A general term for any smith of the Elves but in fact used almost exclusively to describe the M�rdain,the jewelsmiths of Eregion led by Celebrimbor,who had a part in the making of the Rings of Power.
Elves of Beleriand :
For three ages after the departure of the Vanyar,Noldor and Teleri to Aman,the Elves who inhabited Beleriand comprised that part of the Telerin people who remained in Middle-earth,known as the Sindar or Grey-elves after their king,Thingol Greycloak of Doriath.At the rising of the Moon in the beginning of the First Age,many of the Noldor returned to Beleriand from Aman to make war on Morgoth.While there was some enmity between the Sindar and the Noldor (especially the Sons of F�anor),the two peoples lived together in the face of their common foe,Morgoth Bauglir.Finally,a small part of the Nandor,kin of the Sindar who had turned aside from the westward journey east of the Misty Mountains, entered the land of Ossiriand during the First Age.Though these people,called the Laiquendi or Green-elves,played little part in the wars against Morgoth,they are accounted a part of the Elves of Beleriand.
Elves of Doriath :
Those Elves of the Sindar that lived in the broad forests of central Beleriand,Neldoreth and Region,under the Kingship of Elu Thingol.These people,whose King had travelled to Valinor in his youth and whose Queen was of the order of the Maiar,were held to be the highest and noblest of the Grey-elven kindred.
Elves of Eregion :
The followers of Celebrimbor son of Curufin,who with him founded a land of the Elves near to Moria in the Misty Mountains.They were destroyed by Sauron during the Second Age.
Elves of Eresse� :
The Elves who dwelt on the island of Tol Eress�a in the Bay of Eldamar.The Vanyar and the Noldor were taken to Aman on that island but the first Elves to remain there for any time were the Teleri,who lived on the island long after it was anchored off the coasts of Aman.After a while,though,the Teleri left,to dwell on the strands of the Blessed Realm itself and especially at the haven of Alqualond�.After the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age,Tol Eress�a was again peopled with Elves,by the exiles returning from Middle-earth who settled there.Their shoreland city was at Avall�n� and they built up a great friendship with the N�men�reans,at least during the early part of the Second Age.
Elves of Lindon :
Those Elves who dwelt in the west of Middle-earth,between the Blue Mountains and the Great Sea,in the Second and Third Ages.They reached the height of their power in the Second Age under King Gil-galad, but waned after his loss in the Siege of Barad-d�r.
Elves of L�rien :
The Galadhrim,the Elvish people who inhabited the land of L�rien to the east of the Misty Mountains. These were Silvan Elves,descended from the Nandor,who at the time of the War of the Ring were ruled by Celeborn and Galadriel.
Elves of Mirkwood :
A colony of Silvan Elves that maintained a realm in the northern regions of Mirkwood,under the rule of Thranduil.
Elves of Nargothrond :
Elves of the following of Finrod Felagund,who dwelt under his rule in the underground citadel of Nargothrond on the banks of the River Narog.
Elves of Sirion :
A short-lived Elven culture that grew up in the lands around the Mouths of Sirion during the last days of the First Age.Its people were Elves that had fled from the destruction of the great realms of Beleriand, especially Gondolin and Doriath.It was itself destroyed,not by Morgoth,but by the remaining Sons of F�anor who sought the Silmaril of Elwing,who dwelt with the Elves of Sirion.
Elves of the Falas :
In ancient days,the Telerin Elves dwelt for long years in Beleriand and they learned much from Oss�,a Maia of the Sea.When Oss�'s master Ulmo conducted the most part of the Teleri into the West,Oss� persuaded some few to remain behind.They settled on Beleriand's western shores,building themselves Havens at Brithombar and Eglarest.C�rdan was their leader and they were known as the Falathrim or Elves of the Falas,the first builders and sailors of ships in Middle-earth's history.
Elves of the Havens :
A Sindarin people occupying the land of the Falas in western Beleriand,on the shores of Belegaer.C�rdan the Shipwright was their lord and their great cities were the Havens of Brithombar and Eglarest.
The Silvan Elves who dwelt in the northern regions of Mirkwood,under the lordship of Thranduil.Legolas Greenleaf of the Company of the Ring came from these people.
Elves of Thranduil :
A people of the Silvan Elves,with whom had mingled a group of Sindar.They dwelt under the trees of Mirkwood and during the Third Age,their leader was Thranduil son of Oropher.With the help of the Dwarves,Thranduil delved an underground dwelling after the manner of his ancient kinsman Thingol at Menegroth.There,in the northeast of the Wood,the Elves of Thranduil lived in relative safety until the time of the War of the Ring.Prominent among this people was Legolas Greenleaf,who travelled with the Company of the Ring.
Elves of Valinor :
The Vanyar,the Noldor and those of the Teleri who came to Aman in the train of Orom� and dwelt with the Valar in their realm of Valinor.
Exiles of Gondolin :
The survivors of the Fall of Gondolin,among them Tuor,Idril and their son E�rendil,who took refuge in the marshlands at the Mouths of Sirion.
Falathrim :
The shoreland people of the Falas,who owned C�rdan the Shipwright as their Lord.Of Telerin descent, these Elves remained in Beleriand when their kin journeyed to Valinor,at the persuasion of Oss�.
Galadhrim :
The 'tree-people';the Silvan Elves of the land of L�rien,ruled in the later Third Age by Galadriel and Celeborn.
Gondolindrim :
The people of Gondolin,who went with Turgon to dwell there in the early First Age and remained hidden from Morgoth until the Fall of the city in I 510.
Green-Elves :
Lenw� was an Elf of the Telerin clan,who set out with the Great Journey of the Elves into the West. When his people found their path blocked by the Misty Mountains,he resolved to leave the Journey and instead led his followers south down the Vales of Anduin and they became known as the Nandor.After many years,Lenw�'s son Denethor set out westward once again and led some part of the Nandor across the Misty Mountains and the Blue,settling at last in the Land of Seven Rivers beneath the Ered Luin; the land called Ossiriand.
Gwaith-i-M�rdain :
A brotherhood formed by Celebrimbor and the other master-craftsmen of Eregion.They were said to be the most skilled artisans to have worked since the time of F�anor himself(who was indeed Celebrimbor's grandfather).Their skill was subverted by Sauron,in the guise of Annatar the Lord of Gifts,who turned their abilities to the making of the Rings of Power.
Laiquendi :
The Green-elves of Ossiriand;those Elves of the Nandor who came at last over the Blue Mountains from the east and dwelt between them and the River Gelion.
Lindar :
'The Singers';the name by which the Teleri of Valinor called themselves.
M�rdain :
The jewel-smiths of Eregion,the followers of Celebrimbor son of Curufin.They were ensnared by Sauron and unwittingly aided him in the making of the Rings of Power.
People of the Jewel Smiths :
After the establishment of the land of Eregion in the year II 750,the followers of Celebrimbor became famous for their works of art and craft.They were known as the M�rdain,the jewel-smiths and formed a brotherhood known as the Gwaith-i-M�rdain,the People of the Jewel-smiths.
Wood Elves :
The Silvan Elves who dwelt in the forests of Middle-earth and especially the people ruled by Thranduil in the northern parts of Mirkwood.
