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Glorfindel first comes in as a Ñoldo in the account of the escape of Tuor, Idril, Eärendil and many others from the fall of Gondolin in the First Age. When a Balrog waylays the escapees in the Encircling Mountains above Gondolin, Glorfindel battles him on top of a rocky pinnacle. Both fall to their deaths.

Glorfindel reappears at the end of the Third Age as an Elf-lord sent by Elrond to help Frodo reach Rivendell, as told in The Fellowship of the RingThe Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings''. It is divided into two books, Book I and II. It was originally released on July 29, 1954 in the United Kingdom. The first sets the stage for the adventure. In the Peter JacksonPeter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961), is a film writer, director and producer born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand to Bill and Joan Jackson. He first gained attention with his "splatstick" horror comedies, and came to prominence with his movie Heavenly film version of the same name, ArwenARWEN is also a tradename for types of rubber bullet gun or riot gun for riot control made by the. See ARWEN 37 and ARWEN ACE . A fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth, Arwen Undomiel (usually called Arwen Evenstar ( T. 121) is th does the honors instead, a somewhat controversial move (to fans) to bolster the few active female roles (and to reduce the number of characters). It's hinted that an Elf with a nonspeaking role that appears during Aragorn's coronation in the movie was meant to be Glorfindel.

It is highly unusual (though not impossible) for an Elf to return from the Halls of MandosMandos is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth. Mandos is the usual name for the Vala originally called Namo Judge . Namo was given this new name in honor of the Halls of Mandos over which he presides, where Elves go after they a to Middle-earth, and in the case of Glorfindel it seems simply to have been an accident. In The Return of the Shadow (a volume in The History of Middle-earthThe History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series of books that collect and analyse material relating to the fiction of J. Tolkien, produced by his son Christopher Tolkien. Some of the content consists of earlier versions of already published works, while), Christopher TolkienChristopher John Reuel Tolkien (born November 21, 1924) is best known as the son of author J. Tolkien, and as the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. wrote a great deal of material connected to the Middle-earth mythos that was not states that some time after the publication of The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit''. For more information on the fictional universe the story takes place in, including lists of characters and locations, see Middle-earth. The story's n, his father "gave a great deal of thought to the matter of Glorfindel" (p. 214), and decided that it was a "somewhat random use" of a name from The Silmarillion that would probably have been changed, had it been noticed sooner. Tolkien had a well-documented (and confusing) habit of inventing and changing character names while writing drafts, so this is not too surprising. On the other hand, early notes for the Council of Elrond state "Glorfindel tells of his ancestry in Gondolin", indicating that the character was early on already intended to be the same Elf. Nevertheless, seeing that the reintroduction of the name had been made, and that it would require some explanation, Tolkien devised a rather complex story to explain Glorfindel's return, in which Glorfindel was sent back to Middle-earth by the Valar during the Second Age as a kind of predecessor to the Istari.

Glorfindel is one of the oldest names in the legendarium, going back to the original version of the Fall of Gondolin. Conceivably the problem of Glorfindel's resurrection could easily have been resolved by changing the name of Glorfindel of Gondolin to another name, but Tolkien was unwilling to do this, as he now associated the name with the character.