Finrod Felagund (IPA: [ˈfinrod ˈfelaɡund]) is a fictional character in the fantasy-world Middle-earth of the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. He is a Noldorin Elf, the eldest son of Finarfin and Eärwen of Alqualondë in Aman. He appears in The Silmarillion, the epic poem The Lay of Leithian and the Grey Annals, as well as other material. He is the king of Nargothrond in the First Age of Middle-earth prior to his death. The lineage of the character and his descendants underwent a number of changes in between Tolkien's posthumous publications; some of them were editorial decisions made by his son Christopher Tolkien who continued to curate his father's unfinished work. The character's role has been analysed by Tolkien scholars.