Aredhel

Aredhel
Tolkien's legendarium character
Eöl and Aredhel
Aliases	The White Lady of the Noldor, Ar-Feiniel, Írissë
Race	Elves
Gender	Female
Book(s)	The Silmarillion, The History of Middle-earth

Aredhel Ar-Feiniel (Y.T. 1362–Y.S. 400; died aged 1738) (born and known in Quenya as Írissë) is a fictional character created by J. R. R. Tolkien.

She is called Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor. She is the daughter of Fingolfin , sister of Fingon, Turgon , and mother of Maeglin. She was born and raised in Tirion.

Aredhel is tall and strong, beautiful, extremely willful, adventurous and fickle, easily bored and restless, fond of hunting and riding in the forests:

"I am your sister and not your servant, and beyond your bounds I will go as seems good to me."

Her skin is pale and her hair dark; she always wears silver and white. She would often ride and hunt in the company of the sons of Fëanor, her kin, but was not fond of them.

After arriving in Middle-earth, Aredhel dwells in Nevrast with Turgon, and goes with him to Gondolin. But after two hundred years she tires of the city and longing for the forests and wide lands overcomes her. Aredhel asks leave to depart. Turgon is unwilling, fearing the exposure of the Hidden Kingdom, but eventually relents.

Riding with companions, they are denied safe passage through Doriath because they seek the sons of Fëanor. And so they travel the East Road along the North March of Doriath.

There Aredhel Ar-Feiniel is separated from her escort in the dangerous region of Nan Dungortheb. She reaches Himlad safely, and waits there to meet Celegorm who is abroad. Ever restless, she wanders off and becomes lost in the forest of Nan Elmoth.

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