History

Finduilas lived in Nargothrond with her father and brother under the rule ofFinrod Felagund. She was betrothed to Gwindor, who named her Faelivrin, which meant "Gleam of the Sun on the Pools of Ivrin".[2]





Elena Kukanova -Nargothrond - Turin and Finduilas

Her betrothed was captured in F.A. 472during the Battle of Unnumbered Tears byMorgoth,[3] but he returned in 490 with a companion[4]who called himself Agarwaen, son ofUmarth ("Bloodstained, son of the Cursed"). Unknown to Finduilas this was actually Túrin son of Húrin.

Despite her old feelings for Gwindor, who was now mutilated, Finduilas fell in love with noble Túrin who became an influential warrior of Nargothrond. Túrin failed to notice her feelings, she reminding him ofLalaith, the sister he lost in childhood. Gwindor realized that Finduilas had fallen in love with Túrin, and revealed his name to her in an attempt to discourage her pursuit.[2]





Ted Nasmith - Finduilas is Led Past Túrin at the Sack of Nargothrond

At the Sack of Nargothrond byGlaurung, Finduilas was captured. Gwindor was slain after ordering Túrin to protect Finduilas as only she could save him from his fate; however he was entranced by the dragon, and he could not hear Finduilas' cries as she was being dragged past him by theOrcs as a captive for Angband.[5]

Due to Glaurung's deceit Túrin abandoned Finduilas and instead went to Hithlum in search for his kin. When the Orcs were waylaid by theHaladin of Brethil at the Crossings of Teiglin they killed all their captives, pinning Finduilas to a tree with a spear.

By the time Túrin regained his senses, the Haladin buried her in a mound they called Haudh-en-Elleth("Mound of the Elf-maiden")