https://tolkiengateway.net/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=TolkienFan&feedformat=atomTolkien Gateway - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T13:09:20ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Eregion&diff=307447Eregion2019-09-18T22:07:00Z<p>TolkienFan: I cleaned up this page and added references. Needs more expanding</p>
<hr />
<div>{{kingdom<br />
| image=[[File:Mark Poole - Eregion.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Eregion<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=Hollin<br />
| location=The far southeast of [[Eriador]], directly to the west of [[Khazad-dûm]]<br />
| capital=[[Ost-in-Edhil]]<br />
| towns=<br />
| regions=<br />
| population=Mostly [[Noldor]]<br />
| language=[[Sindarin]]<br />
| govern1=[[Celebrimbor]]<br />
| govern2=<br />
| govern3=<br />
| currency=<br />
| holiday=<br />
| precededby=<br />
| event1=Foundation<br />
| event1date={{SA|750}}<br />
| event2=Three Rings made<br />
| event2date={{SA|1590}}<br />
| event3=Destroyed<br />
| event3date={{SA|1697}}<br />
| event4=<br />
| event4date=<br />
| event5=<br />
| event5date=<br />
| followedby=[[Rivendell]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Pronounce|Eregion.mp3|Ardamir}}<br />
{{Pronounce|Hollin.mp3|Ardamir}}<br />
'''Eregion''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[eˈreɡjon]}}) or '''Hollin''' was a realm of the [[Noldor]] in [[Eriador]] during the [[Second Age]], located near the [[Walls of Moria]], under the shadow of the [[Misty Mountains]]. It was the only lasting Noldorin realm outside [[Lindon]].<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref><br />
==History==<br />
After the end of the [[First Age]], most of the [[Noldor]] who remained in [[Middle-earth]] dwelt in [[Lindon]] under the rule of [[Gil-galad]], their [[High King]].<ref name=rings/> After some seven centuries, [[Celebrimbor]], the grandson of [[Fëanor]], chose to depart from Lindon and passed eastward, drawn by the promise of mithril in the mines of the Dwarves. These elves followed [[Celebrimbor]] and founded Eregion.<ref name="AppB1">{{App|B1}}</ref> It's capital, [[Ost-in-Edhil]], was founded in {{SA|750}}.<ref name="AppB1"/> It was at this time that [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]] travel from [[Lake Nenuial]] and settle in Eregion for a while.<ref name="Galadriel">{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref> <br />
<br />
The Elves of Eregion lived in harmony with a [[Dwarves|Dwarven]] civilization, trading freely with their kingdom of [[Moria|Khazad-dûm]]. A high road ran from Ost-in-Edhil to Khazad-dûm, and an unprecedented friendship between the two races began in that time.<ref name=rings/> Within the Elves of Eregion, an important society or guild of craftsmen emerged with Celebrimbor as its leader. These were the [[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]], the People of the Jewel-smiths, and their work was said to be the greatest to be seen since the time of [[Fëanor]].<ref name=rings/><br />
<br />
In {{SA|1200}}, the Elves of Eregion became friends with [[Sauron]], under the guise of [[Annatar]], the "Lord of Gifts".<ref name="AppB1"/> After "[[Annatar]]" taught and assisted the [[Gwaith-i-Mirdain]] with creating the [[Rings of Power]], he left Eregion. Celebrimbor's smiths proceeded then to forge [[Three Rings|Three]] more on their own with the knowledge already gained from him. Their forging was completed by around {{SA|1590}}.<ref name="AppB1"/> Annatar didn't learn about them, and they were "unsullied", free from Sauron's corrupting influence.<br />
<br />
When Sauron created the [[One Ring]] in {{SA|1600}}, the Elves who wore the Rings of Power heard his voice and realized they had been deceived.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB1"/> In {{SA|1693}}, Celebrimbor sent his three rings away for safekeeping: he gave [[Nenya]] to [[Galadriel]] in [[Lothlórien]], who advised him to send the other two to [[Lindon]], away from Sauron, so he gave [[Vilya]] to [[High King of the Noldor|High King]] [[Gil-galad]] and [[Narya]] to [[Círdan]].<ref name="rings"/><ref name="AppB1"/><br />
<br />
The Elves of Eregion did not stand alone against Sauron. From [[Lindon]], [[Gil-galad]] sent a force commanded by [[Elrond]] to lend them aid. Before Elrond could come to Eregion, the Dark Lord demanded that the Rings of Power be turned over to him, and when he was refused he brought his full force against Eregion.<ref name="Galadriel"/> In {{SA|1697}}, [[Ost-in-Edhil]] fell, with [[Celebrimbor]] himself leading a last desperate defence on the steps of the Jewel-smiths' [[House of the Mírdain|guild house]].<ref name="Galadriel"/> He was taken captive by the [[Orcs]], then shot through with Orc-arrows, and by some accounts, Sauron used Celebrimbor's body as a banner as he turned to face Elrond's army approaching from the north.<ref name="Galadriel"/><br />
<br />
Sauron gathered up the Rings of Power that remained, and laid waste the land of Eregion, bringing an end to its people. The surviving Elves of Eregion seem to have scattered, as there are various accounts of their fates. Some fled northward to join Elrond's host, and that host was itself forced into retreat; some of these Elves of Eregion settled at [[Rivendell]] when Elrond founded it shortly afterwards.<ref name="Galadriel"/> They were joined there by others of their kind who had escaped into the [[Rhovanion|Wild]], and only later found their way to safety. Many of these people seem to have later abandoned [[Middle-earth]] and sailed into the [[West]].<ref name="Galadriel"/><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
The name ''Eregion'' is [[Sindarin]] for "Land of Holly"<ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref> (the word ''[[ereg]]'' means "holly").<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''ereg''</ref><br />
<br />
''Hollin'' (from ''hollin-land'') is an old form, still used locally, of "[[holly]]"; the region abounded in holly-trees.<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 772</ref><br />
<br />
==In Other Versions of the Legendarium==<br />
In the ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' it is stated that "''[[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]] therefore went eastwards, about the year 700 of the Second Age, and established the (primarily but by no means solely) [[Noldor]]in realm of Eregion.''"<ref name="Galadriel">{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref> This contradicts the information published in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' which gives the founding of Eregion in the year 750.<ref name="AppB1">{{App|B1}}, entry "750"</ref> It is possible to reconcile the texts if 700 is seen as the year of their moving eastwards with 750 as the year of the foundation of Eregion; the canonicity of this, however, is unknown.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of Eregion|Images of Eregion]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
{{FellowshipRoute}}<br />
[[Category:Pronounced articles]]<br />
[[Category:Regions]]<br />
[[Category:Eriador]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]<br />
[[Category:Elven realms]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Eregion]]<br />
[[fi:Paatsamala]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/regions/houssaye]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Dior&diff=307336Dior2019-09-13T00:12:44Z<p>TolkienFan: Small edit to the titles</p>
<hr />
<div>{{disambig-two|the son of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]|the [[Stewards of Gondor|Steward of Gondor]]|[[Dior (Steward of Gondor)]]}}<br />
{{half-elf infobox<br />
| name=Dior<br />
| image=[[File:Edward Johnson - Dior Eluchíl.png|250px]]<br />
| caption="Dior Eluchíl" by [[:Category:Images by Edward Johnson|Edward Johnson]]<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=<br />
| titles=Aranel, [[King of Doriath]], Eluchíl, Thingol's Heir, The Fair<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[Ossiriand]], [[Doriath]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| language=[[Sindarin]] ([[Doriathrin]])<br />
| birth={{FA|470}}<br />
| birthlocation=[[Tol Galen]]<br />
| rule={{FA|503}} - {{FA|506|n}}<br />
| death={{FA|506}}<br />
| deathlocation=[[Menegroth]], during [[Second Kinslaying]]<br />
| age=36<br />
| notablefor=<br />
| house=[[House of Bëor]]<br />
| heritage=[[Men|Man]] father, half-[[Elves|Elf]]/half-[[Maia]] mother<br />
| parentage=[[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]<br />
| siblings=<br />
| spouse=[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]<br />
| children=[[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], [[Elurín]]<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=<br />
| hair=<br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=Presumably [[Aranrúth]]<ref name="NumenorUT">{{UT|3}}, note 2</ref><br />
| steed=<br />
}}'''Dior''' was the son of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], and the grandson and heir to the throne of [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]], [[King of Doriath]]. Dior was one of the [[Half-elven]]. <br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Dior was born on the island of [[Tol Galen]] in [[East Beleriand]].<ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> When he was 27, he married [[Nimloth of Doriath]],<ref group=note>[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth's]] parentage is uncertain. She may have been the daughter of [[Galathil]] and a descendant of [[Elmo]], the younger brother of [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]].</ref> and took her back to live by the [[Lanthir Lamath]] waterfall at the base of the [[Blue Mountains]]. There they had three children: [[Elwing]], [[Eluréd]], and [[Elurín]]. <br />
<br />
After Thingol was slain by the [[Dwarves]] who coveted the [[Nauglamír]], Dior with his father and a host of [[Green-elves]] of [[Ossiriand]] journeyed swiftly north to the river [[Ascar]] and fought the [[Dwarves of Nogrod]] in the [[Battle of Sarn Athrad]].<ref>{{S|Doriath}}</ref><br />
<br />
In {{FA|503}}, he and his family went to [[Menegroth]] and restored the realm of [[Doriath]].<ref name="Doriath">{{S|Doriath}}</ref> After the death of his parents, a Lord of the [[Laiquendi]] came to Doriath bringing the Nauglamir, which was worn by his mother. After mourning, he decided to wear it himself. When he placed the Nauglamir on himself, it sat lightly and he appeared as the fairest of three living races: Maiar, Elven, and Human. This news came to the [[Sons of Feanor]], who came to Doriath with their servants, consumed by the [[Oath of Feanor]].<br />
<br />
Dior managed to kill [[Celegorm]] (who, ironically, was also called ''the Fair''), and [[Caranthir]] and [[Curufin]] were also slain, but the Kingdom of Doriath was destroyed. So Dior and Nimloth were slain, during the [[Second Kinslaying]], along with anyone preventing the Feanorians from gaining the [[Silmaril]]. <br />
<br />
After the attack, the servants of Celegorm left Eluréd and Elurín in the forest to die. Elwing, however, carrying the Nauglamir, escaped with the remnant of the [[Iathrim|Elves of Doriath]] to the [[Havens of Sirion]].<ref>{{S|Doriath}}</ref> Years later she would wed [[Eärendil]] and together they would seek aid from [[Valinor]].<ref>{{S|Earendil}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Genealogy ==<br />
{{familytree/start}}<br />
{{familytree | | THI |y| MEL | | HOB | | | |THI=[[Thingol|Elu Thingol]]|MEL=[[Melian]]|HOB=[[House of Bëor]]}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | |!| | | | | |:| | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | LUT |~|y|~| BER | | | |LUT=[[Lúthien]]|BER=[[Beren]]}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | | | | DIO |y| NIM | | |DIO='''DIOR'''|NIM=[[Nimloth of Doriath|Nimloth]]<sup>1</sup>}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| |}}<br />
{{familytree | EAR |y| ELW | | ELD | | ELN |EAR=[[Eärendil]]|ELW=[[Elwing]]|ELD=[[Eluréd]]|ELN=[[Elurín]]}}<br />
{{familytree | |,|-|^|-|.| | | | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | ELD | | ELS | | | | | | | | |ELD=[[Elrond]]|ELS=[[Elros]]}}<br />
{{familytree/end}}<br />
==Etymology==<br />
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], the name ''Dior'' is said to mean "successor" in [[Doriathrin]]. The name derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''ndeuro'' ("follower, successor"), from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[NDEW]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 375</ref><br />
<br />
==Other names and titles==<br />
<br />
Dior was also called '''''Eluchíl''''', ("Heir of Elu"),<ref name="Index">{{S|Index}}</ref> '''''Aranel''''' ("Noble Elf" or "King of Elves"),<ref name="Index"/><ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> and '''the Fair'''.<br />
<br />
==Other versions of the Legendarium==<br />
<br />
In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales (disambiguation)|The Book of Lost Tales]]'', a name of Dior was '''''[[Ausir (disambiguation)|Ausir]]''''' ([[Gnomish|Gn.]] "The Wealthy").<ref>{{HM|LT2}}, p. 240, 244, 251</ref><ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 20</ref><br />
<br />
{{references|note}}<br />
<br />
{{seq-start}}<br />
{{seq-head<br />
| race=halfelf<br />
| house=[[House of Bëor]]<br />
| born={{FA|470}}<br />
| died={{FA|506}}<br />
}}<br />
{{seq<br />
| prev=[[Thingol]]<br />
| pvac=<br />
| list=2nd [[King of Doriath]]<br />
| dates={{FA|503}} – {{FA|506|n}}<br />
| next=[[Doriath]] destroyed<br />
| nvac=None<br />
}}<br />
{{seq-end}}<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br />
[[Category:Half-elven]]<br />
[[Category:House of Thingol]]<br />
[[Category:Sindar]]<br />
[[Category:First Age characters]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Dior Aranel]]<br />
[[fi:Dior Eluchíl]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:elfes:semi-elfes:dior]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Celebr%C3%ADan&diff=307272Celebrían2019-09-10T22:08:39Z<p>TolkienFan: I made a few edits to this page. She is a Sindar elf through her father Celeborn even though Galadriel is a Noldor; just like how Finwe is a Noldor despite his mom being a Vanyar. The Unfinished Tales specify that her birth was unknown.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{sindar infobox<br />
| image=[[File:Līga Kļaviņa - Celebrian.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Celebrían<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=<br />
| titles=Lady of [[Rivendell]]<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[Eregion]], [[Rivendell|Imladris]], [[Lothlórien]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| language=<br />
| birth=Before {{SA|1350}}<ref name="Galadriel">{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref><br />
| birthlocation=<br />
| rule=<br />
| sailedwest={{TA|2510}}<br />
| sailedfrom=[[Grey Havens]]<br />
| age=<br />
| notablefor=<br />
| house=A member of the royal house of [[Doriath]]<br />
| parentage=[[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]]<br />
| siblings=([[Amroth]]<ref name="Galadriel"/>, earlier version)<br />
