Born and raised in Edhellond, Rhamdir was spurned by his parents at a young age for a dispute that could not be reconciled. Instead he sought comfort amongst those in whom he could find friendship, meager scraps as they often were. Among those who embraced him wholeheartedly in their youth was Calear, and to her, to this day, Rhamdir finds himself greatly indebted. It was at her side that he learned his love of the sea, and that he learned to strengthen his hands in the knotwork of sailors, and that he learned to bid a seafaring vessel to his will—though he greatly preferred to let others take the helm, lest he should miss the sights as they pass by. 

Before the Kingdom of Gondor was established, there were men who settled the land down the coast. Rhamdir visited them often, and in his youth he came to harbor love for a woman among them. Doomed, as it were, for the very same sea that he had known and cherished swelled up one night and stole the woman away. Rhamdir, in his grief, forswore the open waters—and after a falling out with Calear, he declared he would never set foot upon a seafaring ship again.

With the loss of Amroth and Nimrodel, Edhellond was eventually abandoned. There are some elves who remain, however; the Avorrim who watch from homes made in caves along the coastline. Rhamdir is one among them, who waits and watches the shore, guarding his old home. Some say that he suffers from the sea-yearning of the elves, while others claim it is his lost love that keeps him tethered. Regardless of his purpose, he lingers, and continues to love the world as it is given to him.