Thingol

Thingol, in his five-and-fiftieth year, is the elder kinsman of the house and warden of its archives, and was first sword-bearer to Rondamir's father in the campaigns along the Poros. He is grave of speech, sparing of laughter, and the names of all the fallen of the house lie graven in his memory. In council he speaks last and seldom, yet his word turns the chamber. He counsels his lord that the oath to the Steward must endure while the King is not yet come.