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Children of the World Elves and Men.
Circles of the World .
Círdan Called ‘the Shipwright’; Telerin Elf, ‘Lord of the Havens’ of the Falas; at their destruction after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad escaped with Gil-galad to the Isle of Balar; during the Second and Third Ages keeper of the Grey Havens in the Gulf of Lhûn; at the coming of Mithrandir entrusted to him Narya, the Ring of Fire.
Cirion Twelfth Ruling Steward of Gondor, who granted Calenardhon to the Rohirrim after the Battle of the Field of Celebrant in Third Age 2510. Chronicle of, Tale of, Cirion and Eorl. Oath of Cirion; words of the oath.
*Cirith Dúath ‘Shadow Cleft’, former name of Cirith Ungol.
*Cirith Forn en Andrath ‘The High-climbing Pass of the North’ over the Misty Mountains east of Rivendell. Called the High Pass and the Pass of Imladris.
Cirith Ninniach ‘Rainbow Cleft’, name given by Tuor to the ravine leading from the western hills of Dor-lómin to the Firth of Drengist.
Cirith Ungol ‘Spider’s Cleft’, pass over the Ephel Dúath above Minas Morgul. See Cirith Dúath.
*Ciryatur Númenórean admiral commanding the fleet sent by Tar-Minastir to the aid of Gil-galad against Sauron.
Ciryon Third son of Isildur, slain at the Gladden Fields.
Common Speech See Westron.
Corsairs of Umbar See Umbar.
Cotton, Farmer Tolman Cotton, Hobbit of Bywater.
Council of Elrond Council held at Rivendell before the departure of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Council, The In various references: the Council of the Sceptre (the King’s Council of Númenor; the Council of Gondor; the White Council.
Crissaegrim The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor.
Crossings, The See Teiglin. Cuiviénen ‘Water of Awakening’, the lake in Middle-earth where the first Elves awoke.
Curufin The fifth son of Fëanor, father of Celebrimbor.
*Curumo The name of Curunír (Saruman) in Quenya.
Curunír ‘The one of cunning devices’, Sindarin name of Saruman; also Curunír’ Lân, Saruman the White. See Curumo.
Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’, see Beleg.
Daeron Minstrel of Doriath; enamoured of Lúthien and twice betrayed her; friend (or kinsman) of Saeros.
Dagor Bragollach ‘The Battle of Sudden Flame’ (also simply the Bragollach), fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand, in which the Siege of Angband was ended.
*Dagor Dagorath .
Dagorlad ‘Battle Plain’, east of Emyn Muil and near the Dead Marshes, site of the great battle between Sauron and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age. Battle of Dagorlad. Later battles on the Dagorlad: the victory in Third Age 1899 of King Calimehtar over the Wainriders, the defeat and death of King Ondoher in Third Age 1944.
Dáin Ironfoot Lord of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills, afterwards King under the Mountain; slain in the Battle of Dale.
Dale Country of the Bardings about the feet of Mount Erebor, allied with the Kingdom of the Dwarves under the Mountain. See Battle of Dale.
Dark Elves See Avari.
*Dark Lands Term for Middle-earth in Númenor.
Dark Lord Morgoth, Sauron.
Dark Plague See Great Plague.
Dark Power See Sauron.
Dark Years The years of the dominion of Sauron in the Second Age.
Dead Marshes Wide stagnant marshes south-east of Emyn Muil, in which the slain of the Battle of Dagorlad were seen. Dead Men of Dunharrow See Dunharrow.
D Éagol A Stoor of the Vales of Anduin, finder of the One Ring.
*Deeping, The Apparently synonymous with Deeping-coomb.
Deeping-coomb The valley leading up to Helm’s Deep.
*Deeping-road Road running northwards from the Deepingcoomb to join the Great Road east of the Fords of Isen. (cf. ‘the branch going to the Hornburg’.)
Deeping-stream Stream flowing out of Helm’s Deep down into Westfold.
*Deer’s Leap See Cabed-en-Aras.
Denethor (1) Leader of the Nandorin Elves that came over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand; slain on Amon Ereb in the First Battle of Beleriand.
Denethor (2) Twenty-sixth and last Ruling Steward of Gondor, the second of the name; Lord of Minas Tirith at the time of the War of the Ring; father of Boromir and Faramir.