Valwë

Valwë followed the Vala Noldorin back to the Great Lands after the Fall of Gondolin in order to free the Gnomes who lived there under the thralldom of Melko. However, both Noldorin and Valwë were overwhelmed in the Battle of Tasarinan.

Evidently he survived the battle, since it was mentioned afterwards by Lindo his son that he settled on Tol Eressëa among other figures such as Tulkastor (the father of Vairë) and Ingil (the son of Inwë).

The name Valwë is in Qenya. Its Gnomish equivalent is Gwalweg. Patrick H. Wynne has suggested that both appear to mean "the happy (or fortunate) one".

Originally the name of the character was Manwë, though according to Christopher Tolkien that might have merely been a slip on his father's part.

• The name of Hendwine's mother is not Naimi but Nelmir in the text on which the basis of his inclusion is founded upon - neither is her relation to Lindo and Vairë elaborated on.

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