| spouse=[[Elrond]]<br />
| children=[[Elladan]], [[Elrohir]], [[Arwen]]<br />
| gender=Female<br />
| height=<br />
| hair=<br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
{{pronounce|Sindarin - Celebrían.mp3|Gilgamesh}}<br />
'''Celebrían''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[keleˈbriː.an]}}; sailed West {{TA|2510}}<ref name="TA">{{App|TA}}</ref>) was an [[Elves|Elf]]-lady of [[Lothlórien]], the daughter of [[Celeborn]] and [[Galadriel]]. As the wife of [[Elrond]], she was also known as Lady of [[Rivendell]]. She was the mother of [[Arwen]] and the twins [[Elrohir]] and [[Elladan]]. Her daughter would later marry [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]], hero of the [[War of the Ring]], and become the Queen of the [[Reunited Kingdom]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The time and place of Celebrian's birth, whether by [[Lake Nenuial]] or later in [[Eregion]], or even later in [[Lórien]], is unknown.<ref name="Galadriel"/> However, Celebrían lived in [[Eregion]], and later moved to [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] with her mother in {{SA|1350}}.<ref name="Galadriel"/> In {{SA|1701}}, she went to [[Rivendell]] with Galadriel searching for Celeborn, where she first met Lord Elrond.<ref name="Galadriel"/> Centuries later they would marry, in {{TA|109}}.<ref name="TA"/> She had inherited the [[Elfstone]] from her mother, which she later gave to Arwen, her daughter.<ref>{{UT|Elessar}}</ref><br />
<br />
In {{TA|2509}}, on a trip to [[Lothlórien|Lórien]] to visit her parents, she was waylaid by [[Orcs]] in the [[Redhorn Pass]] of the [[Misty Mountains]]. She was captured and tormented, receiving a poisoned wound. Her sons rescued her and she was physically healed by Elrond, but she never fully recovered in mind or spirit, and no longer wished to stay in Middle-earth. She left for the [[Grey Havens]] and passed over the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]] the following year.<ref name="TA"/><br />
<br />
== Genealogy ==<br />
<div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br />
{{familytree/start}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | FRF |~|~|y|~|~| EAW | | | | | | | | GLN | | | | |FRF=[[Finarfin]]</br><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>|EAW=[[Eärwen]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|GLN=[[Galadhon]]</br><small>''b. {{FA}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree| |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|v|-|-|.| | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}<br />
{{familytree| FRD | | ANG |y| ELD | | AEG | | GAL |y| CEL | | GLL | | |FRD=[[Finrod]]</br><small>''{{YT|1300}} - {{FA|465}}''</small>|ANG=[[Angrod]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|455}}''</small>|AEG=[[Aegnor]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|455}}''</small>|GAL=[[Galadriel]]</br><small>''b. {{YT|1362}}''</small>|ELD=[[Eldalótë]]</br><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celeborn]]</br><small>''b. {{FA}}''</small>|GLL=[[Galathil]]</br><small>''b. {{FA}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | | | ORO | | | | | | ELR |y| CLB | | ART |y| GRN |ORO=[[Orodreth]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|495}}''</small>|CLB='''CELEBRÍAN'''</br><small>''b. {{SA}}''</small>|ELR=[[Elrond]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|532}}''</small>|ART=[[Arathorn II]]</br><small>''{{TA|2873}} - {{TA|2933|n}}''</small>|GRN=[[Gilraen]]</br><small>''{{TA|2907}} - {{TA|3007|n}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| | | |!| | | |}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | GIL | | FIL | | ELL | | ELO | | ARW |y| ARA | | |GIL=[[Gil-galad]]</br><small>''d. {{SA|3441}}''</small>|FIL=[[Finduilas]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|495}}''</small>|ELL=[[Elladan]]</br><small>''b. {{TA|130}}''</small>|ELO=[[Elrohir]]</br><small>''b. {{TA|130}}''</small>|ARW=[[Arwen]]</br><small>''{{TA|241}} - {{FoA|121}}''</small>|ARA=[[Aragorn|Aragorn II]]</br><small>''{{TA|2931}} - {{FoA|120}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | EDN | | DAU | | |EDN=[[Eldarion]]</br><small>''b. {{FoA}}''</small>|DAU=''unknown daughters''}}<br />
{{familytree/end}}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of Celebrían|Images of Celebrían]]<br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Celebrian}} <br />
[[Category:House of Finarfin]]<br />
[[Category:Sindar]]<br />
[[Category:Falmari]]<br />
[[Category:Noldor]]<br />
[[Category:Second Age characters]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin names]]<br />
[[Category:Third Age characters]]<br />
[[de:Celebrían]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:elfes:teleri:sindar:celebrian]]<br />
[[fi:Celebrían]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Second_Age_700&diff=307166Talk:Second Age 7002019-09-08T01:45:04Z<p>TolkienFan: Eregion?</p>
<hr />
<div>== Eregion? ==<br />
<br />
I don't think we can reconcile SA 700 and SA 750 as the time Galadriel and Celeborn took to move eastwards because at the time of SA 700, Eregion was not even a thought so its impossible for Galadriel and Celeborn to have moved to Eregion at SA 700 if it didn't even exist. So since we can't reconcile the two dates, I believe that we should take Eregion's founding as SA 750 and Galadriel moving eastwards to settle Eregion also at this time since this is the account from the Lord of the Rings. To simplify this, I believe SA 700 should be a date which has no relevance in the history of Galadriel and Celeborn. What do y'all think?--[[User:TolkienFan|TolkienFan]] 01:45, 8 September 2019 (UTC)</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Thingol&diff=307165Thingol2019-09-07T23:47:45Z<p>TolkienFan: tweaks</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Cleanup}}<br />
{{sindar infobox<br />
| name=Thingol<br />
| image=[[File:Kimberly - Nauglamir Thingol.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Nauglamir Thingol" by [[:Category:Images by Kimberly|Kimberly]]<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=[[Elwë]] ([[Quenya|Q]])<br>[[Singollo]] ([[Quenya|Q]])<br>[[Elu]] ([[Sindarin|S]])<br />
| titles=King of the [[Teleri]]<br>[[King of Doriath]]<br/>Lord of Beleriand<br/>King Greymantle<br/>The Hidden King<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[Doriath]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| language=[[Doriathrin]] ([[Sindarin]] dialect)<br />
| birth=Between {{YT|1050}} and {{YT|1102|n}}<br />
| birthlocation=[[Cuiviénen]]<br />
| rule={{YT|1152}} - {{FA|502}} (3,836 years)<br />
| death={{FA|502}}<ref group="note">His death is placed under the year 502 in [[The Grey Annals]], but according to the story introduced into ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' by [[Christopher Tolkien]] it should have rather occurred immediately after the reforging of [[Nauglamír]], while the Sack of Doriath remained in the following year.</ref><br />
| deathlocation=[[Menegroth]]<br />
| age=Between 4,813 and 4,315 years<br />
| notablefor=<br />
| house=<br />
| parentage=<br />
| siblings=[[Olwë]] & [[Elmo]]<ref group="note">[[Elmo]] is a later addition by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] and is not in the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.</ref><ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref><br />
| spouse=[[Melian]]<br />
| children=[[Lúthien]]; fostered [[Túrin]]<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=Tallest of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]]<ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref><br />
| hair=Silver<ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref><br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=[[Aranrúth]]<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
'''Thingol''' ({{IPA|[ˈθiŋɡol]}}), also known as '''Elu''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈelu]}}), was the [[King of Doriath]] and the greatest lord of the [[Sindar]]. Known as '''[[Elwë]]''' during the first years of the [[Eldar]], he was the older brother of [[Olwë]] and [[Elmo]]. He was also a good friend of [[Finwë]], [[King of the Noldor]]. His hair was silver and he was the tallest of all Elves and Men.<ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref> As the ''de facto'' "Lord of Beleriand", Thingol would become a central figure of the [[First Age]], instigating the [[Quest for the Silmaril]], the greatest victory of the Age, but ultimately the cause of his own doom.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Ambassador of the Valar===<br />
Thingol was born at [[Cuiviénen]]<ref group="note">This information is from the ''[[Cuivienyarna]]'', part of ''[[Quendi and Eldar]]'', a late revision of the [[legendarium]] by Tolkien. ''The Silmarillion'' does not clarify whether Elu Thingol ''awoke'' at Cuiviénen or was ''born'' there. See [[Awakening of the Elves]].</ref> in the days before the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]], when [[Middle-earth]] was lit only by starlight. <br />
<br />
After the [[Chaining of Melkor]], the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Oromë]] took three Elves, [[Ingwë]], Finwë, and Elwë, to [[Valinor]] to convince the [[Elves]] to join the Valar in the [[Blessed Realm]]. Upon their return, the Elven ambassadors convinced many to join them on the [[Great Journey]] to the West. During the thousand mile journey, the Elven host separated into three groups, the [[Vanyar]], the [[Noldor]], and the [[Teleri]].<ref>{{S|Captivity}}</ref><br />
<br />
The Teleri, led by Elwë and his brother Olwë, were the largest and the slowest group, and were the last to reach the western shores of [[Middle-earth]]. The Noldorin Elves had already left for Valinor, and the Teleri were forced to wait for a time in Middle-earth.<br />
[[File:Elena Kukanova - Nan Elmoth - Elwe and Melian.jpg|thumb|left|Elena Kukanova - ''Nan Elmoth - Elwe and Melian'']]<br />
During this time Elwë wandered into the [[Nan Elmoth|Forest of Nan Elmoth]], where he met and fell in love with [[Melian]] the [[Maiar|Maia]]. Caught in an enchantment of their own making, Elwë and Melian could not be found by the searching Teleri. When the Valar returned to take the remaining Elves to Valinor, only some of them followed Olwë across the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]]. The rest had come to love the lands of [[Beleriand]] and refused to leave without their missing lord.<ref>{{S|Thingol}}</ref><br />
<br />
===King of Doriath===<br />
[[Image:J.R.R. Tolkien - Elwe Heraldic Device.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Thingol's device by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]]]Over two hundred years passed before Elwë appeared again with his bride Melian, much changed since when last they saw him. While he had been fair and noble before, he now stood like a Maia above them as the tallest of the Children of Ilúvatar. He gathered his people together and founded the Kingdom of [[Doriath]]. His subjects would become the [[Sindar]], or the "Grey Elves", and their language was [[Sindarin]]. From then on Elwë was known as King Elu Thingol, and he claimed lordship over all the lands in Beleriand. While Thingol was King of the Grey Elves, who never saw the light of the [[Two Trees]], as an Ambassador of the Valar he was counted as a [[High Elves|High Elf]], and equal to any lord of the [[Eldar]].<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref><br />
<br />
On Melian's advice, Thingol became an ally of the [[Dwarves]] of [[Belegost]], who carved the caverns of [[Menegroth]] for him. In payment he gave them, along with many other things, the great pearl [[Nimphelos]].<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><br />
<br />
A thousand years before the first rising of the Sun and the Moon the [[Green-elves]] entered Beleriand under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]]. Thingol welcomed them and gave them the lands of [[Ossiriand]], which they named [[Lindon]]. The Green Elves told of the spread of the [[Orcs]] and other foul creatures in the north and east of Middle-earth. The Grey Elves began arming themselves.<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><br />
<br />
Centuries later [[Melkor]] returned to Middle-earth. Now named Morgoth, he had destroyed the Two Trees, killed Finwë, the King of the Noldor, and stolen the fabled [[Silmarils]]. Seeking to claim dominion quickly, he launched a sudden assault on the lands of the Sindar. The [[First Battle of Beleriand]] went well for Thingol, who prevented any Orcs from invading Doriath, but the Green Elves took horrific losses and the [[Falathrim]] were besieged.<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><br />
<br />
The Falathrim were finally saved by the unexpected arrival of the Noldor, who launched the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]] ("Battle Under the Stars") in which Morgoth's forces were all but annihilated.<ref name="Return">{{S|Return}}</ref><br />
<br />
===Thingol and the Noldor===<br />
[[File:Elena Kukanova - King of Doriath.jpg|thumb|left|Elena Kukanova - ''King of Doriath'']]<br />
After the First Battle of Beleriand, Doriath was encircled by the [[Girdle of Melian]], an impenetrable fence of enchantment that guarded the kingdom.<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref> While his own kingdom was protected, Thingol was still loath to surrender any other lands in Beleriand to the Noldor as he was suspicious of the aggressive new lords in Middle-earth.<ref name="Return">{{S|Return}}</ref><br />
{{quote|In [[Hithlum]] the Noldor have leave to dwell, and in the highlands of [[Dorthonion]], and in the lands east of Doriath that are empty and wild... for I am the Lord of Beleriand, and all who seek to dwell there shall hear my word.|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Of the Return of the Noldor"}}<br />
<br />
King Thingol's relations with the Noldor were strained, and grew worse decades later when he learned the truth of the [[Kinslaying at Alqualondë]]. Thingol banned the use of [[Quenya]] in his lands, which led to [[Sindarin]] being the common Elven tongue in Middle-earth. The King of Doriath refused to aid the Noldor in the war against Morgoth, and took little part in the ongoing struggle.<ref>{{S|Noldor}}</ref><br />
<br />
===The Quest for the Silmaril===<br />
[[File:Felix Sotomayor - Beren at Thingol's Court.jpg|thumb|Felix Sotomayor - ''Beren at Thingol's Court'']]<br />
Thingol and Melian had one child, a daughter named [[Lúthien]], said to be the fairest woman ever to live. Lúthien fell in love with a [[Men|Man]] named [[Beren]]. Thingol did not wish for the two to wed, as he valued his daughter very highly and disliked Men. As a bride-price he asked for a [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] from the crown of [[Morgoth]], thinking there was no way that Beren could fulfill this demand.<ref name="Beren">{{S|Beren}}</ref><br />
<br />
