Lothlórien

Lothlórien, also known as Lórien, was the vast woodland realm of the Galadhrim elves located near the lower Misty Mountains in northern Middle-earth. It was first settled by the Nandor, but they were later joined by a small number of Ñoldor and Sindar under Celeborn of Doriath and Galadriel, daughter of Finarfin. It was located on the River Celebrant, southeast of Khazad-dûm, and was the only place in Middle-earth where the golden Mallorn trees grew.
Galadriel's magic, later revealed as the power of her ring Nenya, enriched the land and made it a magic forest into which evil could not enter without difficulty. The only way that Lothlórien could have been conquered by the armies of Mordor is if Sauron had come there himself.
==History==
===Early history===
The first inhabitants of the forested area later known as Lórien were a group of Nandor that refused to cross the Misty Mountains. Lórien was probably one of their scattered settlements in the area. Later, however, as the power of the Longbeards of Khazad-dûm grew, they relocated to the lands around the Nimrodel. The land in which they dwelt (the forest east of the Hithaeglir, above Fangorn and below Mirkwood) became known in the Silvan tongue as Lórinand, or Laurelindórenan.
===Second Age===
By the Second Age, Sindarin Elves had enriched its population, and the forest was ruled by a Sindarin king, Amdír. Before the War of the Elves and Sauron, Galadriel and Celeborn travelled over the Misty Mountains to dwell there. Amdír perished in the War of the Last Alliance. His son and the last Sindarin King of Lórien was Amroth. 
===Third Age===
In the middle of the Third Age Amroth went to Edhellond near Dol Amroth in Gondor in search of Nimrodel, and was lost at sea. After his time the Silvan Elves of Lórien long had no kings and were ruled by Celeborn and Galadriel as lord and lady.
On January 15 TA 3019 the Fellowship of the Ring entered Lothlórien seeking to escape Orcs pursuing them from Moria. They rested in the forest until February 16, receiving gifts from the Galadhrim and counsel from Celeborn and Galadriel.
The Golden Wood was relatively close to Mirkwood and Dol Guldur. Around the time Sauron's forces were attacking Minas Tirith, Dol Guldur sent forces to attack Lothlórien. There were three assaults in total, but though the outer woods were ravaged, the lands inhabited by the Elves were protected thanks to both Elven skill and Galadriel's power (Mordor could not have destroyed Lórien unless Sauron himself had arrived). After the three assaults failed, Lórien eventually sent its own forces to destroy Dol Guldur. With the fall of the Dark Lord this assault was successful and Galadriel cast the walls down.
===Fourth Age===
After Galadriel left for Valinor, the Elves of Lórien were ruled by their lord Celeborn alone, and the realm was expanded to include a part of southern Mirkwood, but it appears to have quickly been de-populated during the Fourth Age. Galadriel bore Nenya on a ship from the Grey Havens into the West, accompanied by the other two Elven Rings and their bearers. With the ring gone, the magic and beauty of Lórien also faded, along with the extraordinary Mallorn trees that had lived for centuries, and it was gradually depopulated. Celeborn himself went to dwell in Rivendell, whilst many of the other Elves likely moved to Thranduil's Woodland Realm.
By the time Arwen came there to die in FO 121, Lothlórien was deserted. She was buried on the hill of Cerin Amroth, where she and Aragorn II Elessar had been betrothed.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (v): Tale of Aragorn and ArwenThe Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Lothlórien" 
==Etymology==
Lothlórien means "Dream-flower", from the Sindarin loth ("blossom, flower") and Quenya lórien ("dream, slumber").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
===Other names===
This forest, originally known by its Silvan names Laurelindórinan (Land of the Valley of Singing Gold) and Lórinand (Golden Valley), was renamed Lothlórien (Lórien of the Blossom) in memory of the Lórien the Ñoldor left behind; but the name was often shortened to Lórien ("Land of Gold", although it carried within it also the meaning of "dream"). Treebeard referred to the word Lothlórien as "Dreamflower". Other names given to the land include the Rohanese name Dwimordene (from dwimor meaning "phantom", an allusion to the perceived magic of the Elves), and the Westron name The Golden Wood.
