Arwen

Arwen was the Half-elven daughter of Elrond and Celebrían. She was often called Arwen Undómiel or "Evenstar".
In marrying Aragorn II Elessar after the War of the Ring, she became Queen of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor, and like Beren and Lúthien before her, she united Elf and Man in peace, while becoming mortal.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Arwen was born in TA 241, to Lord Elrond and Lady Celebrían of Rivendell. Like her father and brothers, she had the right to choose between immortality or mortal life. She lived most of her life in Rivendell and Lothlórien interchangeably.
=== Third Age ===
==== Aragorn and Arwen ====
During Aragorn's twentieth year, he met Arwen for the first time in Rivendell, where he lived under Elrond's protection. Arwen, then over 2700 years old, had recently returned to her father's home after living for a while with her grandmother Galadriel in Lórien. Aragorn fell in love with Arwen at first sight, and at first mistook her for Lúthien, thinking he had fallen into a dream., Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (v): "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"
About thirty years later, the two were reunited in Lórien, where Arwen reciprocated Aragorn's love and they "plighted their troth" (promised themselves to each other) on the mound of Cerin Amroth, Arwen choosing to become mortal and to stay in Middle-earth with Aragorn, and giving up the chance to sail over the sea and live forever in the Blessed Realm. Elrond would, however, not permit the two to marry until Aragorn had taken the thrones of Arnor and Gondor, the price for Arwen's abandonment of immortality. Arwen never broke faith with Aragorn, even when he went to war. While the War in the South raged on, Arwen wove a banner for Aragorn, which would become his standard after he became king.
Before taking the Paths of the Dead, Aragorn was met by the Grey Company, consisting of Rangers of the North, and Arwen's brothers, Elladan and Elrohir. They brought to him a banner of black cloth: the gift made by Arwen, and a sign that encouraged him to take the difficult path., , Book Five, Chapter II: "The Passing of the Grey Company" When the banner was unfurled at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields to reveal the emblems of Elendil in mithril, gems, and gold, it was the first triumphant announcement of the King's return.
==== After the War ====
Arwen arrived at Minas Tirith after Aragorn had become King of Gondor and Arnor, and they married on Midsummer's Day in the year TA 3019, after the end of the War of the Ring. She became Queen of the Reunited Kingdom. After marrying Aragorn, she bestowed upon Frodo Baggins a gift; her place on the ships to Valinor. She bore Aragorn's son, Eldarion, and several unnamed daughters, some time in the Fourth Age.
=== Fourth Age ===
In the year 121 of the Fourth Age, after Aragorn's death, Arwen died of a broken heart at Cerin Amroth in Lórien, and was buried there one year after the death of Aragorn, to whom she had been wedded for 122 years. She was 2901 years old.
== Etymology ==
The name Arwen means "Noble maiden", from Sindarin ar(a) ("royal, noble") and wen ("maiden"). Her epessë Undómiel means "Evenstar", from the Quenya Undómë ("evening twilight") and el ("star").The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
== Character ==
Arwen was described to be the most beautiful of the last generation of High Elves in Middle-earth, and was even said to bear a remarkable resemblance to her ancestress, Lúthien. J.R.R. Tolkien described Arwen as following:
== Lineage ==
Arwen was the youngest child of Elrond and Celebrían; her elder brothers were the twins Elladan and Elrohir. Through her father, she was the granddaughter of Eärendil the Mariner (the second of the Half-elves), great-granddaughter of Tuor of Gondolin, and therefore a direct descendant of the ancient House of Hador. Arwen was also a descendant of High King Turgon of the Ñoldor through her great-grandmother, Idril. Through her mother, she was the granddaughter of the Lady Galadriel and the great-granddaughter of Finarfin. Éomer of Rohan said that the Lady Arwen was more fair than the Lady Galadriel of Lórien, but Gimli son of Glóin thought differently. Through both of her parents Arwen was a direct descendant of the ancient Elven House of Finwë. Furthermore, Arwen was a descendant of Beren and Lúthien Tinúviel, whose story resembled hers. Indeed, Arwen was held to be the reappearance in likeness of her ancestress Lúthien, fairest of all the Elves, who was called Nightingale (Tinúviel).
Arwen was a very distant relative of her husband Aragorn. Aragorn's ancestor, Elros Tar-Minyatur, the first King of Númenor, was her father Elrond's brother, who chose to live as a man rather than one of the Eldar. This means that Aragorn also has very distant Elvish ancestry. Elros died in SA 442, some 3240 years before Arwen was born.
Arwen eventually became Queen of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor when she married Aragorn, who was of the line of the Kings of Arnor.
After the War of the Ring ended, Arwen and Aragorn produced the future heir of the throne, Eldarion.
By Arwen and Aragorn's marriage, the long-sundered lines of the Half-elves were joined. Their union also served to unite and preserve the bloodlines of the Three Kings of the High Elves (Ingwë, Finwë, and the brothers Olwë and Elwë) as well as the only line with Maiar blood through Arwen's great-great-great grandmother, Melian, Queen of Doriath, and also on Aragorn's side, through the line of Kings of Arnor and Númenor to Elros, Elrond's brother, whose great-great-grandmother was also Melian.
