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==Other names and titles==
==Other names and titles==
Dior was also titled '''''Eluchíl''''' ("Heir of Elu")<ref name="Index">{{S|Index}}</ref> and '''''Aranel''''' ("Noble Elf" or "King of Elves").<ref name="Index"/><ref name=Fifth/>
Dior was also called '''''Eluchíl''''' ("Heir of Elu")<ref name="Index">{{S|Index}}</ref>, '''''Aranel''''' ("Noble Elf" or "King of Elves"), <ref name="Index"/><ref name=Fifth/> and '''the Fair'''.


==Other versions of the Legendarium==
==Other versions of the Legendarium==

Revision as of 19:32, 10 July 2020

This article is about the son of Beren and Lúthien. For the the Steward of Gondor, see Dior (Steward of Gondor).
Dior
Half-elf
Jenny Dolfen - Descendants of Thingol 2.jpg
"Descendants of Thingol" by Jenny Dolfen
Biographical Information
Other namesEluchíl (Thingol's Heir), Aranel
TitlesKing of Doriath, Peredhil
LocationOssiriand, Doriath
LanguageSindarin (Doriathrin)
BirthF.A. 470
Tol Galen
RuleF.A. 503 - 506
DeathF.A. 506 (aged 36)
Menegroth, during the Second Kinslaying
Family
HouseHouse of Bëor
HeritageMannish father, half-Elf/half-Maia mother
ParentageBeren and Lúthien
SpouseNimloth
ChildrenElwing, Eluréd, Elurín
Physical Description
GenderMale
WeaponryPresumably Aranrúth[1]
GalleryImages of Dior

Dior was the son of Beren and Lúthien, and the grandson and heir to the throne of Elu Thingol, King of Doriath. Dior was the first of the Peredhil.[2][3]

History

Dior was born on the island of Tol Galen in East Beleriand.[4] When he was 27, he married Nimloth of Doriath,[note 1] and took her back to live by the Lanthir Lamath waterfall at the base of the Blue Mountains. There they had three children: Elwing, Eluréd, and Elurín.

After Thingol was slain by the Dwarves who coveted the Nauglamír, Dior with his father and a host of Green-elves of Ossiriand journeyed swiftly north to the river Ascar and fought the Dwarves of Nogrod in the Battle of Sarn Athrad.[5]

In F.A. 503, he and his family went to Menegroth and restored the realm of Doriath.[5] After the death of his parents, a lord of the Laiquendi came to Doriath bringing the Nauglamir, which was worn by his mother.[5] After mourning, he decided to wear it himself.[5] When he placed the Nauglamir on himself, it sat lightly and he appeared as the fairest of three living races: Maiar, Elven, and Human.[5] This news came to the Sons of Feanor, who came to Doriath with their followers, consumed by the Oath of Feanor.[5]

Dior managed to kill Celegorm, and Caranthir and Curufin were also slain, but the kingdom of Doriath was destroyed.[5] So Dior and Nimloth were slain, during the Second Kinslaying, along with anyone preventing the Sons of Fëanor from gaining the Silmaril.[5]

After the attack, the servants of Celegorm left Eluréd and Elurín in the forest to die.[5] Elwing, however, carrying the Nauglamir, escaped with the remnant of the Elves of Doriath to the Havens of Sirion.[5] Years later, she would wed Eärendil and together they would seek aid from Valinor.[6]

Genealogy

 
Elu Thingol
 
Melian
 
House of Bëor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lúthien
 
 
 
Beren
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DIOR
 
Nimloth1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eärendil
 
Elwing
 
Eluréd
 
Elurín
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elrond
 
Elros
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Etymology

In the Etymologies, the name Dior is said to mean "successor" in Doriathrin. The name derives from Primitive Quendian ndeuro ("follower, successor"), from root NDEW.[7]

Other names and titles

Dior was also called Eluchíl ("Heir of Elu")[8], Aranel ("Noble Elf" or "King of Elves"), [8][4] and the Fair.

Other versions of the Legendarium

In The Book of Lost Tales, a name of Dior was Ausir (Gn. "The Wealthy").[9][10]

Notes

  1. Nimloth's parentage is uncertain. She may have been the daughter of Galathil and a descendant of Elmo, the younger brother of Elu Thingol.

References

Dior
House of Bëor
Born: F.A. 470 Died: F.A. 506
Preceded by:
Thingol
2nd King of Doriath
F.A. 503506
None
Doriath destroyed