However, when Beren and Lúthien came back from [[Angband]], and when Beren showed him his missing hand which still held the Silmaril in the belly of [[Carcharoth]], he softened his heart towards him. Soon, though, Carcharoth in his anguish and rage from the Silmaril that burned his insides, broke through the Girdle of Melian and entered Doriath. In that hour, Thingol, along with Beren, [[Mablung]], [[Beleg]] and [[Huan]] the Hound of Valinor, began the [[Hunting of the Wolf|hunt of the Wolf]]. Carcharoth was finally slain by Huan, but both Huan and Beren died in the process. After that, Lúthien died also, and coming to the [[Halls of Mandos]] she begged [[Mandos]] that Beren be returned to life. However, it was beyond the power of Mandos to withhold the souls of Men from going beyond the [[Circles of the World]].<ref name="Beren">{{S|Beren}}</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
Therefore, [[Ilúvatar]], through [[Manwë]], offered her and Beren to live again, but with Lúthien sharing the [[Gift of Men]]. She agreed, and they both came back to life, and lived the remainder of their lives at [[Tol Galen]], far from the sight of any other mortals.<ref name="Beren">{{S|Beren}}</ref><br />
<br />
===Fostering of Túrin===<br />
Thingol adopted as a son a young Man named [[Túrin]], son of [[Húrin]] and akin to Beren himself, who was sent to Doriath when he was seven years old.<ref>{{CH|4}}</ref> When he grew up, he was permitted to join Beleg Cúthalion on the marches of Doriath, fighting the Orcs of Morgoth.<ref name="Turin">{{S|Turin}}</ref><ref>{{CH|5}}</ref><br />
<br />
Túrin accidentally caused the death of [[Saeros]], one of Thingol's counselors who had provoked and attacked him. Before he could be either punished or forgiven he fled. Thingol however gave Beleg a leave to seek out his friend, who in the meantime had joined a [[Gaurwaith|band of outlaws]].<ref>{{CH|6}}</ref> Telling to Thingol that Túrin did not wish to return, Thingol allowed Beleg to go and join his friend and gave him the black sword [[Anglachel]] that [[Eöl]] had forged and given to Thingol<ref>{{S|Maeglin}}</ref> in tribute.<ref name="Turin">{{S|Turin}}</ref><br />
<br />
===The Nauglamír and Thingol's Doom===<br />
[[File:Henning Janssen - Nauglamir and the Doom of Thingol.jpg|thumb|left|[[Henning Janssen]] - ''Nauglamir and the Doom of Thingol'']]<br />
Some time after Túrin's tragic death, Húrin, Túrin's father and now an old man, was allowed to enter Menegroth with a band of outlaws, where in anger he threw the [[Nauglamír]], the treasure of [[Nargothrond]] before King Thingol and 'thanked' him for aiding his son. This infuriated the outlaws, who tried to take the gold back but were killed by Thingol's guards.<ref>{{LT2|IV}}</ref> Melian finally pierced through Húrin's madness and grief; shamed by his actions, he left Menegroth a broken man.<ref name="Doriath">{{S|Doriath}}</ref><br />
<br />
At that time a desire came into Thingol's heart to take the Nauglamír and place the Silmaril in it, thus melding together two of the greatest creations made by the Elves and the [[Dwarves]]. He hired some [[Dwarves of Nogrod|Dwarven craftsmen]] to do it for him. But by the time the Dwarves were finished they had become obsessed with the Nauglamír and asked for it as a payment for their labor. This infuriated Thingol, who had also grown obsessed with the jewelry and refused to give it as a payment, realizing they were coveting the Silmaril. The Dwarves were angered by his harsh words, and killed him. This led to the [[Battle of the Thousand Caves|sacking of Menegroth]] and the eventual [[Second Kinslaying|destruction of Doriath]], which scattered its people.<ref name="Doriath">{{S|Doriath}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
His [[epessë]] (honorary name) was ''Thingol'' (''[[thind]]'' "grey" and ''[[coll]]'' "mantle") which means "Greycloak".<ref name=Thingol>{{S|Thingol}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Pronounce|Elwe Singollo.mp3|Ardamir}}<br />
[[Quenya]] tradition names him ''[[Elwë]]'' and ''[[Singollo]]'', for the [[Noldor]] pronounced his epessë as '''Singollo''' (pron. {{IPA|[siŋˈɡolːo]}}).<br />
<br />
His first name, Elwë, means "star-man" and contains ''[[el]]'' and ''[[-we]]''.<br />
<br />
'''Elwë Þindicollo''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈelwe ˌθindiˈkolːo]}}) or '''Sindicollo''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˌsindiˈkolːo]}}) was the ancient name of King [[Thingol]]; when he settled in [[Doriath]] with [[Melian]], he took the [[Sindarin]] form of his name, [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]].<br />
<br />
==Genealogy==<br />
{{familytree/start}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br />
{{familytree | HOB | | MEL |y| ELW | | OLW | | ELM |HOB=[[House of Bëor]]|MEL=[[Melian]]|ELW='''THINGOL'''<br/><small>''{{YT}} - {{FA|502}}''</small>|OLW=[[Olwë]]<br/><small>''{{YT}} -''</small>|ELM=[[Elmo]]}}<br />
{{familytree | |:| | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | BER |~|y|~| LUT | | | | | | | | | | |BER=[[Beren]]<br/><small>''{{FA|432}} - {{FA|503|n}}''</small>|LUT=[[Lúthien]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1200}} - {{FA|503}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | DIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DIO=[[Dior]]<br/><small>''{{FA|470}} - {{FA|506|n}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree/end}}<br />
<br />
{{references|note}}<br />
{{seq-start}}<br />
{{seq-head<br />
| race=sindar<br />
| house=House of Thingol<br />
| died={{FA|502}}<br />
}}<br />
{{seq<br />
| prev=Position established<br />
| pvac=None<br />
| list=1st [[King of Doriath]]<br />
| dates={{YT|1152}} – {{FA|502}}<br />
| next=[[Dior]]<br />
}}<br />
{{seq-end}}<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Children of Húrin]]<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br />
[[Category:First Age characters]]<br />
[[Category:House of Thingol| ]]<br />
[[Category:Quest for the Silmaril]]<br />
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br />
[[Category:Sindar]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Thingol&diff=307164Thingol2019-09-07T23:46:49Z<p>TolkienFan: I cleaned up the infobox because many names were put as titles and vice-versa. Also made it more consistent with Olwe's page</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Cleanup}}<br />
{{sindar infobox<br />
| name=Thingol<br />
| image=[[File:Kimberly - Nauglamir Thingol.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Nauglamir Thingol" by [[:Category:Images by Kimberly|Kimberly]]<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=[[Elwë]] ([[Quenya|Q]])<br>[[Singollo]] ([[Quenya|Q]])<br>[[Elu]] ([[Sindarin|S]])<br />
| titles=King of the [[Teleri]]<br>[[King of Doriath]]<br/>Lord of Beleriand<br/>King Greymantle<br/>The Hidden King<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[Doriath]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| language=[[Doriathrin]] ([[Sindarin]] dialect)<br />
| birth=Between {{YT|1050}} and {{YT|1102|n}}<br />
| birthlocation=[[Cuiviénen]]<br />
| rule={{YT|1152}} - {{FA|502}} (3,836 years)<br />
| death={{FA|502}}<ref group="note">His death is placed under the year 502 in [[The Grey Annals]], but according to the story introduced into ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' by [[Christopher Tolkien]] it should have rather occurred immediately after the reforging of [[Nauglamír]], while the Sack of Doriath remained in the following year.</ref><br />
| deathlocation=[[Menegroth]]<br />
| age=Between 4,813 and 4,315 years<br />
| notablefor=<br />
| house=<br />
| parentage=<br />
| siblings=[[Olwë]] & [[Elmo]]<ref group="note">[[Elmo]] is a later addition by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] and is not in the published ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.</ref><ref>{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref><br />
| spouse=[[Melian]]<br />
| children=[[Lúthien]]; fostered [[Túrin]]<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=Tallest of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]]<ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref><br />
| hair=Silver<ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref><br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=[[Aranrúth]]<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
'''Thingol''' ({{IPA|[ˈθiŋɡol]}}), also known as '''Elu''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈelu]}}), was the [[King of Doriath]] and a High King of the Sindar. Known as '''[[Elwë]]''' during the first years of the [[Eldar]], he was the older brother of [[Olwë]] and [[Elmo]]. He was also a good friend of [[Finwë]], [[King of the Noldor]]. His hair was silver and he was the tallest of all Elves and Men.<ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref> As the ''de facto'' "Lord of Beleriand", Thingol would become a central figure of the [[First Age]], instigating the [[Quest for the Silmaril]], the greatest victory of the Age, but ultimately the cause of his own doom.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Ambassador of the Valar===<br />
Thingol was born at [[Cuiviénen]]<ref group="note">This information is from the ''[[Cuivienyarna]]'', part of ''[[Quendi and Eldar]]'', a late revision of the [[legendarium]] by Tolkien. ''The Silmarillion'' does not clarify whether Elu Thingol ''awoke'' at Cuiviénen or was ''born'' there. See [[Awakening of the Elves]].</ref> in the days before the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]], when [[Middle-earth]] was lit only by starlight. <br />
<br />
After the [[Chaining of Melkor]], the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Oromë]] took three Elves, [[Ingwë]], Finwë, and Elwë, to [[Valinor]] to convince the [[Elves]] to join the Valar in the [[Blessed Realm]]. Upon their return, the Elven ambassadors convinced many to join them on the [[Great Journey]] to the West. During the thousand mile journey, the Elven host separated into three groups, the [[Vanyar]], the [[Noldor]], and the [[Teleri]].<ref>{{S|Captivity}}</ref><br />
<br />
The Teleri, led by Elwë and his brother Olwë, were the largest and the slowest group, and were the last to reach the western shores of [[Middle-earth]]. The Noldorin Elves had already left for Valinor, and the Teleri were forced to wait for a time in Middle-earth.<br />
[[File:Elena Kukanova - Nan Elmoth - Elwe and Melian.jpg|thumb|left|Elena Kukanova - ''Nan Elmoth - Elwe and Melian'']]<br />
During this time Elwë wandered into the [[Nan Elmoth|Forest of Nan Elmoth]], where he met and fell in love with [[Melian]] the [[Maiar|Maia]]. Caught in an enchantment of their own making, Elwë and Melian could not be found by the searching Teleri. When the Valar returned to take the remaining Elves to Valinor, only some of them followed Olwë across the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]]. The rest had come to love the lands of [[Beleriand]] and refused to leave without their missing lord.<ref>{{S|Thingol}}</ref><br />
<br />
===King of Doriath===<br />
[[Image:J.R.R. Tolkien - Elwe Heraldic Device.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Thingol's device by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]]]Over two hundred years passed before Elwë appeared again with his bride Melian, much changed since when last they saw him. While he had been fair and noble before, he now stood like a Maia above them as the tallest of the Children of Ilúvatar. He gathered his people together and founded the Kingdom of [[Doriath]]. His subjects would become the [[Sindar]], or the "Grey Elves", and their language was [[Sindarin]]. From then on Elwë was known as King Elu Thingol, and he claimed lordship over all the lands in Beleriand. While Thingol was King of the Grey Elves, who never saw the light of the [[Two Trees]], as an Ambassador of the Valar he was counted as a [[High Elves|High Elf]], and equal to any lord of the [[Eldar]].<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><ref name="Princes">{{S|Princes}}</ref><br />
<br />
On Melian's advice, Thingol became an ally of the [[Dwarves]] of [[Belegost]], who carved the caverns of [[Menegroth]] for him. In payment he gave them, along with many other things, the great pearl [[Nimphelos]].<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><br />
<br />
A thousand years before the first rising of the Sun and the Moon the [[Green-elves]] entered Beleriand under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]]. Thingol welcomed them and gave them the lands of [[Ossiriand]], which they named [[Lindon]]. The Green Elves told of the spread of the [[Orcs]] and other foul creatures in the north and east of Middle-earth. The Grey Elves began arming themselves.<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><br />
<br />
Centuries later [[Melkor]] returned to Middle-earth. Now named Morgoth, he had destroyed the Two Trees, killed Finwë, the King of the Noldor, and stolen the fabled [[Silmarils]]. Seeking to claim dominion quickly, he launched a sudden assault on the lands of the Sindar. The [[First Battle of Beleriand]] went well for Thingol, who prevented any Orcs from invading Doriath, but the Green Elves took horrific losses and the [[Falathrim]] were besieged.<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref><br />
<br />
The Falathrim were finally saved by the unexpected arrival of the Noldor, who launched the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]] ("Battle Under the Stars") in which Morgoth's forces were all but annihilated.<ref name="Return">{{S|Return}}</ref><br />
<br />
===Thingol and the Noldor===<br />
[[File:Elena Kukanova - King of Doriath.jpg|thumb|left|Elena Kukanova - ''King of Doriath'']]<br />
After the First Battle of Beleriand, Doriath was encircled by the [[Girdle of Melian]], an impenetrable fence of enchantment that guarded the kingdom.<ref name="Sindar">{{S|Sindar}}</ref> While his own kingdom was protected, Thingol was still loath to surrender any other lands in Beleriand to the Noldor as he was suspicious of the aggressive new lords in Middle-earth.<ref name="Return">{{S|Return}}</ref><br />
{{quote|In [[Hithlum]] the Noldor have leave to dwell, and in the highlands of [[Dorthonion]], and in the lands east of Doriath that are empty and wild... for I am the Lord of Beleriand, and all who seek to dwell there shall hear my word.|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Of the Return of the Noldor"}}<br />
<br />
King Thingol's relations with the Noldor were strained, and grew worse decades later when he learned the truth of the [[Kinslaying at Alqualondë]]. Thingol banned the use of [[Quenya]] in his lands, which led to [[Sindarin]] being the common Elven tongue in Middle-earth. The King of Doriath refused to aid the Noldor in the war against Morgoth, and took little part in the ongoing struggle.<ref>{{S|Noldor}}</ref><br />
<br />
===The Quest for the Silmaril===<br />
[[File:Felix Sotomayor - Beren at Thingol's Court.jpg|thumb|Felix Sotomayor - ''Beren at Thingol's Court'']]<br />
Thingol and Melian had one child, a daughter named [[Lúthien]], said to be the fairest woman ever to live. Lúthien fell in love with a [[Men|Man]] named [[Beren]]. Thingol did not wish for the two to wed, as he valued his daughter very highly and disliked Men. As a bride-price he asked for a [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] from the crown of [[Morgoth]], thinking there was no way that Beren could fulfill this demand.<ref name="Beren">{{S|Beren}}</ref><br />
