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Though little-known outside of the north, Nelvorin was among the most ancient settlements of Eriador, the site of an ancient shrine that later became an archive and library for the local faithful. Originally named Bar-en-Nêlbórath (Sindarin: "Home of the Three Faithful Ones"), it lay near the source of the river Uialduin where it emerged from the Hills of Evendim.

The origins of Nelvorin were mysterious. Evidence of First Age elven occupation could be seen in the stonework reused in the construction of Nelvorin’s early Second Age Edanic shrine. These stones were decorated with ancient Nandorin carvings, seemingly overlaid with later Sindarin lettering of obscure origin and meaning. At a later time numerous Edainic barrows were constructed near the shrine, in number second only to Tyrn Gorthad.

A key site of early numenorean contact, the eponymous ‘Three Faithful’ were according to legend Númenórean mariners who remained among the indigenous people of Evendim, long before any concerted attempt at settlement.

After the arrival of the numenoreans Nelvorin became a centre of learning, and a symbol of the ancient and continuous presence of the Edainic peoples and their descendants in the Emyn Uial. For long before Beor heard the harping of Finrod his ancestors looked west from Nelvorin, and many of their descendants crossed not the Ered Luin but remained content in the rolling hills, in time mingling with their returning Dúnedain kin, and there they remained even unto the end of the Third Age.