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Dates Born III 3009 Race Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians (Men of Minas Tirith) Settlements Minas Tirith Pronunciation be'rgeel Meaning Perhaps 'valiant star'1 Indexes: Alphabetical: B Men About this entry: Updated 30 September 2018 Updates planned: 1 The son of Beregond of the Guard Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Beregond Bergil Borlas ofPen-arduin2 The son of Beregond of Gondor. A boy at the time of the War of the Ring, he accompanied Pippin Took when he first arrived in the city of Minas Tirith. Notes 1 Bergil's name is not explained, but it appears to derive in part from his father's name Beregond, which apparently means 'valiant stone'. From that source comes Ber(e)-, 'valiant', while the ending -gil can usually be taken to mean 'star'. 2 The Lord of the Rings gives no hint that Bergil might have had a brother, but a younger son of Beregond is mentioned elsewhere. This is Borlas of Pen-arduin, who appears in The New Shadow, the quickly-abandoned sequel to The Lord of the Rings. The New Shadow is set more than a century after the defeat of Sauron, and Borlas appears there as an old man, but he is said to have been one of the few still living to remember the War of the Ring. It seems, therefore, that though Bergil never mentions his brother, Borlas does seem to have been alive, and quite possibly living in Minas Tirith, during the final years of the Third Age. See also... Iorlas, Lampwrights’ Street, Old Guesthouse, Rath Celerdain Indexes: Alphabetical: B Men About this entry: Updated 30 September 2018 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2017-2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Training for DISC profiling when and where you need it, at your pace and with full certification.

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Dates Born III 3009 Race Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians (Men of Minas Tirith) Settlements Minas Tirith Pronunciation be'rgeel Meaning Perhaps 'valiant star'1 Indexes: Alphabetical: B Men About this entry: Updated 30 September 2018 Updates planned: 1 The son of Beregond of the Guard

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Beregond

Bergil Borlas ofPen-arduin2 The son of Beregond of Gondor. A boy at the time of the War of the Ring, he accompanied Pippin Took when he first arrived in the city of Minas Tirith. Notes 1 Bergil's name is not explained, but it appears to derive in part from his father's name Beregond, which apparently means 'valiant stone'. From that source comes Ber(e)-, 'valiant', while the ending -gil can usually be taken to mean 'star'. 2 The Lord of the Rings gives no hint that Bergil might have had a brother, but a younger son of Beregond is mentioned elsewhere. This is Borlas of Pen-arduin, who appears in The New Shadow, the quickly-abandoned sequel to The Lord of the Rings. The New Shadow is set more than a century after the defeat of Sauron, and Borlas appears there as an old man, but he is said to have been one of the few still living to remember the War of the Ring. It seems, therefore, that though Bergil never mentions his brother, Borlas does seem to have been alive, and quite possibly living in Minas Tirith, during the final years of the Third Age. See also... Iorlas, Lampwrights’ Street, Old Guesthouse, Rath Celerdain Indexes: Alphabetical: B Men About this entry: Updated 30 September 2018 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2017-2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Training for DISC profiling when and where you need it, at your pace and with full certification.