<br />
However, when Beren and Lúthien came back from [[Angband]], and when Beren showed him his missing hand which still held the Silmaril in the belly of [[Carcharoth]], he softened his heart towards him. Soon, though, Carcharoth in his anguish and rage from the Silmaril that burned his insides, broke through the Girdle of Melian and entered Doriath. In that hour, Thingol, along with Beren, [[Mablung]], [[Beleg]] and [[Huan]] the Hound of Valinor, began the [[Hunting of the Wolf|hunt of the Wolf]]. Carcharoth was finally slain by Huan, but both Huan and Beren died in the process. After that, Lúthien died also, and coming to the [[Halls of Mandos]] she begged [[Mandos]] that Beren be returned to life. However, it was beyond the power of Mandos to withhold the souls of Men from going beyond the [[Circles of the World]].<ref name="Beren">{{S|Beren}}</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
Therefore, [[Ilúvatar]], through [[Manwë]], offered her and Beren to live again, but with Lúthien sharing the [[Gift of Men]]. She agreed, and they both came back to life, and lived the remainder of their lives at [[Tol Galen]], far from the sight of any other mortals.<ref name="Beren">{{S|Beren}}</ref><br />
<br />
===Fostering of Túrin===<br />
Thingol adopted as a son a young Man named [[Túrin]], son of [[Húrin]] and akin to Beren himself, who was sent to Doriath when he was seven years old.<ref>{{CH|4}}</ref> When he grew up, he was permitted to join Beleg Cúthalion on the marches of Doriath, fighting the Orcs of Morgoth.<ref name="Turin">{{S|Turin}}</ref><ref>{{CH|5}}</ref><br />
<br />
Túrin accidentally caused the death of [[Saeros]], one of Thingol's counselors who had provoked and attacked him. Before he could be either punished or forgiven he fled. Thingol however gave Beleg a leave to seek out his friend, who in the meantime had joined a [[Gaurwaith|band of outlaws]].<ref>{{CH|6}}</ref> Telling to Thingol that Túrin did not wish to return, Thingol allowed Beleg to go and join his friend and gave him the black sword [[Anglachel]] that [[Eöl]] had forged and given to Thingol<ref>{{S|Maeglin}}</ref> in tribute.<ref name="Turin">{{S|Turin}}</ref><br />
<br />
===The Nauglamír and Thingol's Doom===<br />
[[File:Henning Janssen - Nauglamir and the Doom of Thingol.jpg|thumb|left|[[Henning Janssen]] - ''Nauglamir and the Doom of Thingol'']]<br />
Some time after Túrin's tragic death, Húrin, Túrin's father and now an old man, was allowed to enter Menegroth with a band of outlaws, where in anger he threw the [[Nauglamír]], the treasure of [[Nargothrond]] before King Thingol and 'thanked' him for aiding his son. This infuriated the outlaws, who tried to take the gold back but were killed by Thingol's guards.<ref>{{LT2|IV}}</ref> Melian finally pierced through Húrin's madness and grief; shamed by his actions, he left Menegroth a broken man.<ref name="Doriath">{{S|Doriath}}</ref><br />
<br />
At that time a desire came into Thingol's heart to take the Nauglamír and place the Silmaril in it, thus melding together two of the greatest creations made by the Elves and the [[Dwarves]]. He hired some [[Dwarves of Nogrod|Dwarven craftsmen]] to do it for him. But by the time the Dwarves were finished they had become obsessed with the Nauglamír and asked for it as a payment for their labor. This infuriated Thingol, who had also grown obsessed with the jewelry and refused to give it as a payment, realizing they were coveting the Silmaril. The Dwarves were angered by his harsh words, and killed him. This led to the [[Battle of the Thousand Caves|sacking of Menegroth]] and the eventual [[Second Kinslaying|destruction of Doriath]], which scattered its people.<ref name="Doriath">{{S|Doriath}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
His [[epessë]] (honorary name) was ''Thingol'' (''[[thind]]'' "grey" and ''[[coll]]'' "mantle") which means "Greycloak".<ref name=Thingol>{{S|Thingol}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Pronounce|Elwe Singollo.mp3|Ardamir}}<br />
[[Quenya]] tradition names him ''[[Elwë]]'' and ''[[Singollo]]'', for the [[Noldor]] pronounced his epessë as '''Singollo''' (pron. {{IPA|[siŋˈɡolːo]}}).<br />
<br />
His first name, Elwë, means "star-man" and contains ''[[el]]'' and ''[[-we]]''.<br />
<br />
'''Elwë Þindicollo''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈelwe ˌθindiˈkolːo]}}) or '''Sindicollo''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˌsindiˈkolːo]}}) was the ancient name of King [[Thingol]]; when he settled in [[Doriath]] with [[Melian]], he took the [[Sindarin]] form of his name, [[Thingol|Elu Thingol]].<br />
<br />
==Genealogy==<br />
{{familytree/start}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br />
{{familytree | HOB | | MEL |y| ELW | | OLW | | ELM |HOB=[[House of Bëor]]|MEL=[[Melian]]|ELW='''THINGOL'''<br/><small>''{{YT}} - {{FA|502}}''</small>|OLW=[[Olwë]]<br/><small>''{{YT}} -''</small>|ELM=[[Elmo]]}}<br />
{{familytree | |:| | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | BER |~|y|~| LUT | | | | | | | | | | |BER=[[Beren]]<br/><small>''{{FA|432}} - {{FA|503|n}}''</small>|LUT=[[Lúthien]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1200}} - {{FA|503}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | | | | DIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DIO=[[Dior]]<br/><small>''{{FA|470}} - {{FA|506|n}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree/end}}<br />
<br />
{{references|note}}<br />
{{seq-start}}<br />
{{seq-head<br />
| race=sindar<br />
| house=House of Thingol<br />
| died={{FA|502}}<br />
}}<br />
{{seq<br />
| prev=Position established<br />
| pvac=None<br />
| list=1st [[King of Doriath]]<br />
| dates={{YT|1152}} – {{FA|502}}<br />
| next=[[Dior]]<br />
}}<br />
{{seq-end}}<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Children of Húrin]]<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br />
[[Category:First Age characters]]<br />
[[Category:House of Thingol| ]]<br />
[[Category:Quest for the Silmaril]]<br />
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br />
[[Category:Sindar]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lord_of_Brethil&diff=307152Lord of Brethil2019-09-07T17:41:03Z<p>TolkienFan: Created page with "{{expansion}} The '''Lords of Brethil''' ruled Brethil, a forest-realm of the Edain in western Doriath.<ref name="Coming">{{S|West}}</ref> ==History== In {{FA|390}},..."</p>
<hr />
<div>{{expansion}}<br />
The '''Lords of Brethil''' ruled [[Brethil]], a forest-realm of the [[Edain]] in western [[Doriath]].<ref name="Coming">{{S|West}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
In {{FA|390}},<ref name="WJ">{{WJ|West}}</ref> [[Haleth]], the founder of the [[Folk of Haleth]] led her people from [[Estolad]] to the relative safety of the [[Forest of Brethil]] in the lands of King [[Thingol]].<ref name="Coming"/> In exchange for defending the [[Crossing of Teiglin|Crossing of the Teiglin River]], King [[Finrod]] made use of his friendship with Thingol to allow the [[Haladin]] to remain free men.<ref name="Coming"/> Years later, when Haleth died, the Haladin chose to establish a ruling line from the descendants of Haldad. Because Haleth did not marry and had no children, her brother's son [[Haldan]] became the first '''Lord of Brethil'''.<ref name="Coming"/><br />
<br />
After the [[Dagor Bragollach]], and the capture of [[Minas Tirith in Beleriand|Minas Tirith]], [[Orcs]] began to roam unhindered across the lands of [[West Beleriand]]. [[Halmir]], son of [[Haldan]], called on the aid of King [[Thingol]], who sent many stout [[Sindar]]in warriors under the command of [[Beleg]] to his aid. Together, Halmir and Beleg destroyed a legion of invading Orcs, and gave the southern lands a respite from the defeats in the north.<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref> <br />
<br />
Haldir joined the [[Union of Maedhros]] and led a force of the [[Haladin]] in the disastrous [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. [[Fingon]] attempted a retreat across [[Anfauglith]] covered by Haldir, but he was slain, with most of his Men.<ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref> <br />
<br />
After this, the [[Haladin]] had relative peace in their woods for more than twenty years, until a sudden assault by [[Orcs]]. [[Handir]] set out to defeat them, but his men were defeated and he himself was slain.<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref> <br />
<br />
Soon after [[Brandir]]'s succession, [[Túrin]] came to [[Brethil]], and began before long to take control of the [[Haladin]] himself. After the death of [[Glaurung]], Brandir was slain in anger by Túrin.<ref>{{GA|340-342}}</ref><br />
<br />
==List of Lords of Brethil==<br />
# '''[[Haldan]]''', {{FA|420}}&ndash;{{FA|451|n}}<br />
# '''[[Halmir]]''', {{FA|451}}&ndash;{{FA|471|n}}<br />
# '''[[Haldir (Chieftain of the Haladin)|Haldir]]''', {{FA|471}}&ndash;{{FA|472|n}}<br />
# '''[[Handir]]''', {{FA|472}}&ndash;{{FA|495|n}}<br />
# '''[[Brandir the Lame]]''', {{FA|495}}&ndash;{{FA|499|n}}<br />
# '''[[Hardang]]''', {{FA|499}}&ndash;{{FA|501|n}}<ref group="note">''[[The Silmarillion]]'' makes no mention of the Lordship of Brethil after the death of [[Brandir]], but according to volume XI of ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'' a new Lord was chosen. He was succeeded by [[Hardang]] son of [[Hundad]], who was descended through a lesser branch from the line of [[Haldan]], the first Lord.</ref><br />
<br />
{{notes}}<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Titles]]<br />
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br />
[[Category:Mannish Titles]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lord_of_Dor-l%C3%B3min&diff=307112Lord of Dor-lómin2019-09-07T02:07:21Z<p>TolkienFan: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{expansion}}<br />
The '''Lords of Dor-lómin''' ruled [[Dor-lómin]], a realm of the [[Edain]] in northern [[Beleriand]].<ref name="Coming">{{S|West}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
As a young man, [[Hador]] gained the favour of [[Fingolfin]], [[High King of the Noldor]], while serving in his household. Fingolfin granted him the lordship of Dor-lómin, where Hador then gathered his kin. His son and grandson succeeded him as Lords and were vassals of the High King [[Fingon]].<ref name="Coming" /><br />
<br />
Within their own household, the Lords of Dor-lómin spoke [[Sindarin]], but at times still used their [[Taliska|native tongue]].<ref name="Coming" /> They were on good terms with the [[Eldar]], and formed marital ties with the houses of [[House of Bëor|Bëor]] and [[House of Haleth|Haleth]].<ref>{{CH|1}}</ref> <br />
<br />
Dor-lómin ceased to exist as a realm of the [[Edain]] following the battle of the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], when all of [[Hithlum]] was occupied by [[Easterlings]], in the service of [[Morgoth]], who enslaved the Edain.<ref name="Departure">{{CH|4}}</ref> Húrin was held prisoner in [[Angband]] while his son [[Túrin]] was sent away to [[Doriath]].<ref name="Departure" /> From this point, Dór-lomin was ruled by [[Brodda]] of the Easterlings, until he was killed by Túrin in his own hall. Despite a brief uprising by the Edain, the Easterlings retained control of the land.<ref>{{S|12}}</ref> <br />
<br />
==List of Lords of Dor-lómin==<br />
# '''[[Hador Lórindol]]''', {{FA|416}}&ndash;{{FA|455|n}}<br />
# '''[[Galdor (Lord of Dor-lómin)|Galdor the Tall]]''', {{FA|455}}&ndash;{{FA|462|n}}<br />
# '''[[Húrin|Húrin Thalion]]''', {{FA|462}}&ndash;{{FA|472|n}}<br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Titles]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lord_of_Ladros&diff=307111Lord of Ladros2019-09-07T02:07:10Z<p>TolkienFan: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{expansion}}<br />
The '''Lords of Ladros''' ruled [[Ladros]], a realm of the [[Edain]] in the highlands of [[Dorthonion]].<ref name="Coming">{{S|West}}</ref> <br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Boromir, the older son of [[Boron]], became the fourth Chieftain of the [[House of Bëor]] in {{FA|408}}.<ref name="WJBeor">{{WJ|14}}, ''(i) The House of Bëor''</ref> Since his House had long been loyal in service to the [[House of Finarfin]], in {{FA|410}},<ref name="WJWest">{{WJ|West}}, pp. 228-9</ref> he was given the region of [[Ladros]] in [[Dorthonion]] by the [[Noldorin]] Elf-lords [[Angrod]] and [[Aegnor]], the younger sons of the Elven-king [[Finarfin]].<ref name="Coming" /><br />
<br />
Bregolas served with the Elf-lords [[Angrod]] and [[Aegnor]] in the northern land of [[Dorthonion]], and he was by their side when the forces of [[Angband]] launched the sudden and devastating attack that would become known as the [[Dagor Bragollach]] in {{FA|455}}.<ref name="Silm">{{S|18}}</ref> Bregolas died quickly in that assault, but his sons survived to join [[Barahir]].<ref name="Silm"/> With Dorthonion under [[Morgoth]]'s control, they became outlaws in the land of their father.<ref name="Silm"/><br />
==List of Lords of Ladros==<br />
# '''[[Boromir (Lord of Ladros)|Boromir]]''', {{FA|410}}&ndash;{{FA|432|n}}<br />
# '''[[Bregor]]''', {{FA|432}}&ndash;{{FA|448|n}}<br />
# '''[[Bregolas]]''', {{FA|448}}&ndash;{{FA|455|n}}<br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Titles]]<br />
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br />
[[Category:Mannish Titles]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Easterlings&diff=307033Talk:Easterlings2019-09-04T22:31:58Z<p>TolkienFan: /* Merge? */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div>Where do we get the information in the "Third Age Easterlings" section from? That goes by the movie, not the book. Besides, there are no scources on this page. [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]<br />
<br />
I think we could use some of the information from Frodo's vision on Amon Hen where he sees Easterling armies composed of "swordsmen, spearmen, bowmen upon horses, chariots of cheiftains and laden wains" etc. This actually gives us info on what kinds of weapons and troops some Easterlings used (infantry wielding swords and spears, mounted archers, charioteers). {{Unsignedanon}}<br />
<br />
== Inspiration ==<br />
<br />
I think the information currently given here (that the Easterlings were inspired by the people of central and East Asia) isn't supported by the text, and might be influenced by movie imagery. It seems more likely that they were inspired by Slavic, Hunnic, and Turkic peoples, the peoples living east of the lands settled by Germanic-speaking peoples in the Migration Period. This can probably be supported by the text; Vinitharia's name for example, = 'Wend-fighter'; comparing the descriptions of the Balchoth and Wainriders to descriptions of invaders from the East of Germanic lands. Librán-Moreno's paper 'Byzantium, New Rome!' could probably supply some secondary support for anyone willing to take it on.{{Unsignedanon|198.161.230.12}}<br />
<br />
:Thanks for pointing out this section: as it stands now, it contains no references and seems to be speculation. I'll remove it. Feel free to write a new section if you find scholarly and/or primary sources to support any inspiration behind the concept of Easterlings.--[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 18:26, 1 September 2016 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Merge? ==<br />
