Arwen Undómiel is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. She appears in his best-known novel, The Lord of the Rings, usually published in three volumes. Arwen is one of the Half-elven who lived during the Third Age.
Arwen was the youngest child of Elrond and Celebrían; her elder brothers were the twins Elladan and Elrohir.
As told in "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen", found in Appendix A to The Lord of the Rings (after the third v...
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Arwen Undómiel is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. She appears in his best-known novel, The Lord of the Rings, usually published in three volumes. Arwen is one of the Half-elven who lived during the Third Age.
Arwen was the youngest child of Elrond and Celebrían; her elder brothers were the twins Elladan and Elrohir.
As told in "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen", found in Appendix A to The Lord of the Rings (after the third volume, The Return of the King), during Aragorn's twentieth year he met Arwen for the first time in Rivendell, where he lived under Elrond's protection. Arwen, then over 2700 years old, had recently returned to her father's home after living for a while with her grandmother Galadriel in Lórien. Aragorn fell in love with Arwen at first sight. About thirty years later, the two were reunited in Lórien; at that time, Arwen reciprocated Aragorn's love; then they "plighted their troth" (promised themselves to each other) on the mound of Cerin Amroth....
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