== In adaptations ==
=== The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ===
Arwen Undomiel was portrayed in , , and by the American actress Liv Tyler. In The Fellowship of the Ring, it was she who met Frodo and bore him across the Ford of Bruinen, instead of Glorfindel, and wielded the sword "Hadhafang", which does not appear in the books.
She was not mentioned or featured in Ralph Bakshi's earlier film .
==== Behind the scenes ====
In The Two Towers film, Arwen was originally supposed to appear with the host of Elves and fight at Helm's Deep alongside Aragorn. This was later cut from the film.
=== Other appearances ===
*Arwen was voiced by Sonia Fraser in ' (1981 radio series) and by Kath Soucie in (video game). In the fan film The Hunt for Gollum, Arwen is played by Rita Ramnani. In , Arwen is a playable hero through a DLC.
*In , Arwen can be found in a gazebo overlooking the path from Rivendell into the Misty Mountains. Her roles in the game was initially small, and her only significant interaction with the player was the passing of Elessar's banner that she made for Aragorn and bid the player to deliver to Halbarad. After the downfall of Sauron, her prominence increases as Elrond and his household travel to Minas Tirith for her wedding. On their way towards Lothlórien from the lands of the Beornings, Arwen asks her father to visit the cave in which her mother Celebrían was tormented by Orcs before being rescued. She later discusses that experience with Lady Galadriel.
=== Voice dubbing actors ===
Foreign Language 	Voice dubbing artist
Czech Republic 	Jitka Ježková
French (France) 	Marie-Laure Dougnac
German 	Elisabeth Günther
Hungarian 	Solecki Janka
Italian (Italy) 	Stella Musy
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)	Marli Bortoletto
Slovak 	Lenka Košická
Spanish (Latin America) 	Rebeca Patiño / Carola Vázquez (The Fellowship of the Ring)
Spanish (Spain) 	Belén Roca
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓርወን
Arabic 	أروين
Armenian 	Արվեն (Arwen)
Արվեն Ունդոմիել (Arwen Undómiel)
Assamese 	আৰ্ৱেণ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Арвен (Arwen)
Арвен Ундаміэль (Arwen Undómiel)
Bengali 	আরউইন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Арвен (Arwen)
Арвен Ундомиел (Arwen Undómiel)
Burmese 	အာရ်ဝင်
Chinese (Hong Kong)	亞玟
Danish 	Arven (dronning af Gondor)
Georgian 	არვენი (Arwen) / არუენ უნდომიელი (Arwen Undómiel)
Greek 	Άργουεν
Gujarati 	આર્વેન
Hebrew 	(Arwen) ארוון
(Arwen Undómiel) ארוון אונדומיאל
Hindi 	आर्वेन
Japanese 	アルウェン (Arwen)
アルウェン・ウンドーミエル (Arwen Undómiel)
Kannada 	ಆರ್ವೆನ್
Kazakh 	Аруен (Cyrillic) Arwen (Latin)
Korean 	아르웬 (Arwen)
아르웬 운도미엘 (Arwen Undómiel)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Арvэн
Lithuanian 	Arvena
Macedonian Cyrillic	Арwен
Marathi 	आर्वेन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Арвен
Nepalese 	आर्वेन
Pashto 	آروېن ?
Persian 	(Arwen) آرون
(Arwen Undómiel) آروِن آندومیل
Polish 	Arwena
Punjabi 	ਅਰਵੇਨ
Russian 	Арвен (Arwen)
Арвен Ундомиэль (Arwen Undómiel)
Sanskrit 	आर्वेन्
Serbian 	Арвен (Cyrillic) Arven (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අර්වෙන් (Arwen)
අර්වෙන් උන්දොමියෙල් (Arwen Undómiel)
Tajik Cyrillic 	Арвен
Tamil 	ஆர்௰எந்
Thai 	อาร์เวน (Arwen)
อาร์เวน อุนโดเมียล (Arwen Undómiel)
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Арвен
Urdu 	اروین
Uzbek 	Арвен (Cyrillic) Arven (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַרווין
== Gallery ==
File:Arwen - Farewell.jpg|Arwen at the departure of the Fellowship in (2001)
File:Arwen - Asfaloth.jpg|Arwen and Asfaloth
File:Arwen - Rivendell.jpg|Arwen at the end of the Third Age
File:Arwen and Galadriel.jpg|Arwen and Galadriel (portrayed by Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett)
File:Arwen sewing Aragorn's banner of the White Tree of Gondor.jpg|Arwen sewing Aragorn's banner of the White Tree of Gondor
File:Arwen - Forest.jpg|Arwen in the forest and also in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - The Watcher in the Water Adventure Pack
File:Arwen - Horse.jpg|Arwen in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - The Redhorn Gate and Road to Rivendell Adventure Packs 
File:Arwen in Rivendell.JPG|Arwen in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - The Dread Realm
File:Arwen-by-fawwaz1.png|Arwen in Rivendell
File:Arwen detail of cerin amroth by wollemisiss-d609ohe.jpg
== References ==
Category:Elves of Rivendell
Category:Half-elves
Category:The Lord of the Rings characters
Category:The Fellowship of the Ring (film) characters
Category:The Two Towers (film) characters
Category:The Return of the King (film) characters
Category:Major characters (The Lord of the Rings)
Category:Men of Gondor
Category:Queens of Gondor
Category:Sindarin names & words
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