Galadriel (from Sindarin galad – light – maiden crowned with light, fair lady) – daughter of Finarfin and sister of Finrod Felagund. Before the Oath of the Noldor was sworn and the turmoil around the Silmarils arose, Galadriel had dwelt among her kin, the Noldor, in Valinor. But when the Silmarils were stolen and Feanor incited the Noldor to leave Valinor in their pursuit of the Jewels, Galadriel did not repent but supported Feanor, for she, too, longed to explore the vast wilderness of Beleriand, and to found there a realm which would be all her own to rule.
 
When in Beleriand, Galadriel dwelt in Doriath with her kin, and it was there that she met Celeborn, her spouse-to-be. She often strolled along the flower-strewn alleys of Menegroth, and many long evenings she spent talking to Melian, Thingol’s wife, and Melian shared some of her lore with her. After Menegroth was laid waste to and the Battle of the Thousand Tears (Nirnaeth Arnoediad) was fought, Galadriel fled to the remote reaches of Western Beleriand, until the Great Enemy was overthrown and peace finally restored. It is noteworthy that when the Valar granted many Noldor leave to return to Valinor, Galadriel was denied permission to enter the Blessed Realm because of her initial support of the rebellion of Feanor.
 
In Middle-earth she founded the realm of Lothlorien (Lorien), where she reigned serenely with Celeborn until the Second Dark Lord Sauron stirred again. Galadriel shrouded her forest with an enchanted veil very much like the Girdle of Melian of old, and her power was amplified by the coming of Nenya, the Ring of Water, into her possession. Very few strangers were admitted into her Elven woods, and those who strayed into them out of negligence rarely returned – and, as Galadriel was rarely seen outside her kingdom, rumors of a sorceress in Lorien spread across Middle-earth.
 
 In the Third Age, Galadriel received the Fellowship of the Ring as her guests in Caras Galadhon, her city and palace. She gave them advice and help – and the magical vessel in which the Light of Earendil was captured, she gave as a special present to Frodo.

In Lothlorien, she let Frodo look into her Mirror, a device of magic which could conjure visions of the past, the present and the future, as well as of the things that would never come to be. It is thought that the Mirror, as well as the ring Nenya, helped Galadriel defy the power of Sauron.

The evil of the Ring, too, attempted to ensnare Galadriel, but she withstood the temptation.

When the War in the South was over, Galadriel and Celeborn assembled a host of Elves and destroyed Dol Guldur. The forest of Mirkwood was then cleansed and renamed into Eryn Lasgalen, the Wood of Greenleaves.

When the Ring was destroyed, and the power of the Elven Rings passed from this world, Galadriel, too, departed to Valinor with all the other Ringbearers.
 
 Galadriel:
 The following is said of the sons of Finarfin: a sister they had, Galadriel, most beautiful of all the house of Finwe: her hair was lit with gold as though it had caught in a mesh the radiance of Laurelin.