Agaldor

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Agaldor
Biographical information
Other names	Galdor
Birth	Second Age
Rule	Second Age
Death	Second Age
Realms	North-west of Middle-earth
Physical description
Race	Men
Gender	Male
Culture	Old folk

Agaldor, or Galdor, was the chieftain of the old folk, a coastal group of people living in the north-west of Middle-earth during the Second Age.

Biography

Agaldor was a long-lived man living among the exiled people in Middle-earth. He was the chief of the old folk, a coastal group of people living on the edge of the Western Sea and a twilight-walker who often wandered along the beaches and coastlines. One evening upon a rocky shore, he witnessed great clouds that looked similarly to the "eagles of the Lord of the West". These clouds filled him with foreboding. Immediately afterwards, Agaldor left the shore to walk along the beach and behind the land-wall to some houses that had lights on inside. The Men sitting outside waited until he was out of earshot to speak of him. Agaldor foresaw among other things, the arrival of the Númenóreans and the redemption of mankind ahead. Agaldor was later killed by the Númenóreans when they arrived as rebels of the Gods. They took the chieftainship of Agaldor's lands.

Etymology

Agaldor is likely a Sindarin name, though its meaning is unclear. Galdor is glossed as a Sindarin name derived from gal ("thrive; light; shine; be bright") and -dor ("king, lord").

In other versions

In an alternative version, Agaldor was referred to as Amroth as he wrestled with Thû.