One of the two sons of Duinhir, the lord of the Blackroot Vale above Erech. With his brother Derufin, Duilin followed his father to Minas Tirith in the War of the Ring, and there they fought in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The Men of the distant valley of Morthond had great skill as bowmen, and so Duilin and Derufin led their archers against the mûmakil, attempting to shoot out the monsters' eyes. Brave as they were, both the brothers were lost in that battle, trampled down by their gigantic foes.
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At least, in The Notion Club Papers (in volume IX of The History of Middle-earth) duilin is explained as the Sindarin word for a nightingale. The word appears there as part of a linguistic discussion, and has no direct reference to the character in The Lord of the Rings, so the resemblance might conceivably a coincidence. As an alternative, The Etymologies (in volume V) state that duil- in a name can mean 'river', which might connect Duilin's name with the river Blackroot of his home vale.
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