Fandorel is a Wood-elf from the Woodland Realm who used to travel through the Mirkwood as a hunter, before becoming a scout for King Thranduil in the forests around Erebor. Following the destruction of large portions of these forests by Smaug the Golden when he took the Lonely Mountain for himself, she was sent south to monitor the dark influence of Dol Guldur. When the War of the Ring broke out, she and her scouting party were driven westwards by the forces of the Dark Lord and the White Hand. Some of her companions perished, some attempted to fight their way back to the Woodland Realm alone, while Fandorel ended up in Bree-land.