карантир
Marathi 	कारंथीर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Карантhир
Nepalese 	चरन्थिर
Pashto 	خارانتهیر ?
Persian 	کارانتیر
Russian 	Карантир
Sanskrit 	चरन्थिर्
Serbian 	Kарантир (Cyrillic) Karantir (Latin)
Sinhalese 	කරන්තිර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Карантҳир
Tamil 	சரந்த்ஹிர்
Telugu 	కరన్థిర
Thai 	คารันเธียร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Карантір
Urdu 	کآرانتیر
Uzbek 	Карантҳир (Cyrillic) Karanthir (Latin)
Yiddish 	קאַראַנטהיר
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