The Unfinished Tales
- Concerning Galadriel And Celeborn
- The Silvan Elves And Their Speech
- The Sindarin Princes Of The Silvan Elves
- The Boundaries Of Lórien
- Amroth And Nimrodel
- The Elessar
- The Port Of Lond Daer
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Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn is a very hasty stub, probably written after the publication of The Lord of the Rings, being the only narrative source on the events happening in Middle-earth during the Second Age apart from the Tale of Years and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age.
The text does not mention any ban against the return of Galadriel to Aman, probably because the idea had not even been conceived. She stayed in Middle-earth for love of Celeborn, and together with a group of Elves they settled down in Eriador, founding the realm of Eregion in the year 700 due to Galadriel's sympathy towards the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm. In 1200, Sauron came to Eregion, moving against Celebrimbor to take control of the realm. With the creation of the One Ring, Celebrimbor discovered the evil in Sauron and asked Galadriel for counsel, and they decided to hide the Three Rings. Sauron rose in arms against Eregion, overran it, stole the secondary Rings of Power and killed Celebrimbor. Gil-galad had sent too late an army led by Elrond, so Sauron's armies attacked it before it was saved by the Dwarves and the Elves of Lindon. As Elrond established Imladris, Sauron attacked Lindon, but the Númenóreans came and defeated Sauron, who fled to Mordor.
Part of the Legend of Amroth and Nimrodel Recounted in Brief is a tale. Amdír is the Sindarin King of Lórien. After his death in the Battle of Dagorlad, Amroth ruled Lothlórien in peace following the customs of the Silvan Elves, as he loved Nimrodel, who was not fond of the Elves that came from the West. She refused to marry him and lived apart till Orcs filled Moria, when she had to ran southwards. Amroth followed her and after they talked, she accepted marrying him when they reached a land of peace. He proposed to take her to the West and both travelled to Gondor, but Nimrodel got lost and Amroth reached the Elven haven alone. A last ship was preparing for depart, so no more ships would be built there thereafter. Amroth joined the crew and they waited for months, but Nimrodel did not come, and one day the ship was drifted away by a terrible storm. The crew was inside, so Amroth looked in despair to the land and jumped to the sea crying the name of Nimrodel and eventually drowning.
The Elessar, is a rough manuscript, probably written about the same time as Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn.
The Elessar was created by Enerdhil in Gondolin out of his desire to capture the light of the sun in a green stone. This stone had healing properties and was given to Idril, who gave it to her son Eärendil. Thus the Elessar was believed to have been taken for ever from Middle-earth, but Olórin brought it back and gave it to Galadriel as a gift from Yavanna. She could use it to help Middle-earth, but she was told to eventually give it to one called as the stone.
The Silvan Elves and Their Speech: a discussion about the names of Galadriel, Celeborn and Lórien, including information about the Silvan Elves and their speech
The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves: information about the Silvan Elves, their Sindarin rulers and their languages during the Second and the Third Ages.
The Port of Lond Daer: another extract from the essay about the rivers of Gondor mentioned above, including info about the etymology and history of the rivers Gwathló and Glanduin.