<br />
I think it would be more productive to merge both easterling pages into one page... it would be easier for the reader to look at one page and gather information about the same people because the easterling of the first age are the same ones of the second age and beyond, more specifically the ones that appear in the LOTR series. WHat do you think?--[[User:TolkienFan|TolkienFan]] 22:31, 4 September 2019 (UTC)</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lord_of_Ladros&diff=306875Lord of Ladros2019-09-02T04:55:15Z<p>TolkienFan: I cleaned up this page and added references. Needs more expanding</p>
<hr />
<div>{{expansion}}<br />
The '''Lords of Ladros''' ruled [[Ladros]], a highland region of [[Dorthonion]]. Boromir, the older son of [[Boron]], became the fourth Chieftain of the [[House of Bëor]] in {{FA|408}}.<ref name="WJBeor">{{WJ|14}}, ''(i) The House of Bëor''</ref> Since his House had long been loyal in service to the [[House of Finarfin]], in {{FA|410}},<ref name="WJWest">{{WJ|West}}, pp. 228-9</ref> he was given the region of [[Ladros]] in [[Dorthonion]] by the [[Noldorin]] Elf-lords [[Angrod]] and [[Aegnor]], the younger sons of the Elven-king [[Finarfin]].<ref>{{S|West}}</ref><br />
<br />
==List of Lords of Ladros==<br />
# '''[[Boromir]]''', {{FA|410}}&ndash;{{FA|432|n}}<br />
# '''[[Bregor]]''', {{FA|432}}&ndash;{{FA|448|n}}<br />
# '''[[Bregolas]]''', {{FA|448}}&ndash;{{FA|455|n}}<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Bregolas served with the Elf-lords [[Angrod]] and [[Aegnor]] in the northern land of [[Dorthonion]], and he was by their side when the forces of [[Angband]] launched the sudden and devastating attack that would become known as the [[Dagor Bragollach]] in {{FA|455}}.<ref name="Silm">{{S|18}}</ref> Bregolas died quickly in that assault, but his sons survived to join [[Barahir]].<ref name="Silm"/> With Dorthonion under [[Morgoth|Morgoth's]] control, they became outlaws in the land of their father.<ref name="Silm"/><br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Titles]]<br />
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br />
[[Category:Mannish Titles]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Celebrimbor&diff=306874Celebrimbor2019-09-01T23:38:28Z<p>TolkienFan: If his mother stayed behind without going into Exile without his father, he had to have been born in Valinor, in Tirion.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{noldor infobox<br />
| name=Celebrimbor<br />
| image=[[File:Angus McBride - Celebrimbor.gif|250px]]<br />
| caption="Celebrimbor" by [[Angus McBride]]<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=''[[Telperinquar]]'' ([[Quenya|Q]], [[Father-name|fn]])<br />
| titles=[[Lord of Eregion]]<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[Tirion]], [[Nargothrond]], [[Eregion]]<br />
| affiliation=[[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]]<br />
| language=[[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]]<br />
| birth=Before {{YT|1495}}<ref name=PMXnotes/> <br />
| birthlocation=[[Tirion]]<br />
| rule={{SA|750}} - {{SA|1697}} (ruled 947 years)<br />
| death={{SA|1697}}<br />
| deathlocation=[[Ost-in-Edhil]], [[War of the Elves and Sauron]]<br />
| age=2334+<br />
| notablefor=Creating the [[Rings of Power]]<br />
| house=[[House of Fëanor]]<br />
| parentage=[[Curufin]]<br />
| siblings=<br />
| spouse=<br />
| children=<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=<br />
| hair=<br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
{{Pronounce|Celebrimbor.mp3|Ardamir}}<br />
'''Celebrimbor''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˌkɛlɛˈbrɪmbɔr]}}) was the son of [[Curufin]],<ref name=PMXnotes>{{PM|XNotes}}</ref> fifth son of [[Fëanor]]. Aside from his grandfather, Celebrimbor was the greatest craftsman in the history of [[Middle-earth]], and his forging of the [[Rings of Power]] led to the dominion and eventual downfall of [[Sauron]] in the [[War of the Ring]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
=== Early life ===<br />
[[Image:Marya Filatova - Celebrimbor.jpg|thumb|left|Marya Filatova - ''Celebrimbor'']]<br />
The early years of Celebrimbor are not known, but he was born in [[Valinor]] (and followed his father and grandfather into the [[Exile of the Noldor]] in [[Middle-earth]]. His mother stayed behind.<ref name=PMXnotes/><br />
<br />
He probably fled to [[Nargothrond]] after the [[Dagor Bragollach]]. However, he took no part in the deeds of Curufin and [[Celegorm]] regarding [[Lúthien]], [[Beren]], and [[Finrod]]. He even repudiated his father's deeds and did not follow him when the two brothers were cast out from Nargothrond by [[Orodreth]]. <br />
<br />
After the [[Sack of Nargothrond]], Celebrimbor lived for a time in [[Gondolin]], where he was a great jewel smith for King [[Turgon]]. He may have created the [[Elessar of Eärendil]], though other accounts name [[Enerdhil]] as the Master Jewelsmith and creator of the [[Elfstone]], who perhaps taught Celebrimbor this art.<ref name="CG">{{UT|6}}</ref><br />
<br />
A legend says that during the Second Age Celebrimbor was in love with [[Galadriel]] who was pained at the state of [[Middle-earth]]. Celebrimbor remade another version of the Elessar at her behest, with less power than the original.<ref name="CG"/><br />
<br />
During the Second Age, he was lord of the elves of [[Ost-in-Edhil]] in [[Eregion]]. He was also the head of the [[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]], a guild of elven craftsmen. Their skill was so renowned that they gained the admiration and friendship of the [[Dwarves]] of [[Moria|Khazad-dûm]]. Together with the dwarf [[Narvi]], Celebrimbor crafted the [[Doors of Durin]] that guarded the West-gate of the Dwarven kingdom.<ref>{{FR|Journey}}</ref><br />
<br />
=== The Rings of Power ===<br />
Around {{SA|1200}}<ref name=AppB1/> a [[Maia]] craftsman called [[Annatar]] (the "Lord of Gifts") arrived at Ost-in-Edhil as an emissary of the [[Valar]], offering his knowledge to the Gwaith-i-Mírdain. This was [[Sauron]], who had come to subvert the elves. <br />
<br />
Under the guidance and instruction of Annatar, Celebrimbor and the Gwaith-i-Mírdain made several [[Lesser rings|lesser]] and 16 more powerful rings. A legend says that Celebrimbor gave [[Ring of Thrór|one of those rings]] to [[Kings of Durin's Folk|King]] [[Durin III]] who reigned in [[Moria|Khazad-dûm]]<ref>{{S|Rings}}</ref><br />
<br />
Based on knowledge gained from Annatar, Celebrimbor also created by himself [[Three Rings]], the greatest and fairest of the Rings of Power. These rings were thus free of Sauron's corrupting influence, for only Celebrimbor himself touched them. Celebrimbor named the rings [[Vilya]], [[Narya]], and [[Nenya]] after the principal Middle-earth elements of air, fire, and water, respectively.<br />
<br />
Around {{SA|1600}}, Sauron secretly forged [[the One Ring]] in [[Orodruin]], which would enable him to rule Middle-earth by claiming dominance over all the Rings of Power and their bearers. Celebrimbor and the Elves felt betrayed when they wore the Rings and defied Sauron by withholding the other rings from him. Celebrimbor then sent the three rings away for safekeeping: Vilya and Narya to [[Gil-galad]] and [[Círdan]], respectively, in [[Lindon]], and Nenya to [[Galadriel]] in [[Lothlórien]]. He then prepared for [[War of the Elves and Sauron|war]].<br />
<br />
===Fight against Sauron and death===<br />
Sauron retaliated by attacking Eregion in {{SA|1695}}, laying waste to the realm. Celebrimbor was captured in the [[Sack of Eregion]], and was forced under torture to disclose where the sixteen were held, but he would not reveal the whereabouts of the three elvish rings. Sauron captured the other rings and used them as instruments of evil in later years, particularly against Men. <br />
[[File:Abe Papakhian - Death of Celebrimbor.jpg|thumb|Abe Papakhian - ''Death of Celebrimbor'']]<br />
Celebrimbor died from his torment in {{SA|1697}},<ref name=AppB1>{{App|B1}}</ref> the last direct descendant of the line of Fëanor. His body, shot with arrows, was hung upon a pole and carried by the forces of Sauron as a banner as they assaulted the Elves.<ref>{{UT|Concerning}}</ref><br />
== Renowned works ==<br />
* The [[Elessar of Eärendil]]<br />
* [[Doors of Durin]] (with [[Narvi]])<br />
* The [[Rings of Power]]:<br />
** The [[Nine Rings]] of Men (with [[Annatar]])<br />
** The [[Seven Rings]] of the Dwarves (with [[Annatar]])<br />
** The [[Three Rings]] of the Elves<br />
== Etymology ==<br />
The name '''''Celebrimbor''''' is the [[Sindarin]] translation of his [[Quenya]] father-name '''[[Telperinquar]]''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˌtelpeˈriŋʷkʷar]}}). His [[Amilessë|mother-name]] is unknown. ''Celebrimbor'' consists of ''[[celeb|celebrin]]'' ("silver-like") + ''[[paur|baur]]'' ("fist").<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 42</ref><br />
<br />
== Other versions of the legendarium ==<br />
Celebrimbor was invented for the back-story of the ''Lord of the Rings'' with no background in the [[Lord of the Rings (first edition)|first edition]] (before [[1966]]); afterwards Tolkien attempted to write a background to link him with the [[Elder Days]]: in [[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn|a passage concerning Galadriel and Celeborn]] he was described as a Noldo survivor of Gondolin, who had been one of Turgon's greatest artificers. He was prideful and had an almost "dwarvish" obsession with crafts, survived the Fall and later became a follower of Celeborn and Galadriel. However, in a note Tolkien put next to the text, he wrote, "it would be better 'to make him a descendant of Fëanor'." <br />
<br />
Thus, an appropriate line is added in the [[Appendix B]] of the second edition. Tolkien then proceeded to decide which of Fëanor's sons would result to Celebrimbor; a note describes their wives and children, stating that, [[Maglor|Maelor]], [[Caranthir]] and Curufin were wedded, concluding that "Curufin, dearest to his father and chief inheritor of his father's skills, [...] had a son who came with him into exile, though his wife (unnamed) did not."<ref name=PMXnotes/> [[Christopher Tolkien]] used this note as a basis for ''The Silmarillion'', where Celebrimbor is the son of Curufin who remained in Nargothrond when his father was expelled.<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> <br />
<br />
However, apparently forgetting the published statement, Tolkien explored other ideas; in [[Vinyar Tengwar 47|an essay]] dated [[1968]] Celebrimbor is referred as a [[Falmari|Telerin]] silver-smith who followed Celeborn to Middle-earth, and ended up to Eregion being fascinated by the silver-like [[mithril]].<ref name=PMXnotes/> In [[Of Dwarves and Men]] ([[1969]] or later) he mentions that he was a [[Sinda]] and descendant of [[Daeron]] of [[Doriath]] who continued to use his [[Cirth|runic script]] in Eregion.<ref>{{PM|X}}</ref>{{rp|297}}<ref name=PMXnotes/><br />
<br />
== Genealogy ==<br />
<div style="overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; padding: 3px; background: #EEEEEE;"><br />
{{familytree/start}}<br />
{{familytree| MHT | | MIR |y| FIN |y| IND | | | | | | | | | | | | |MHT=[[Mahtan]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>| MIR=[[Míriel]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1170}}''</small>|FIN=[[Finwë]]<br/><small>''d. {{YT|1495}}''</small>|IND=[[Indis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree| |!| | | | | |!| | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}}<br />
{{familytree| NRD |~|y|~| FEA | | FDS | | FNG | | IRM | | FRF | | |NRD=[[Nerdanel]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FEA=[[Fëanor]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1169}} - {{YT|1497|n}}''</small>|FDS=[[Findis]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FNG=[[Fingolfin]]<br/><small>''{{YT|1190}} - {{FA|456}}''</small>|IRM=[[Írimë]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|FRF=[[Finarfin]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT|1230}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree| |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| |}}<br />
{{familytree| MDH | | MAG | | CEL | | CAR | | CUR | | AMD | | AMR |MDH=[[Maedhros]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|587}}''</small>|MAG=[[Maglor]]<br/><small>''b. {{YT}}''</small>|CEL=[[Celegorm]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CAR=[[Caranthir]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|CUR=[[Curufin]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|506}}''</small>|AMD=[[Amrod]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>|AMR=[[Amras]]<br/><small>''d. {{FA|538}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |}}<br />
{{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLB | | | | | | | | |CLB='''CELEBRIMBOR'''<br/><small>''d. {{SA|1697}}''</small>}}<br />
{{familytree/end}}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
== Portrayal in adaptations ==<br />
'''2014: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'''''[[File:Shadow of Mordor - Celebrimbor.jpg|thumb|right|Celebrimbor as portrayed in ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'']]<br />
:Celebrimbor plays a major role in the video game, serving as a [[wraith]] who is bound to an [[Undead|undead]] [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] [[Rangers of Ithilien|Ranger]], [[Talion]], by the will of [[Sauron]]. He is voiced by [[Alister Duncan]]. He is also the main protagonist of the ''Bright Lord'' expansion, where he is revealed to have stolen the One Ring from Sauron at some point in the Second Age, and intended to use it to turn the Dark Lord's own weapons against him. However, he is corrupted by the power of the Ring and doomed to never see the Undying Lands. Though he defeats Sauron in battle, Sauron still managed to reclaim the Ring and banish Celebrimbor's spirit to an eternity as a wraith in the Unseen world.<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[:Category:Images of Celebrimbor|Images of Celebrimbor]].<br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]]<br />
[[Category:First Age characters]]<br />
[[Category:Second Age characters]]<br />
[[Category:House of Fëanor]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin names]]<br />
[[Category:Noldor]]<br />
[[de:Celebrimbor]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:elfes:noldor:celebrimbor]]<br />
[[fi:Celebrimbor]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Avari&diff=306790Avari2019-09-01T04:07:03Z<p>TolkienFan: Cleaned up the page. I added references and organized the titles.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{cleanup}}<br />
{{people infobox<br />
| name=Avari<br />
| image=[[File:Peter Xavier Price - Avari Elf.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="[[:File:Peter Xavier Price - Avari Elf.jpg|Avari Elf]]" by [[Peter Xavier Price]]<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=Dark-elves, The Unwilling, Wild Elves<br />
| origin=Elves who refused to make the [[Great Journey]]<br />
