The inhabitants of Dol Amroth and lands nearby were some of the few people of Gondor who spoke Sindarin regularly. They were greatly renowned as harp players in Gondor, and some played for the coronation of Aragorn II. The people of Dol Amroth were tall, grey-eyed, and dark-haired. In addition to their apparent Elven blood, the family of NГєmenГіreans, in which the House of Dol Amroth originates from, were akin to the Lords of AndГєniГ«, and thus related to Elendil and descended from the legendary House of Elros. The last Elves left in TA 1981.Д«y the time of the War of the Ring many living in the region were of NГєmenГіrean blood and, according to the legend of Mithrellas, their Princes had an Elvish strain. The first settlers of the area were Nandor, followed later by Sindar from Beleriand (later joined by many Silvan Elves of LothlГіrien) until the Faithful from NГєmenor came to the promontory in the late Second Age. In TA 3019, Imrahil led a small army from Dol Amroth to Minas Tirith to aid in the Siege of Gondor.

In the year TA 2746, the fifteenth Prince of Dol Amroth, of which there are twenty-four recorded, was slain fighting the Corsairs of Umbar. According to legend, ImrazГґr had married the Elven-lady Mithrellas, a companion of Nimrodel. The first Prince of Dol Amroth was Galador, the son of ImrazГґr. It was from the name of this king that Dol Amroth (the 'Hill of Amroth') took its name. When Amroth was lost at sea in TA 1981 the last of these Elves left the region. When the ship was blown prematurely out to sea, he jumped overboard in a futile attempt to reach the shore to search for her and drowned in the bay. But Nimrodel, who loved Middle-earth as much as she did Amroth, failed to join him. He waited for her at Edhellond, for their final voyage together into the West. ДЄmroth, King of LГіrien from the beginning of the Third Age, left his realm behind in TA 1981 in search of his beloved Nimrodel, who had fled from the horror unleashed by the Dwarves in Moria, along with numerous Galadhrim. They built their stronghold upon the promontory. Elendil, who was of their kin, gave them title to rule the fief of Belfalas. Дuring the Second Age, a NГєmenГіrean family of the Faithful settled near the Elves. In the late First Age, Sindar refugees from Beleriand settled the area and established an Elven settlement about 50 miles north of the promontory, at Edhellond. As the Morannon opened they made their last stand alongside the other soldiers of Gondor and the Riders of Rohan, but were saved from destruction when the Ring was unmade and Sauron's Dark Tower fell.An artist's rendition of the fortified city Dol Amroth It was the swan- knights of Belfalas who led the sortie that rescued Faramir early in the engagement, and later in the battle they rode out once again in the vanguard of Gondor's armies, riding to fight in the final defeat of Sauron's forces.ДЄfter the Battle, when the Captains of the West set out to force a confrontation with the Dark Lord, Imrahil and his swan- knights followed them on the hopeless journey to the Black Gate of Mordor. 1Дuring the War of the Ring, Prince Imrahil led a company of his swan- knights to the defence of Minas Tirith, accompanied by seven hundred men at arms, and they played an important part in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. These knights came from the nobility of Belfalas, and are described as tall, dark-haired and grey-eyed, being descended in large part from the ancient NГєmenГіreans (and, it was rumoured, also carrying Elvish blood in their veins).

The mounted knights of Dol Amroth and Belfalas, who rode beneath the blue-and-white swan-ship banner of the Princes of Dol Amroth.

Swan knights of dol amroth