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Celebrimbor
Son of Curufin, Grandson of Fëanor, Maker of the Three Elven Rings

medium skin version
light skin version (see below)

Celebrimbor is possibly one of the best examples of Tolkien's passion for constantly rethinking and rewriting his secondary reality, and thus producing a wide variety of contradictory information. In the initial publication of LotR, Celebrimbor was mentioned in the appendices as the one who forged the Three Rings, and under the instruction of Annatar (Sauron in disguise) helped fashion the Seven and the Nine. Afterward, he decided that because of his great skill as a smith and artisan, Celebrimbor should be a descendant of the greatest Elven smith, Fëanor, and made that change in the second edition of the book. But in the years before his death, Celebrimbor's name came up in a number of places (most strongly as the son of Curufin, who broke with his father when he was expelled from Nargothrond; he later became the lord of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain and of Eregion during the Second Age, when Sauron came as Annatar in an attempt to corrupt the Elves (his name shows up on the western Doors of Moria in LotR, as the one who inscribed the beautiful design upon them). Elsewhere, however, Tolkien says he was a lord in Gondolin, descended from the Noldor through another line; and in yet another place, he is said to be Telerin, a kinsman of Celeborn who went with him into exile. Frankly, the notion of him being descended from Fëanor makes the most sense is presented with the most logical consistence (not to mention the fact that it shows up again in the published text of The Silmarillion), so I decided to stick with that. "Celebrimbor," by the bye, means "silver hand" or "silver fist," and alludes to his fascination with silver -- specifically with Moria-silver, mithril, which was a big reason he settled in Eregion (Hollin), the land just to the west of Dwarf realm where mithril was found.

Now, about this Sim version: There is no description given of Celebrimbor's physical appearance that I was able to find, so I made versions in both light and medium skin tones. Why? Well, if he WAS a descendant of Fëanor, it would be possible that he might have the odd "dark complexion" of his uncle Caranthir. Also, working in the heat of the forge tends to darken one's skin, and I don't believe Tolkien ever said that Elves were immune to this (if Elves don't tan because they're all fair and pale and cannot be otherwise, where on earth did Caranthir's dark complexion come from?). If he was kin of Celeborn and of Telerin origin, however, he might have been fairer of skin, since that appears to be a trait of the Teleri (although I'm sticking with the black hair, simply because it was never said that Elves of the different kindreds were ALL of a single hair color. In this, I look at Tolkien's discussion of the hobbits. Blond hair was uncommon among them prior tto 1420, not wholly unheard of). So take your pick.