[Silver
Queen]
"It was then
that Elrond first saw Celebrían, and loved her, though he said nothing
of it."
["The
Unfinished Tales", JRR Tolkien]
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Take Note
1.
Celebrían
was born to Galadriel and
Celeborn.
There is no precise reference to her birth, in the works, but it probably took
place in the Second Age.
2.
Galadriel
longed for the sea and moved westward. She took Celebrían with her to
Imladris,
to join Celeborn, and there they remained. That was when Celebrían and
Elrond
Peredhil
first met, though they would not wed for several centuries.
"It was then
that Elrond first saw Celebrían, and loved her, though he said nothing
of it."
[UT]
3.
Galadriel, Celeborn and Celebrían eventually left Imladris to
Belfalas, living in the
lands between
Ethir Anduin
and the Mouth of the
Gwathló.
4.
[III 109] Celebrían was wedded to Elrond Peredhil, and
bore him twin sons – Elladan and
Elrohir
[III 130]
– and one
daughter, Arwen
[III 241].
Being descended from one of the Peredhel, their three children
were to be given
the choice of the Half-even: to be counted among the
Mortal, or to sail West.
5.
Galadriel
and Celeborn once more moved to Imladris, where they dwelt for several years.
6. Galadriel passed the jewel Elessar on to
Celebrían and she, in turn, passed it on to Arwen. And it was then passed on to
Aragorn, also known as Estel, who would
rise to the Throne of
Gondor
as
King Elessar.
"She lifted from her lap a great stone of a clear green, set in a
silver brooch that was wrought in the likeness of an eagle with outspread
wings; and as she held it up the gem flashed like the sun shining through the
leaves of spring."
[FotR]
"Radiant
nonetheless was the Elessar of Celebrimbor."
[UT]
7.
[III 2509]
When
travelling from Imladris to Lothlórien, Celebrían and her escort
were attacked by Orcs in the Redhorn Pass.
She was recued by her sons, who took her to Imladris, to Elrond
- and through his powers, he healed her woounds. But not her heart.
"She
was seized and carried off. She was pursued and rescued by Elladan and Elrohir,
but not before she had suffered torment and had received a poisoned wound."
[Ap]
Please Note: Some suggest that Celebrían
was raped by the Orcs. The word used by Tolkien to describe her fate at the
hands of the Orcs is "torment" - so the interpretation is more or less left up
to the reader.
8.
[III, 2510]
Celebrían
"lost all delight in
Middle-earth"
and finally
decided to
travel to the West, to the Sea, never to return to
Middle-earth.
"Elladan
and Elrohir, were out upon errantry: for they rode often far afield with the
Rangers of the North, forgetting never their mother's torment in the dens of
the orcs." [FotR]
