Círdan, also known as Nowë and Círdan the Shipwright, was a Telerin Elf (of which he was one of the wisest princes), a great mariner and shipwright in Middle-earth. Círdan was the lord of the Falas and then of the Balar during much of the First Age, one of the wisest and perhaps the mightiest of the Moriquendi. He was the bearer of the Great Ring Narya, which he in turn gave to Gandalf. He was kin to both Elwë and Olwë. He may have also been related to Elmo, the lesser known brother of Elwë.