| location=[[Cuiviénen]], [[Taur-im-Duinath]], [[Rhûn]], [[Eriador]], [[Vales of Anduin]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| rivalry=[[Eldar]]<ref name=WJA /><ref name=WJ377 /><br />
| language=[[Avarin]] languages<br />
| members=Possibly [[Morwë]], [[Nurwë]]<br />
| lifespan=Immortal<br />
| distinctions=<br />
| height=<br />
| hair=<br />
| skin=White<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=<br />
}}<br />
{{pronounce|Quenya - Avari.mp3|Gilgamesh}}<br />
<br />
The '''Avari''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: "unwilling"; or "'''the Refusers'''"<ref>{{PM|Atani}}, p. 312</ref>) were a branch of [[Elves]] that refused to make the [[Great Journey]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Origins===<br />
The original [[Elves]] that [[Awakening of the Elves|awakened]] in [[Cuiviénen]] numbered 144, and they were divided into three clans: the [[Minyar]], which had 14 members; the [[Tatyar]], which had 56 members; and the [[Nelyar]] (or [[Lindar]]), which had 74 members. After the [[Vala]] [[Oromë]] invited the Elves to live in [[Valinor]], the Elves entered into a great debate on whether to follow Oromë into the west. Most of the Elves were persuaded to undertake this [[Great Journey]], including all of the Minyar, half of the Tatyar, and 46 of the Nelyar. These Elves became known collectively as the [[Eldar]], and their clans became known by new names: the Minyar Eldar were called the [[Vanyar]], the Tatyar Eldar were called the [[Noldor]], and the Nelyar Eldar were called the [[Teleri]].<ref name=WJ3801>{{WJ|C}}, pp. 380-83</ref><br />
<br />
Those Elves who refused to take the Great Journey were called the Avari, and they were not counted among the Eldar.<ref>{{S|3}}, p. 41</ref> Their initial population had 56 members; consisting of 28 (half) of the [[Tatyar]] and 28 of the [[Nelyar]],<ref name=WJ3801 /> the latter of whom maybe were called Lindai. Some of them, especially those who dwelt furthest from the waters of [[Cuiviénen]] and wandered in the hills, had not seen Oromë at his first coming, and knew only vague, fearful rumours of the Valar; lies of Melkor concerning Oromë and [[Nahar]] perhaps had a role.<ref>{{MR|Annals}}</ref> Many thus refused to depart from their own lands, and spread gradually throughout the wide lands of [[Middle-earth]]. According to a tradition, their leaders were [[Morwë]] of the Tatyar and [[Nurwë]] of the Nelyar. They were after known by the name "the Unwilling" because they refused the summons.<br />
<br />
===Early History===<br />
Some of the Avari, it is said, were corrupted by [[Melkor]] in ancient days to become the progenitors of the race of [[Orcs]].<ref>{{S|3}}</ref><ref name=sindar>{{S|Sindar}}</ref><br />
<br />
Over time, many Avari wandered westwards. Some mingled with the [[Nandor]] of the [[Vales of Anduin]], and others entered [[Eriador]].<ref name=WJA>{{WJ|Author}}, pp. 409-410</ref> Some time after the [[Green-elves|Laiquendi]] settled in [[Beleriand]], some Avari "crept in small and secret groups into Beleriand from the South."<ref name=WJ377>{{WJ|B}}, p. 377</ref> Most of these Avari remained secretive and isolated from the other elves, living in caves and deep in the forests.<ref name=WJ377 /> They viewed the Eldar with jealousy and disdain, believing that the Eldar were deserters, and they treated the Eldar with hostility and treachery. They especially disliked the exiled [[Noldor]] who returned from Aman.<ref name=WJA /> Rarely, an Avar was accepted into [[Sindarin]] society.<ref name=WJ377 /> Outside of [[Beleriand]], in [[Eriador]] and the [[Vales of Anduin]], some Avari and Eldar eventually established friendlier relations.<ref name=WJA /> <br />
<br />
The [[Edain]] who travelled to the [[West]] first met the Avari of all the Elves, and were taught from their language, which influenced theirs.<ref>{{S|17}}</ref> They taught them many of the basic crafts of civilization, though the craft of the Eldar surpassed that of the Avari, even more than that of the Avari surpassed primitive [[Men]].<ref>{{S|12}}</ref><br />
<br />
===Later History===<br />
Some Avari after the end of the [[First Age]] started to mingle with the scattered [[Nandor]] beyond the [[Misty Mountains]] and they became hardly distinguishable from them, afterwards known as [[Silvan Elves]].<ref>{{UT|6a}}</ref><br />
<br />
It is told that no Avari Elves were to be found west of the [[Misty Mountains]] during the late [[Third Age]].<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 53</ref><br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
===Tribes===<br />
Six tribes of Avari are mentioned in the [[Third Age]], and their names are all cognates of the [[Primitive Quendian]] word [[Quendi|Kwendî]] (''the Speakers''): '''[[Kindi]]''', '''[[Cuind]]''', '''[[Hwenti]]''', '''[[Windan]]''', '''[[Kinn-lai]]''', '''[[Penni]]'''.<ref>{{WJ|Author}}, Note 9</ref><br />
<br />
===Languages===<br />
{{main|Avarin}}<br />
The Avari had many tribes and greatly varied languages, widely sundered from one another.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, p.410</ref> The names above are the only certain [[Avarin]] words ever mentioned by the Loremasters. <br />
<br />
It is also possible that the name [[Eöl]] is an Avarin one.<br />
<br />
It is speculated also that [[Dorwinion]] was an Avarin land.<ref>http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/site3/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=36</ref><br />
<br />
==Names==<br />
The Avari were called ''[[Abari]]'' in [[Telerin]];<ref name=WJB>{{WJ|B}}</ref> they were also called ''[[Moripendi]]'' (an equivalent of [[Quenya]] ''[[Moriquendi]]'' which referred to the [[Sindar]] as well)<ref>{{WJ|A}}</ref>.<br />
<br />
In [[Sindarin]] they were called ''Evair'', ''[[Morben]]'' or ''Mornedhel''.<ref name=WJB/><br />
<br />
The term [[Dark Elves]] usually referred to the Avari. In the period of the [[Exile of the Noldor]], "Dark Elves" referred to the Elves of Middle-earth other than the [[Noldor]] and the [[Sindar]], thus being equivalent to the Avari.<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In older versions of the legendarium, the name ''Avari'' was originally that of the later [[Eldar]], then meaning "those that departed".<br />
<br />
In other, relatively late writings, a brief idea was that the Avari did not come from the three clans, but from two other clans, led by [[Nurwë]] and [[Morwë]]. This idea was later dropped. In the final conception, the [[Elves]] were divided into three tribes.<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/avarin.htm Avarin languages at Ardalambion]<br />
<br />
{{references}}{{elves}}<br />
[[Category:Avari| ]]<br />
[[Category:Quenya nouns]]<br />
[[de:Avari]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo/peuples/elfes/avari]]<br />
[[fi:Avari]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Location_infobox&diff=306780Template talk:Location infobox2019-08-31T16:20:13Z<p>TolkienFan: /* Major towns? */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div>Would anybody object if I changed "Kingdoms subjected to" to just "Realms"? --{{User:Mith/sig}} 17:02, 14 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Fine by me. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 17:43, 14 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Major towns? ==<br />
<br />
I believe the ones that can edit the template should rename "Major towns" to "Major settlements" because it is a more broad term than towns. --[[User:TolkienFan|TolkienFan]] 16:20, 31 August 2019 (UTC)</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Battles_of_Beleriand&diff=306235Battles of Beleriand2019-08-20T04:27:00Z<p>TolkienFan: Cleaned up the infobox and added Thingol and Ingwiel to it. Also added the Battle of Eglarest as a subset to the War of Wrath.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{war<br />
| previous=[[War for Sake of the Elves]]<br />
| next=[[War of the Elves and Sauron]]<br />
| image=<br />
| name=Wars of Beleriand<br />
| place=Throughout [[Beleriand]] and the lands northward<br />
| result=Decisive victory for the [[Valar]], expulsion of [[Morgoth]] from Arda<br />
| battles=[[First Battle of Beleriand]], [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]], [[Battle of the Lammoth]], [[Dagor Aglareb]], [[Dagor Bragollach]], [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], [[Fall of the Falas]], [[War of Wrath]]<br />
| begin= {{YT|1497}}<br />
| end= {{FA|587}}<br />
| side1=[[Host of the Valar]], [[Noldor]], [[Sindar]], [[Dwarves|Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]], and [[Edain]]<br />
| side2=Hosts of [[Angband]] <br />
| commanders1=<br />
* [[Eönwë]] <br />
* [[Ingwion]]<br />
{{Thingol blazon|died}} <br><br />
{{Fëanor blazon|died}} <br><br />
{{Maedhros blazon|died}} <br><br />
{{Fingolfin blazon|died}} <br><br />
{{Fingon blazon|died}}<br><br />
{{Eärendil blazon}} <br><br />
{{Finarfin blazon}} <br><br />
{{Finrod blazon|died}}<br><br />
* [[Turgon]]†<br />
* [[Círdan]]<br />
* [[Azaghâl|Azaghâl of Belegost]]†<br />
| commanders2={{Morgoth blazon}} <br><br />
{{Sauron blazon}} <br><br />
* [[Ancalagon]]†<br />
* [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]]†<br />
* [[Glaurung]]†<br />
* [[Thuringwethil]]†<br />
* [[Draugluin]]†<br />
* [[Carcharoth]]†<br />
* [[Ulfang]]†<br />
}}<br />
<br />
There were many battles between the [[Elves]] of [[Beleriand]] and the forces of [[Morgoth]] in the centuries making up the [[First Age]].<br />
<br />
These battles are often referred to as the '''Wars of Beleriand''' or '''Battles of Beleriand''', but also as the '''War of the Jewels''' as the [[Silmarilli]] were behind them all but the [[First Battle of Beleriand]].<br />
<br />
== Significant Battles ==<br />
<br />
The following are the major battles in this long, extended conflict. Morgoth ever used Angband as a mighty fortress and the base from which to launch his devastating attacks. While the Noldor had their victories, the [[Doom of Mandos]] always hung over their efforts. Many Men fell in these battles on both sides, and for a long time after the Elves had scorn for the Houses who supported Morgoth.<br />
<br />
#The '''[[First Battle of Beleriand]]''' was fought before the [[Noldor]] arrived, and was fought by the [[Sindar]], [[Laiquendi]], and [[Dwarves of the Blue Mountains]].<br />
#The Second Battle was the '''[[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]]''', or ''Battle-under-Stars'', fought by the Noldor following [[Fëanor]] and his [[Sons of Fëanor|Seven Sons]].<br />
#*During this battle the [[Battle of the Lammoth]] was fought by the host of [[Fingolfin]].<br />
#The Third Battle was the '''[[Dagor Aglareb]]''', or ''Glorious Battle'', which led to the [[Siege of Angband]].<br />
#*Various minor battles were fought during the Siege which are not counted among the majors.<br />
#The Fourth Battle was the disastrous '''[[Dagor Bragollach]]''', or ''Battle of Sudden Flame'', in which [[Ard-galen]] burned and many Noldor, including [[Fingolfin]], were slain.<br />
#The Fifth Battle was the '''[[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]''' or ''Battle of Unnumbered Tears'', in which the [[Union of Maedhros]] was utterly broken by Morgoth.<br />
#*The [[Fall of the Falas]], in which the havens of [[Brithombar]] and [[Eglarest]] were sacked and fell, took place after the Nírnaeth.<br />
#*The [[Sack of Nargothrond]], where the city was destroyed by [[Glaurung]] and his [[Orcs]].<br />
#*The [[Fall of Gondolin]], in which Morgoth's hosts besieged and destroyed the Noldor and their citadel of [[Gondolin]], killing King [[Turgon]].<br />
#The Sixth and Last Battle of Beleriand was the '''[[War of Wrath]]''', which defeated Morgoth, ended the [[First Age]] of [[Arda]] and destroyed most of Beleriand.<br />
#*The [[Battle of Eglarest]], in which [[Ingwion]] and his host of [[Vanyar]] landed in [[Eglarest]] and defeated the [[Orcs |Orcs]] who held the Haven.<br />
{{warsofbeleriand}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Conflicts of the First Age]]<br />
[[Category:Wars]]<br />
[[fi:Beleriandin Taistelut]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Gondolin&diff=305830Gondolin2019-07-25T18:01:23Z<p>TolkienFan: I fixed the infobox to a kingdom template because gondolin is a kingdom as itself</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Sources}}<br />
{{kingdom| image=[[File:Ted Nasmith - Tuor Reaches the Hidden City of Gondolin.jpg|250px]]| name=Gondolin| pronun=| othernames=The Hidden City, The Hidden Realm, The Hidden Rock, Ondolindë, The Rock of the Music of Water| location=Northen [[Beleriand]]; in [[Tumladen]], surrounded by the [[Echoriad]]| capital=| towns=| regions=| population=[[Gondolindrim]]| language=[[Sindarin]], [[Quenya]]| govern1=[[Turgon]]| govern2=| govern3=| currency=| holiday=| precededby=[[Nevrast]]| event1=Constructed| event1date={{FA|116}}| event2=[[Fall of Gondolin]]| event2date={{FA|510}}| event3=| event3date=| event4=| event4date=| event5=| event5date=| followedby=}}<br />
<br />
'''Gondolin''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈɡondolin]}}; [[First Age]] c. 126 – 510, existed c. 384 years), the great [[Gondolin|Hidden City]] of [[Turgon]] was concealed from friend and foe alike during the First Age by the [[Echoriad|Encircling Mountains]], and guarded from trespassers by the [[Eagles]] of [[Thorondor]].<br />
<br />
In the fiftieth year of the First Age, Turgon journeyed from his halls in [[Nevrast]] with his cousin [[Finrod]]. [[Ulmo]] guided him to the hidden valley of [[Tumladen]], and there he founded Gondolin. The city was completed circa 116, and Turgon's people who had dwelt in Nevrast travelled there secretly.<br />
<br />
The city was inviolate for almost four hundred years; Turgon did not break his secret leaguer until the time of the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] in {{FA|472}}, and even after that disastrous battle he was able to return in secret to the city with the aid of [[Húrin|Húrin Thalion]].<br />
<br />
[[Morgoth]]'s servants finally discovered Gondolin through the treachery of [[Maeglin]], and it was sacked in 510 (''Main article: the [[Fall of Gondolin]]''). Turgon was lost in the [[Fall of Gondolin|Fall]] of the city, but some few (including [[Tuor]] and [[Idril]], with their child [[Eärendil]]) escaped the destruction and dwelt as [[Exiles of Gondolin|Exiles]] at the [[Mouths of Sirion]].<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Alan Lee - Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin.jpg|thumb|[[Alan Lee]] - ''Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin'']]<br />
<br />
=== The Building of Gondolin ===<br />
The round valley of [[Tumladen]], within the Encircling Mountains, had originally been a lake, and in its centre stood a hill that had once been an island: [[Amon Gwareth]]. It was here that Turgon decided to found his Hidden City, as a memorial to ancient [[Tirion]] that lay beyond the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].<br />
<br />
