Nimrodel

Nimrodel was a Nandorin Elf-maiden of Lórien in the Third Age.
== Biography ==
Nimrodel had lived in Lothlórien before the Sindar and Ñoldor were seen in the forest. She was unhappy with these newcomers, thinking they would bring the turmoils of Middle-earth to the golden forest. She lived separately near the river that would later bear her name, and spoke only her native tongue. The only good thing she saw in Lórien was the Sinda Amroth, King of the Wood. They both found love for each other, but she refused to marry him.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, IV: "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, and of Amroth King of Lórien"
After a Balrog awoke in nearby Khazad-dûm in TA 1980, Nimrodel grew more uneasy in Lórien. She fled, and made her way to the edge of Fangorn Forest, but could not enter it. Amroth found her, and promised her peace. Together they travelled to Edhellond, the port city in Belfalas, and thence set sail to the Undying Lands. They were accompanied by a small staff of Silvan Elves, including Mithrellas. All went well until they reached the White Mountains in TA 1981. The group became separated, and Amroth reached Edhellond well before the others. He decided to wait for his love aboard their ship. When a storm broke loose and swept the ship out of port, Amroth leaped overboard, hoping to swim back to shore. But he was quickly taken by Belegaer's strong currents and drowned.
Nimrodel, in the meantime, had settled for a while at the river Gilrain, which reminded her of home. She sat by the starlit stream and slept for a long while. After waking she journeyed further, but found no ship in Edhellond, and Amroth was long dead at the bottom of the sea.
After she found no ship in Edhellond and found out that her lover Amroth drowned in the sea. What she did after leaving the haven was unknown. She might have died later due to a broken heart.
== In song ==
Years after her death, the Lay of Nimrodel was sung by Elves in Rivendell and northern Mirkwood. According to Legolas, the lay was long and sad.
== Etymology ==
Nimrodel means "Lady of the White Grotto"Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index from the Sindarin element nim ("white").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" The name was of Lemberin language (later Avarin or Telerian), along with other Sindarin names such as Amroth, Legolas, and Thranduil.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, II: "The Appendix on Languages", Languages at the end of the Third Age
== In other versions ==
In earlier versions of J.R.R. Tolkien's tales, Nimrodel had the names Inglorel, Linglorel, or Nimlothel, among others. Her lover was first named Ammalas (later Amroth).The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VII: The Treason of Isengard, XII: "Lothlórien"
==In adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Nimrodel was put into her deep sleep by the River-maiden of Gladden and had slept for many seasons before she awoke. After learning the fate of her beloved Amroth, Nimrodel mourned him ever, never venturing far from the Bay in which he was lost and never taking off her mourning veil. Forgoing her name of old, she became known as Dorthaneth and eventually became the leader of "Avorrim", a small elven community lingering near and keeping watch over the now-abandoned Edhellond. In the years before the War of the Ring she visited Dol Amroth and became a close friend of Lothíriel, daughter of Prince Imrahil. After the War, Queen Arwen helps Dorthaneth to deal with her grief, causing her to lift her veil and become Nimrodel once again.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኚምሮደል
Arabic 	نيمروديل
Armenian 	Նիմրոդել
Assamese 	নিমৰডেল
Belarusian Cyrillic	Нимродель
Bengali 	নিমরোদেল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Нимродел
Chinese (Hong Kong)	寧若戴爾河
Georgian 	ნიმროდელი
Greek 	Νίμροντελ
Gujarati 	નિમ્રોડેલ
Hebrew 	נימרדיל
Hindi 	णिम्रोदेल
Japanese 	ニムロデル
Kannada 	ನಿಮ್ರೋಡೆಲ್
Kazakh 	Німродел (Cyrillic) Nimrodel (Latin)
Konkani 	निमरोडेल
Kurdish 	Nîmirodel (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Нимродэл
Lithuanian 	Nimrodelė
Macedonian Cyrillic	Нимерол
Marathi 	निमेरोडेल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Нимродэл
Nepalese 	निमोरोल
Persian 	نیمرودل
Punjabi 	ਨਿਮਰੋਡਲ
Russian 	Нимродэль
Sanskrit 	णिम्रोदेल्
Serbian 	Нимродел (Cyrillic) Nimrodel (Latin)
Sinhalese 	නිම්රෝඩෙල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Нимродел
Tamil 	ணிம்ரொதெல்
Tatar 	Нимродел
Telugu 	నిమ్రోదుల్
Thai 	นิมรอเดล
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Німродел
Urdu 	نیمروڈیل
Uzbek 	Нимродел (Cyrillic) Nimrodel (Latin)
Yiddish 	נימראָדעל
== References ==
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Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Characters in Unfinished Tales
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
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