==In adaptations==
===The Lord of the Rings film trilogy===
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Lothlórien is illumined by the moon at night, and is a sun-filled forest by day.
Shortly after the fall of Gandalf and the Balrog, the Fellowship led by Aragorn and fearing the pursuing Orcs, goes to Lórien. While travelling through Lórien, Gimli states that an evil Elf queen ruled the forest and tells the Hobbits to stay nearer to him. Meanwhile, Frodo sees a vision of her warning him that he brings great evil with him.
The Fellowship are caught by Haldir's company and, after some persuasion, are brought to Caras Galadhon, where Galadriel investigates them psychically and later bids them rest. She shows Frodo her mirror, denies the temptation of the Ring, and encourages him on his quest.
While the Fellowship rests in Lórien, the realm is attacked by Orcs chasing the Fellowship, but they are slain. Saruman's Uruk-hai spies are also spotted near its borders. Galadriel later gives the members of the Fellowship gifts, sends them on their journey down the Anduin and tells Aragorn that they will never meet again.
In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Galadriel convinces Elrond to send a force of Galadhrim, led by Haldir, to Helm's Deep. They are slain, but help defend the fortress until Gandalf arrives with reinforcements.
===Video games===
Lothlórien is depicted in the video games The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, War of the Ring, and The Lord of the Rings Online.
In the non-canonical evil campaign of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Lórien is the first Elven land to be ambushed in the Evil Campaign. The Mouth of Sauron and three of the Nazgûl rode to a Orc-base just on the outskirts of Lórien, where they recruited the Goblin builders to create structures from which to muster powerful Orc armies, as well as a few Trolls. After the armies are properly prepared, the four Captains of Mordor lead the Goblins and Trolls out to destroy the land of Lothlórien. Haldir and a few Elves bravely attempt to stop them at the outer perimeter, but they are slain and the Elven Tree Houses there all demolished. While the Goblins and Captains of Mordor advance on Lórien, they release Mountain Giants guarded by the Elves to aid them in their Conquest.
When the dark army arrives in Lórien, many Elves, as well as Galadriel and Celeborn, attempt to stop them. Galadriel escapes, but Celeborn is slain. The Orcs defeat every Elf and burn every Lórien structure in sight, even the mighty Tree Fortress of Galadriel and Celeborn. Galadriel watches in horror from a distance as the Orcs celebrate their victory on the ruins of Lórien. The Mouth of Sauron looks into the Mirror of Galadriel, seeing and preparing the next step into conquering northern Middle-earth for Sauron, which is the approach of Umbar's fleets to the Grey Havens.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሎቶርሊያን
Arabic 	لوثلورين
Armenian 	Լոտհլորիեն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Латлорыэн
Bengali 	লথ্লোরীয়েন
Bosnian 	Lotlorijen
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Лотлориен
Chinese (Hong Kong)	羅洛斯瑞安 "羅瑞安"
Danish 	Lothlórien ("Drømmeblomsten")
Georgian 	ლოსლორიენ
Greek 	Λοθλόριεν
Gujarati 	લોથિલિએન
Hebrew 	לותלוריין
Hindi 	ळोथ्लोरिएन
Japanese 	ロスローリエン
Kazakh 	Лотлоріен (Cyrillic) Лотлоріен (Latin)
Kannada 	ಲೋಥ್ಲೋರಿಯನ್
Korean 	로스로리엔
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Лотhлориэн
Lithuanian 	Lotlorienas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Лотхлориен
Marathi 	लोथ्लोरिन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Лотлорен
Nepalese 	लोथलोरियन
Pashto 	لوتهلوریېن ?
Persian 	لوتلورین
Punjabi 	ਲੋਥਲੋਰੀਅਨ
Russian 	Лотлориэн
Sanskrit 	ळोथ्लोरिएन्
Serbian 	Лотлоријен (Cyrillic) Lotlorijen (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ලලොත්ලෝරියෙන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Лотҳлориен
Tamil 	லோதலோரின்
Telugu 	లోథ్లోరైన్
Thai 	ลอธลอริเอน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Лотлоріен
Urdu 	لوتلوریان
Uzbek 	Лотҳлориен (Cyrillic) Lothlorien (Latin)
Yiddish 	לאָטהלאָריען
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