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{{Infobox character
| name        = Finarfin
| series      = [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] 
| image_size  = 101px
| aliases     = Arafinwë
| race        = [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]]
| lbl24       = Book(s)
| data24      = ''[[The Silmarillion]]''
}}

'''Finarfin''' ({{IPA-art|fiˈnarfin}}) is a fictional character in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[legendarium]], featured in ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.

==Personality==

Unlike the warlike [[Fëanor]] and [[Fingolfin]], Finarfin was something of a [[pacifist]]. This could be attributed in part to his [[Vanyar]]in heritage from his mother Indis.

His wife Eärwen was of the [[Telerin]] people and their marriage was one of the ties of friendship between the two kindreds. Eärwen's best friend was also Anairë, [[Fingolfin]]'s wife.

Though faithful to his brothers, Finarfin did not travel to [[Middle-earth]] due to the guilt he felt after the Doom of the Noldor was pronounced and over the murder of many of his wife's people in [[Alqualondë]] by his own people, despite his personal innocence.

==Family==

Finarfin was the third son and youngest child of [[Finwë]]. Finarfin's mother was Finwë's second wife Indis. [[Fëanor]] was his half-brother and [[Fingolfin]] his full brother. His sisters were Findis and Irimë. He married Eärwen, princess of the [[Teleri]].  He had four children:  [[Finrod Felagund]], Angrod, Aegnor and [[Galadriel]]. Orodreth appears as one of Finarfin's sons in the published ''Silmarillion''; in Tolkien's later writings however he clearly is Angrod's son. [[Christopher Tolkien]] used an older version of the genealogy in the ''Silmarillion'', but later described this as a mistake.<ref name="children">{{ME-ref|PoME|The Shibboleth of Fëanor, 349-351}}</ref>  Finarfin was said to be the fairest and wisest of Finwë's sons. Like all of Finwë's sons, Finarfin founded his own [[House of Finarfin|house]]. Uniquely among the Noldor he and his descendants all had golden hair inherited from his mother, so his house was sometimes called "The Golden House of Finarfin".

''Finarfin'' was the [[Sindarin]] form of his name. His name in [[Quenya]] was '''''Arafinwë''''', "Noble-Finwë".

==Earlier versions==

Finarfin was called ''Finrod'' in earlier versions of the Middle-earth mythology (even in the First Edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''); his son Finrod Felagund was called ''Inglor Felagund''. This was changed in later editions, but not all references to ''Finrod'' were changed to ''Finarfin'', nor all references to ''Inglor'' removed; see [[Gildor Inglorion]].

==Eventual fate==

After the death of [[Finwë]], he departed with his brothers [[Fëanor]] and [[Fingolfin]] for [[Middle-earth]], but turned back when [[Mandos]] pronounced the [[Doom of Mandos|Doom of the Noldor]]. Finarfin became King of the residual [[Noldor]] and presumably still rules from Tirion on Túna. He was the captain of the Noldor of [[Aman (Middle-earth)|Aman]] in the decisive [[War of Wrath]] against [[Morgoth]].

==House of Finarfin==
{{familytree/start}}
{{familytree| | | |IND|y|FIN| | | |OLW|IND=Indis<br/><small>b. [[History of Arda#Years of the Trees|YT]]|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>d. [[History of Arda#Years of the Trees|YT 1495]]|OLW=Olwë<br/><small>b. [[History of Arda#Years of the Trees|YT]]}}
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{{familytree| | | |FIN| |FIR|y|EAR| |SON|FIR='''FINARFIN'''<br/><small>b. [[History of Arda#Years of the Trees|YT 1230]]|EAR=Eärwen|FIN=Fingolfin<br/><small>[[History of Arda#Years of the Trees|YT 1190]] - [[First Age|FA 456]]|SON=''unknown<br>sons''}}
{{familytree| | |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.}}
{{familytree| |FIN| |ANG|y|ELD| |AEG| |GAL|y|CEL| |FIN=[[Finrod Felagund|Finrod]]<br/><small>[[History of Arda#Years of the Trees|YT 1300]] - [[First Age|FA<br>465]]|ANG=Angrod<br/><small> d. [[First Age|FA 455]]|ELD=Eldalótë|AEG=Aegnor<br/><small> d. [[First Age|FA 455]]||GAL=[[Galadriel]]<br/><small> b. [[History of Arda#Years of the Trees|YT 1362]]|CEL=Celeborn<br/><small>''}}
{{familytree| | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
{{familytree| | | |UNK|y|ORO| | | | | |ELR|y|CEL| | |ORO=Orodreth<br/><small> d. [[First Age|FA 495]]|ELR=[[Elrond]]<br/><small>b. [[First Age|FA 532]]|CEL=Celebrían|UNK=Unknown<br>[[Sindar|Sinda]]}}
{{familytree| | |,|-|-|-|(| | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.}}
{{familytree| |GIL| |FIN| |ARA|y|ARW| |ELL| |ELR| | |GIL=[[Gil-galad]]<br/><small> d. [[History of Arda#Second Age|SA 3441]]|FIN=Finduilas<br/><small>d. [[First Age|FA 495]]|ARW=[[Arwen]]<br/><small>[[History of Arda#Third Age|TA 241]] - [[Fourth Age|FA 121]]|ARA=[[Aragorn]]<br/><small>[[History of Arda#Third Age|TA 2931]] - [[Fourth Age|FA 120]]|ELL=Elladan|ELR=Elrohir}}
{{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | |!}}
{{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | |ELD|ELD=Eldarion}}
{{familytree/end}}

{{s-start}}
{{succession box |
  | title = [[High King]] of the [[Noldor]] (in [[Valinor]])
  | years = {{ME-date|YT|1496}} - {{ME-date|YS| [[Fourth Age]]}}
  | before = [[Fëanor]]
  | after = None
|}}
{{s-end}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Speculative fiction}}
*[[Gil-galad]]
*[[House of Finwë]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Middle-earth}}

[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]
[[Category:Fictional military captains]]
[[Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1977]]
[[Category:Fictional kings]]
[[Category:Fictional pacifists]]
[[Category:Fictional princes]]
[[Category:High Elves]]
[[Category:Middle-earth rulers]]
[[Category:Noldor]]

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