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Dior

Meaning: Successor

Other Names: Eluchíl, Aranel, the Beautiful

Location(s): Ossiriand, Doriath

Race/Species: Peredhil

Title(s): Thingol's Heir, King of Doriath

Dates: I, c. 470 - I, c. 509 (511)

Parents:
mother: Lúthien
father: Beren

Spouse: Nimloth

Children:
Eluréd
Elurín
Elwing

Description:
'Then Dior arose, and about his neck he clasped the Nauglamir [with the Silmaril set in it], and now he appeared as the fairest of all the children of the world, of threefold race: of the Edain, and of the Eldar, and of the Maiar of the Blessed Realm.' (The Silmarilion, QS, Chapter 22 - Of the Ruin of Doriath)

Contributors:
Ying, 01.07.03
Finch, 01.02.03

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