Editing Lothlórien (section)

=== History ===

Early in the [[First Age]], some of the [[Eldar (Middle-earth)|Eldar]] left the [[Great March]] to [[Valinor]] and settled in the lands east of the [[Misty Mountains]]. These elves became known as the [[Nandor (Middle-earth)|Nandor]], and later as the [[Silvan Elves]]. Galadriel made contact with an existing Nandorin realm, Lindórinand, in what became Lothlórien,<ref group=T name="Unfinished Tales_History of Galadriel and Celeborn"/> and planted there the golden ''[[mallorn]]'' trees which [[Gil-galad]] had received as a gift from [[Tar-Aldarion]].<ref group=T name="Unfinished Tales_A Description of Númenor">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1980|loc=Part 2, ch. 1 "A Description of [[Númenor]]"}}</ref>

The culture and knowledge of the Silvan elves was enriched by the arrival of [[Sindar]]in Elves from west of the Misty Mountains, and the Silvan language was gradually replaced by [[Sindarin]]. Amongst these arrivals was Amdír, who became their first lord, as well as [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]], who fled the destruction of Eregion during the War of the Elves and Sauron. In the [[Third Age]], Amroth, the former Lord of Lothlórien, went to the south of Middle-earth with his beloved Nimrodel, but drowned in the [[Bay of Belfalas]] after she went missing in the ''[[White Mountains (Middle-earth)|Ered Nimrais]]'' and never returned. Control of Lothlórien passed to Galadriel and Celeborn. Galadriel's [[Rings of Power|Ring of Power]] preserved the land from death and decay, and warded off Sauron's gaze.<ref group=T name="Unfinished Tales History of Galadriel and Celeborn">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1980|loc=Part 2, ch. 4 "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"}}</ref><ref group=T name="The Tale of Years">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955|loc=Appendix B, "The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands)"}}</ref>

As the [[War of the Ring]] loomed, the [[Company of the Ring]], emerging from the dark tunnels of [[Moria (Middle-earth)|Moria]] and seeing their leader [[Gandalf]] perish, was brought through Lothlórien to Caras Galadhon, and there met the Lord and Lady of the Galadhrim. The Fellowship spent roughly a month in Lothlórien, though it [[Time in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction|seemed to them only a few days]]. Before they left, Galadriel allowed [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] and [[Frodo]] to look in the Mirror of Galadriel, giving them a glimpse of events in the future or at other times; she also tested the loyalty of Fellowship members, and gave each of them a gift for their quest.<ref group=T name="Fellowship_Lothlórien, The Mirror of Galadriel">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1954a|loc=Book 2, ch. 6 "Lothlórien", and ch. 7 "The Mirror of Galadriel"}}</ref>

After the fall of Sauron, Galadriel and Celeborn rid Dol Guldur of Sauron's influence.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955|loc=Appendix B, "The Great Years"}}</ref> Galadriel left for Valinor at the beginning of the [[Fourth Age]], and Celeborn later followed her. The city slowly became depopulated and Lothlórien faded. By the time of the death of Queen [[Arwen]], Celeborn and Galadriel's granddaughter, Lothlórien itself was deserted.<ref group=T name="The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955|loc=Appendix A 1.v, "[[The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen]]"}}</ref>