The first building of the city took fifty-two years to complete. After this time, the people of Turgon, a great number of [[Noldor]] and [[Sindar]], traveled from Nevrast, where they had dwelt, and secretly entered the valley of Tumladen. Turgon gave his city the name [[Ondolindë]] ([[Quenya]] for "The Rock of the Music of Water", because of the fountains of [[Amon Gwareth]]), but in Sindarin this was rendered Gondolin, the [[Hidden Rock]].<br />
<br />
After their arrival in the new city, the [[Gondolindrim]] continued to labour in its building, until it was said to rival even Tirion itself. Its walls stood high and white above the plain, and its most prominent feature was the great [[Tower of the King]], where, among the fountains, Turgon himself made [[Glingal]] and [[Belthil]], trees of gold and silver made in memory of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]].<br />
<br />
=== The Coming of Maeglin ===<br />
There followed two centuries of happy peace: Morgoth was besieged in the far north of the world, and the people of Gondolin lived undisturbed by the events outside their fair city. At last, though, a seed of discontent appeared: King Turgon's sister [[Aredhel]] determined to leave the city, much against Turgon's wishes, and journey into [[Middle-earth]]. Soon after her departure, her guards returned, and reported that they had lost her in the dark and sorcerous region to the south east of the city, known as [[Nan Dungortheb]].<br />
<br />
More than twenty years then passed, and then suddenly Aredhel returned. With her was one who she claimed to be Maeglin, her son by [[Eöl]] the [[Dark Elf]] of [[Nan Elmoth]]. This Maeglin accepted Turgon as lord, but his father Eöl had followed his wife and son to Gondolin and been captured at the entranceway. He was brought before Turgon. Eöl refused to submit to Turgon's authority, and instead chose death for himself and his unwilling son. He threw a poisoned dart to slay Maeglin, but instead struck Aredhel, who fell ill with the poison and died. The body of Eöl was broken on the [[Caragdûr]] for this.<br />
<br />
Maeglin, though, had had no part in these evils, and Turgon accepted him, and he grew to be among the great in Gondolin, wise in council, cunning in smithcraft and mighty in battle.<br />
<br />
=== Two Great Battles ===<br />
For more than a hundred years after the deaths of Aredhel and Eöl, Gondolin again had peace. The time was coming, though, when Morgoth would break the [[Siege of Angband]], and the unstoppable doom of the [[Elves]] would fall upon them. One winter's night, the fires of Angband destroyed the league of the Noldor: the Dagor Bragollach. In this disaster, the people of Gondolin played no immediate part.<br />
<br />
They were drawn into the events of those years, though, when two young brothers of the race of [[Men]], Húrin and [[Huor]], were cut off from their army and became lost amid the feet of the [[Crissaegrim]]. Thorondor brought them to Turgon. At the bidding of Ulmo, Turgon accepted them, and they remained in Gondolin for almost a year, when they returned to their homes. In this kindly act were the first seeds of Gondolin's destruction, more than fifty years later.<br />
<br />
Turgon now devised a new policy for the salvation of the Elves: he began secretly to send his people out westward across the great sea, to seek the land of the [[Valar]] and ask their pardon and aid. None of his mariners succeeded, but this was a wise course, though Turgon never knew it: he was lost long before his grandson [[Eärendil]], aided by a [[Silmarils|Silmaril]], finally succeeded in this task.<br />
<br />
As time passed since the destruction of the [[Dagor Bragollach]], the Elves of [[Beleriand]] began to arm for a counterstroke, and Turgon secretly began his own preparations. Fourteen years after the breaking of the [[Siege of Angband]], and some three hundred and fifty since the completion of Gondolin, Turgon rode for the first time to war. Unknown and unbidden by his kin, he rode to their aid with an army of ten thousand. This was to be the great battle that was to become known as the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<br />
<br />
===Gondolin's Decline===<br />
[[File:John Howe - The Fall of Gondolin.jpg|thumb|[[John Howe]] - ''The Fall of Gondolin'']]<br />
<br />
[[Morgoth]] poured much of his strength and resources into discovering the location of the Hidden City, and his spies infested lands about the [[Encircling Mountains]] and wherever he could penetrate. After [[Nargothrond]] fell, Gondolin was the last great stronghold of the [[Noldor]]. The unbidden coming of Maeglin precipitated the destruction of the great city.<br />
<br />
The first great blow to the security of Gondolin came by accident. [[Húrin]], who was once held captive by Morgoth, was released to wander in the world, unconsciously furthering the Dark Lord's cause. He came to the edge of the Mountains, hoping that an Eagle would bear him to Gondolin. But Turgon, afraid for the lives of those in his city, and rightfully fearing what Morgoth might have done to Húrin, withheld rescue for too long. Húrin, seeing nothing, cried out in a loud voice "''Turgon, Turgon, remember the [[Fen of Serech]]! O Turgon, will you not hear in your hidden halls?''". Morgoth now knew the general area in which Gondolin lay, for his spies were watching this. Húrin turned away, broken and bitter.<br />
<br />
[[Ulmo]], the "patron god" of the city, watched with sad eyes, foreseeing the doom of Gondolin. He called forth [[Tuor]], son of [[Huor]], to the [[Belegaer|Sea]], where he gave him a [[Ulmo's warning|message for Turgon]]. Tuor delivered this message faithfully, by the aid of Ulmo and an elf named [[Voronwë]], who guided him to the city. Ulmo's advice was that Turgon must abandon the city and seek the sea. For though hitherto the [[Valar]] had barred Turgon's messengers from reaching the Undying Lands, Ulmo foresaw that a direct descendant of the lords of the Noldor might be allowed to pass to the lands of the West. Turgon, because of his pride and the love of his city, decided to ignore this warning. Tuor, however, was welcomed in the city by all save Maeglin. Unwittingly, Turgon, who had always been so careful about strangers, further advanced the events that would lead to the fall of Gondolin by allowing Tuor to stay. For Tuor and [[Idril]], the King's daughter, fell in love.<br />
<br />
It was an extremely rare thing for a man to wed an elf-woman, but Turgon, who loved Tuor as a son, permitted it when he found that his daughter was full willing. Maeglin hated Tuor for this, and plotted his revenge on Idril. . . and as the years passed, on their son, the beautiful [[Eärendil]].<br />
<br />
===The Fall of Gondolin===<br />
{{main|Fall of Gondolin}}<br />
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Flight of the Doomed.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Flight of the Doomed'']]<br />
While searching for ore and straying (against the commands of Turgon) too far from the city, Maeglin was captured by [[Orcs]]. At his begging and bribing they took him before Morgoth himself, who extracted the information about Gondolin at a price: the death of Tuor and Eärendil, the hand of Idril, and the lordship of Gondolin after its capture.<br />
<br />
Maeglin returned to Gondolin and kept his capture by Morgoth a secret. Idril, however, who had noticed and rejected his advances, saw and feared the change that had come over him. Therefore she discussed with her husband the idea of making an [[Idril's secret way|escape tunnel]]. Tuor, confused but willing, complied. In secret, a tunnel that cut through the rock of the hill and out under Tumladen was constructed.<br />
<br />
At last Morgoth finalized his plan, and he loosed his massive army upon the city. Again Tuor and others urged Turgon to flee the brunt of the assault, but, convinced of the invincibility of his city (and with Maeglin whispering in his ear), Turgon decided to stay and fight.<br />
<br />
There was a great siege, during which Maeglin sought (from the inside) to take Idril and throw Eärendil from the walls. But Tuor arrived in time to save them both, and after a brief struggle hurled Maeglin down into the flames. But the city could not be saved, and thousands were killed. One by one the great lords of Gondolin fell, and Turgon, disillusioned and broken-hearted, ordered all to follow Tuor out through the tunnel when he saw that the destruction was inevitable. Only his guard stayed around him, and all who remained were killed as the white tower collapsed.<br />
<br />
Gathering as many of the people as they could find, Tuor and Idril escaped down the tunnel. It was a hard road through the mountains; [[Glorfindel of Gondolin|Glorfindel]] was killed by a [[Balrogs|balrog]] that lay in ambush. But at last the Gondolindrim came to [[Nan-tathren]], and after resting there for some time they came down to the refuge at the [[Mouths of Sirion]], and mourned the loss of the White City.<br />
<br />
== Description ==<br />
[[File:LorenzoCB - Gondolin Map.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A map of Gondolin based on [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]]'s ''[[The Atlas of Middle-earth]]'']]<br />
Tolkien drew several pictures of Gondolin himself, but his largest description of Gondolin is found in the [[Fall of Gondolin]].<br />
<br />
{{quote|...Then they looked up and could see, and lo! they were at the foot of steep hills, and these hills made a great circle wherein lay a wide plain, and set therein, not rightly at the midmost but rather nearer to that place where they stood, was a great hill with a level top, and upon that summit rose a city in the new light of the morning...|The Fall of Gondolin ([[Houghton Mifflin]] version page 158)}}<br />
<br />
{{quote|...But Tuor looked upon the walls of stone, and the uplifted towers, upon the glistering pinnacles of the town, and he looked upon the stairs of stone and marble, bordered by slender balustrades and cooled by the leap of fountains of [[Amon Gwareth]]...|The Fall of Gondolin ([[Houghton Mifflin]] version page 159)}}<br />
<br />
{{quote|...Then did the throng return within the gates and the wanderers with them, and Tuor saw they were of iron and of great height and strength. Now the streets of Gondolin were paved with stone and wide, kerbed with marble, and fair houses and courts amid gardens of bright flowers were set about the ways, and many towers of great slenderness and beauty builded of white marble and carved most marvellously rose to the heaven. Squares there were lit with fountains and the home of birds that sang amid the branches of their aged trees, but of all these the greatest was that place where stood the king's palace, and the tower thereof was the loftiest in the city, and the fountains that played before the doors shot twenty fathoms and seven in the air and fell in a singing rain of crystal: therein did the sun glitter splendidly by day, and the moon most magically shimmered by night. The birds that dwelt there were of the whiteness of snow and their voices sweeter than a lullaby of music. On either side of the doors of the palace were two trees, one that bore blossom of gold and the other of silver, nor did they ever fade, for they were shoots of old from the glorious Trees of Valinor that lit those places before Melko and [[Ungoliant|Gloomweaver]] withered them: and those trees the Gondolindrim named [[Glingol]] and [[Belthil|Bansil]]...|Fall of Gondolin (Houghton Mifflin version page 160)}}<br />
<br />
<br />
See also quotes at ''[[Tumladen]]''.<br />
<br />
== Major inhabitants in Gondolin ==<br />
:''See also [[:Category:Gondolindrim]]''<br />
[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Glorfindel and Ecthelion.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Jenny Dolfen]] - ''Glorfindel and Ecthelion'']]<br />
* '''[[Turgon]]''', King of Gondolin and head of the [[House of the King]]<br />
* '''[[Idril|Idril Celebrindal]]''', daughter of Turgon and wife of Tuor<br />
* '''[[Aredhel]]''', sister of Turgon, wife of [[Eöl]], and mother of Maeglin<br />
*[[Twelve Houses of the Gondolindrim]]<br />
** '''[[Maeglin]]''', son of Aredhel and Eöl, betrayer of Gondolin, chief of the [[House of the Mole]]<br />
** '''[[Tuor]]''', messenger of [[Ulmo]] and husband of Idril, father of [[Eärendil]]<br />
** '''[[Glorfindel of Gondolin|Glorfindel]]''', chief of the [[House of the Golden Flower]]<br />
** '''[[Galdor of the Tree|Galdor]]''', chief of the [[House of the Tree]]<br />
** '''[[Penlod]]''', marshal of the [[House of the Pillar]] and the [[House of the Tower of Snow]]<br />
** '''[[Duilin of Gondolin|Duilin]]''', master archer and chief of the [[House of the Swallow]]<br />
** '''[[Egalmoth]]''', chief of the [[House of the Heavenly Arch]]<br />
** '''[[Salgant]]''', chief of the [[House of the Harp]]<br />
** '''[[Ecthelion]]''', chief of the [[House of the Fountain]]<br />
** '''[[Rog]]''', chief of the [[House of the Hammer of Wrath]]<br />
* '''[[Elemmakil]]''', Captain of the Guard of the secret path to Gondolin<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Gondolin means "hidden rock" in [[Sindarin]] from ''[[gond]]'' "rock" and ''[[dolen]]'' "hidden".<br />
<br />
Gondolind is perhaps a [[Mithrimin]] name<ref>{{PE|17}} p.133</ref> and means 'stone of music'. In proper [[Sindarin]] it was named ''[[Gonnólen]]'' which means "hidden rock". In [[Quenya]] it was named ''[[Ondolinde]]''.<br />
<br />
In [[Eriol]]'s [[Old English]] translations, Gondolin is referred as ''Stangaldor(burg)'' "stone-enchantment-(city)", ''Folgenburg'' "hidden city" ''Galdorfaesten'' "enchantment-fortress".<ref>{{SM|QA1}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the Legendarium==<br />
<br />
In ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Book of Lost Tales]]'', Gondolin was known as the ''City of Seven Names''. Its other six names were (in [[Gnomish]]):<br />
* '''Gondobar''' (Stone House), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ondomard-'' or ''Ondosta''<br />
* '''Gondothlimbar''' (House of the Stone Folk), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ondostamard-''<br />
* '''Gwarestrin''' (Tower of Guard), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Tiri(o)stirion'' or ''Vara-, Vorastirin''<br />
* '''Gar Thurion''' (Secret Place), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ardalomba'' or ''Ardaurin''<br />
* '''Loth''' (Flower), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Losse'' (Rose)<br />
* '''Lothengriol'''<ref group=note>Earlier forms of the name ''Lothengriol'' were ''Losengriol'' and ''Lósengriol''. Cf. {{HM|LT1}}, p. 172 and {{HM|LT2}}, p. 202.</ref> (Flower of the Vale or Lily of the Valley),<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 158</ref> translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Endillos''<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 102</ref><br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
* [[:Category:Images of Gondolin|Images of Gondolin]]<br />
* [[Fall of Gondolin]]<br />
<br />
{{References|note}}<br />
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages]]<br />
[[Category:Elven realms]]<br />
[[Category:Gondolin| ]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]<br />
[[de:Gondolin]]<br />
