Lord Celeborn the Understated

[Corwyn Celesil]

It could be significant that Celeborn was a kinsman of Thingol of Dorian and was called a prince of Dorian. I seem to recall from my readings that Celeborn had dwelt in Valinor, perhaps that he was one of the Telerian Elves, but I don't remember precisely. In one of the books, perhaps The Lost Tales or The Unfinished Tales, it says that it was Celeborn who gave Galadriel her name--for Elves frequently have three names: a father-name, given at birth by their father, generally sounding somewhat like the father's name (hence the name of Celeborn's daughter is Celebrian); a mother-name, given sometime later by the mother who generally had some insight into the Efl-child's character and future and based the name on that; and a friend-name. Beren gave the name Tinuviel to Luthien, Aragorn gave the name Undomiel to Arwen, and Celeborn gave a name to his wife which she later translated to Galadriel (I don't remember the name she went by before; I'm trying to remember something I read months ago). I have also been much struck by the fact that after Sauron fell, it was Celeborn who traveled north to Mirkwood and helped Thranduil drive out all the evil and restore the forest. I do wish Tolkien had told us a little more about him, and yes, I do wish they had been able to use him much more in the movies.