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Nimrodel Lost Elf-maiden of Lothlorien. Nimrodel was graceful and beautiful, with long, flowing red hair that shone like mallorn leaves in autumn. She … more »

Nimrodel Lost Elf-maiden of Lothlorien. Nimrodel was graceful and beautiful, with long, flowing red hair that shone like mallorn leaves in autumn. She was a Silvan Elf, or Wood-elf. Nimrodel spoke only the language of the Wood-elves even after Sindarin became the common tongue of Lothlorien. She preferred to live apart from them and maintain the ways of the Wood-elves. Nimrodel lived alone near the river that later bore her name. Her home was near the northwestern border of Lothlorien. She may have dwelled in a grotto - or small cave - by a waterfall, but when Orcs from the nearby Misty Mountains began encroaching on the forest she may have started living high in the branches of a tree. This may have inspired the creation of flets - platforms used as dwelling places in the trees by the Elves of Lothlorien. When she reached the White Mountains, Nimrodel became lost. Nimrodel wandered for a while in the mountains until she came to the River Gilrain, which reminded her of the stream she had lived near in Lothlorien. She sat by a pool, listening to the water and looking at the stars reflected in it, and her heart was lightened. Nimrodel fell into a long, deep sleep. When she awoke, she came down from the mountains into Belfalas, but the ship was long gone and Amroth was lost. What became of Nimrodel afterwards is not known. It was said that in springtime her voice could be heard singing in the falls of the River Nimrodel in Lothlorien, while the voice of Amroth came up the Anduin on the south wind. ? « Less