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The Fellowship Of The Ring, p. 256. "'...It recalled to me the glory of the Elder Days and the hosts of Beleriand, so many great princes and captains were assembled. And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken....'"

Unfinished Tales, p. 239. As with Celebrimbor's fate, it seems reasonable to use "Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn" as a source concerning other individuals such as Elrond. The founding of Imladris is certainly confirmed in "The Tale Of Years". Cf. note 20 above.

Ibid, pp. 258. "...Oropher...had withdrawn northward beyond the Gladden Fields. This he did to be free from the power and encroachments of the Dwarves of Moria...and also he resented the intrusions of Celeborn and Galadriel into Lorien." Oropher's motives and history, like those of Galadriel and Celeborn, contain some inconsistencies. Cf. also pp. 280-1.

Ibid. In fact the passage states that "the Silvan Elves were hardy and valiant, but ill-equipped with armour or weapons in comparison with the Eldar of the West; also they were independent, and not disposed to place themselves under the supreme command of Gil-galad."

The name of this Elf-king is in doubt. In one narrative he is called Amdir and in another Malgalad (Unfinished Tales, pp. 240, 243-4, 258). Christopher Tolkien is unable to establish which name his father preferred for this character; hence, I have adopted the convention of referring to him as Amdir Malgalad, or simply Amdir, which is used more frequently and matches the style of Amroth, his son's name.

The Silmarillion, p. 288-90. "From that time war never ceased between Sauron and the Elves...." Being closest of all Elven realms to Mordor, Amdir's kingdom in Lorinand must have borne the brunt of this extended period of conflict, and the influx of Noldor and Sindar from Eregion after the fall of that Elven realm would have provided impetus to a friendship between Amdir's people and the Dwarves, though certainly not one as close as had existed between Eregion and Khazad-dum.

Ibid, p. 273. "...For [Isildur] passed in disguise to Armenelos and to the courts of the King, which were now forbidden to the Faithful; and he came to the place of the Tree, which was forbidden to all by the orders of Sauron, and the Tree was watched day and night by guards in his service...and Isildur passed through the guards and took from the Tree a fruit that hung upon it...."

Ibid, p. 293. "When therefore Sauron saw his time he came with great force against the new realm of Gondor, and he took Minas Ithil...But Isildur escaped...and they sailed from the mouths of Anduin seeking Elendil. Meanwhile Anarion held Osgiliath against the Enemy, and for that time drove him back to the mountains...."

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