[[fi:Gondolin]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/villes_tours_et_forteresses/beleriand/gondolin]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Reunited_Kingdom&diff=305775Reunited Kingdom2019-07-19T17:52:58Z<p>TolkienFan: This page required a lot of clean ups so I added some refs and reorganised the text and added necessary information with proper refs</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Sources}}<br />
{{kingdom<br />
| image=[[File:Sage - Reunited Kingdom.png|250px]]<br />
| name=Reunited Kingdom<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=Two Kingdoms<br />
| location=Historically, [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] at their greatest extents<ref name="Appendix A">{{App|Mark}}</ref><br />
| capital=[[Annúminas]] ([[Arnor]])<br>[[Minas Tirith]] ([[Gondor]])<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref><br />
| towns='''Arnor'''<br>[[Lond Daer]], [[Tharbad]], [[Bree]], [[Fornost Erain]]<br>'''Gondor'''<br>[[Pelargir]], [[Calembel]], [[Dol Amroth]], [[Erech]], [[Linhir]], [[Umbar]]<br />
| regions='''Arnor'''<br>[[Arthedain]], [[Cardolan]], [[Rhudaur]]<br>'''Gondor'''<br>[[Anórien]], [[Ithilien]], [[Lossarnach]], [[Lebennin]], [[Belfalas]], [[Lamedon]], [[Anfalas]], [[Rhovanion|Southern Rhovanion]], [[Dorwinion]], [[Rhûn|Western Rhûn]], [[South Gondor]], [[Dunland]]<br />
| population=[[Dúnedain]], [[Middle Men]], [[Hobbits]]<br />
| language=[[Westron]], [[Gondor Sindarin]], [[Sindarin]], [[Quenya]], [[Hobbitish]]<br />
| govern1=[[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]]<br />
| govern2=[[Council of Gondor]]<ref>{{L|244}}</ref><br />
| govern3=<br />
| currency=[[tharni]], [[castar]]<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref><br />
| holiday=[[Cormarë]] ([[Fourth Age]])<br />
| precededby=[[Gondor]], [[Arnor]]<br />
| event1=Established<br />
| event1date=[[1 May]], {{TA|3019}}<br />
| event2=<br />
| event2date=<br />
| event3=<br />
| event3date=<br />
| event4=<br />
| event4date=<br />
| event5=<br />
| event5date=<br />
| followedby=<br />
}}<br />
The '''Reunited Kingdom''' (also called the '''Two Kingdoms'''<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 6</ref>) was the restored kingdom of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]], the twin kingdoms founded at the end of the [[Second Age]] by [[Elendil]] and his sons [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]]. In the beginning, Elendil was [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] of both realms, but the two were divided after the deaths of his sons. Over 3,000 years later [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]] reunited the kingdoms and ruled as [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]] of the Reunited Kingdom.<br />
<br />
The fate of the kingdoms, especially that of Gondor, would come to dominate the history of the [[Third Age]].<br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
During Aragorn's reign, the Reunited Kingdom expanded to retake all territories that had originally belonged to both [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] at their greatest extents, excluding only [[Rohan]] (the [[Oath of Eorl|grant]] of which he renewed), and [[the Shire]], the [[Drúadan Forest]], and [[Fangorn Forest]] (which became protectorates), under the protection of the Sceptre.<ref name="Appendix A"/><br />
<br />
The Reunited Kingdom included all the lands of [[Arnor]]; all of [[Eriador]], except the [[Lindon|regions]] beyond the [[Lune]], and the lands east of [[Greyflood]] and [[Loudwater]], in which lay [[Rivendell]] and [[Eregion]].<ref name="Eriador">{{App|Eriador}}</ref><br />
<br />
In [[Gondor]], the realm extended:<ref name="AppGondor">{{App|Gondor}}</ref><br />
<br />
* North to the [[field of Celebrant]] and the southern eaves of [[Mirkwood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* West to the [[Greyflood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* East to the inland [[Sea of Rhûn]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* South to the [[River Harnen]], and also along the coast to the peninsula and haven of [[Umbar]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Background===<br />
At the end of the [[Second Age]], [[Elendil]] and his sons established two great kingdoms in [[Middle-earth]]: [[Arnor]] in the north and [[Gondor]] in the south. These Kingdoms of the [[Dúnedain]] were united under a single [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]], Elendil himself, who ruled the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]] while his sons reigned jointly over the South-kingdom of [[Gondor]].<ref name=rings>{{s|Rings}}</ref><br />
<br />
In the first years of the [[Third Age]], this union failed. After the loss of [[Isildur]] at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], his nephew [[Meneldil]] took up the kingship of Gondor, and that country remained independent from the North-kingdom through most of the Third Age. <br />
<br />
===Dissolutions===<br />
In the north, the realm of Arnor fell into troubled times. It broke into three separate kingdoms, and in time these too were lost, so that the Dúnedain of the North-kingdom of Elendil were reduced to a wandering people led by a [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain]]. Nonetheless, they were able to maintain Isildur's line in unbroken descent.<ref name=rings/><br />
<br />
However, this failed in Gondor, and [[Eärnur]] was lost without heirs. Its rule was taken up by the [[Stewards]].<ref name=rings/> <br />
<br />
There were two attempts to reunite the kingdoms. The first of these occurred in {{TA|1944}} when [[Arvedui]] of [[Arthedain]] claimed the High Kingship of the Two Kingdoms. His claim was rejected by Steward [[Pelendur]] and the [[Council of Gondor]], who elected to maintain their independence.<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
<br />
===Reunification and Later History===<br />
More than a thousand years later, after the [[War of the Ring]], Arvedui's direct descendant, [[Aragorn]], came forward to make the same claim. This time, the people of Gondor accepted a [[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]], and the Two Kingdoms were reunited at last. <br />
<br />
Aragorn ruled from Minas Tirith which was the chief city,<ref name="Elendil"/> but he travelled throughout his wide lands. He rebuilt [[Annúminas]] and when he went north, would rule from there.<ref name="Eriador"/> He also had the ruins of [[Fornost Erain]] rebuilt and made it a great city where Men dwelt once again.<ref name="Bound">{{RK|VI7}}</ref> [[The Shire]] was an exception to this, and though it lay within the Reunited Kingdom, Aragorn made a law that Men should not enter it, a law that he observed himself.<ref name="Eriador"/><br />
<br />
During his reign, he, alongside [[King of Rohan|King]] [[Éomer]], led military campaigns beyond the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and on the far fields of the [[South]].<ref name="Appendix A">{{App|Mark}}</ref> As a result, he was able to re-establish his dominance in places which [[Gondor]] initially held at the height of its power. The threat of the [[Corsairs of Umbar|Corsairs]] was finally completely subdued during his reign and [[Umbar]] was finally re-taken.<ref name="AppGondor"/> He also made peace with the [[Haradrim]] after his coronation.<ref name="RK-StewardKing">{{RK|VI5}}</ref><br />
<br />
After Aragorn's death in {{FoA|120}},<ref name="Tale">{{App|Tale}}</ref> his son [[Eldarion]] took up the High Kingship.<ref name="Tale"/> One hundred years into his reign, he encountered a renewal of [[Morgoth]]-worship known as the "[[Dark Tree]]".<ref>{{PM|Shadow}}</ref> In a 1972 letter concerning ''[[The New Shadow]]'', Tolkien mentioned that Eldarion's reign would have lasted for about 100 years after the death of Aragorn.<ref name="L338">{{L|338}}</ref> <br />
<br />
Of [[Eldarion]], it was foretold that he should rule a great realm, and that it should endure for a hundred generations of [[Men]] after him, that is until a new age brought in again new things; and from him should come the kings of many realms in long days after.<ref name="Elendil"/> But if this foretelling spoke truly, none now can say, for [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]] are no more; and even the chronicles of the [[House of Telcontar|House of Elessar]] and all their deeds and glory are lost.<ref name="Elendil"/> <br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[category:Gondor]]<br />
[[category:Arnor]]<br />
[[Category:Mannish realms]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Wiedervereinigtes Königreich]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/royaumes/royaume_reunifie]]<br />
[[fi:Jällen yhdistetty Valtakunta]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hithlum&diff=305750Hithlum2019-07-16T18:29:38Z<p>TolkienFan: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{expansion}}<br />
{{kingdom<br />
| image=[[File:Peter Xavier Price - Hithlum.jpeg|250px]]<br />
| name=Hithlum<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=<br />
| location=North-western [[Beleriand]], within the [[Ered Wethrin]]<br />
| capital=[[Barad Eithel]]<br />
| towns=<br />
| regions=[[Dor-lómin]], [[Mithrim]]<br />
| population=Primarily [[Elves]] ([[Sindar]] and [[Noldor]]), but [[Dor-lómin]] was latterly occupied by [[Men]]<br />
| language=[[Quenya]], [[Sindarin]]<br />
| govern1=[[Fingolfin]]<br />
| govern2=Later [[Fingon]]<br />
| govern3=<br />
| currency=<br />
| holiday=<br />
| precededby=<br />
| event1=Noldor arrive<br />
| event1date={{YT|1497}}<br />
| event2=Fingolfin becomes [[High King of the Noldor|High King]]<br />
| event2date={{FA|5}}<br />
| event3=Defeat of the [[Noldor]]<br />
| event3date={{FA|472}}<br />
| event4=<br />
| event4date=<br />
| event5=<br />
| event5date=<br />
| followedby=<br />
}}<br />
{{Pronounce|Hithlum.mp3|Ardamir}}<br />
'''Hithlum''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈhiθlum]}}) was a region north of [[Beleriand]] near the [[Helcaraxë]].<br />
<br />
==Description==<br />
Hithlum was separated from Beleriand proper by the [[Ered Wethrin]] mountain chain, and was named after the sea mists which formed there at times.<ref name="Bel">{{S|Beleriand}}</ref> The Ered Wethrin ("Mountains of Shadow") formed the southern and eastern wall, and had only a few passes; as such they formed a natural defensive line. The western wall was formed by the [[Ered Lómin]] or "Echoing Mountains", which curved north-westward to [[Helcaraxë]]. The land of [[Lammoth]] lay west of the Ered Wethrin and was not part of Beleriand or Hithlum, and the land of [[Nevrast]] was separated from Hithlum by the southern part of the Ered Lómin.<ref name="Map">{{S|Map}}</ref> Hithlum was cold and rainy, but quite fertile.<ref name="Bel"/><br />
<br />
Hithlum was subdivided in [[Mithrim]], where the High Kings of the [[Noldor]] had their halls,<ref name="Bel"/> and [[Dor-lómin]], which later became a fief of the [[House of Hador]].<ref>{{S|West}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Hithlum was populated by the [[Elves of Mithrim]] who were [[Sindar]]. The Ñoldor entered Hithlum via the [[Firth of Drengist]] and first camped at the shores of [[Lake Mithrim]]. The land was covered by mists and vapours from the [[Thangorodrim]], and thus they named it '''Hísilómë''' or '''Land of Mist'''.<ref name="Bel"/> [[Thingol]] gave leave to the Noldor to settle it and was ruled by [[Fingolfin]] and [[Fingon]] from its northern lands.<ref name=return>{{S|Return}}</ref> <br />
<br />
Later in the [[First Age]], Hithlum was [[assaults on Hithlum|continually under attack]] by [[Morgoth]], but its natural defenses, fortified by fortresses such as [[Barad Eithel]], proved impassable.<ref name="Map"/> Almost a century after the [[Dagor Aglareb]], a small number of [[Orcs]] came from the [[Firth of Drengist]] from the west, but once they were spotted, Fingon pushed them back into the sea.<ref name=return/><br />
<br />
In {{FA|416}} Fingolfin granted [[Hador]] a hereditary fiefdom in [[Dor-lómin]],<ref>{{S|Men}}</ref> where he gathered most of the people of his kin, thus forming the noble '''[[House of Hador]]'''.<ref>{{GA|136}}</ref> The mountains protected Hithlum during the [[Dagor Bragollach]], after which [[Edain]] of the [[House of Beor|First House]] came from [[Dorthonion]] as refugees and joined those of Hador.<ref name=ruin/> <br />
<br />
Seven years after the Dagor Bragollach, Morgoth sent a great force against Hithlum, attacking the passes of the Ered Wethrin. [[Galdor (Lord of Dor-lómin)|Galdor]] died defending the [[Eithel Sirion]]; in a second attempt the [[Falathrim]] sailed up the Firth of Drengist, then assisted Fingon by striking the unsuspecting orcs from the west.<ref name=ruin>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref><br />
<br />
Hithlum eventually was lost after the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]]. The Hadorians were scattered, killed, or enslaved, the Noldor who could not flee in time were enslaved in Morgoth's mines. Morgoth gave the [[Swarthy Men]] the lands of Hithlum as a reward, but actually they were trapped there.<ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref><br />
<br />
Hithlum was completely destroyed during the [[War of Wrath]].<ref>{{S|Earendil}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
''Hithlum'' is a [[North Sindarin]] word,<ref name=PE17/> meaning "Mist-shadow" (''[[hith]]'' + ''[[lum]]''), a translation from [[Quenya]] '''''Hísilómë''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˌhisiˈloːme]}}, stem ''Hisilómi-'').<ref>{{S|Index}}, ''Hísilómë''</ref> Its classical [[Sindarin]] name is said to be '''''Hithlũ'''''.<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}} p. 133</ref> In the days of [[Túrin]] the region was called ''Aryador'' in the language of [[Men]].<ref>{{LB|1b}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] initially marked the word as [[Noldorin]]; its second element was cognate to Quenya ''[[lumbe]]''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry LUM- p. 370</ref><br />
{{navigation<br />
| title= Hithlum<br />
| north-west= [[Helcaraxë]]<br />
| north=<br />
| north-east= [[Angband]]<br />
| west= [[Lammoth]]<br />
| east= [[Anfauglith]], [[Dorthonion]]<br />
| south-west= [[Nevrast]]<br />
| south= [[Nargothrond]]<br />
| south-east= [[Doriath]]<br />
}}<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Beleriand]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]<br />
[[Category:Elven realms]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Hithlum]]<br />
[[fi:Hithlum]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/regions/beleriand/hithlum]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=High_King_of_the_Noldor&diff=305748High King of the Noldor2019-07-16T15:37:47Z<p>TolkienFan: I cleaned up the dates and added a reference</p>
<hr />
<div>{{sources}}<br />
{{disambig-more|High King|[[High King (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
<br />
'''High King of the Noldor''' was the title of the head of the [[House of Finwë]] in [[Beleriand]] and [[Middle-earth]]. It was held by Elf-lords of the [[Noldor]] who held rulership over all the Noldorin realms. The overlordship was mostly titular; the [[Sons of Fëanor]], in particular, while they acknowledged the Kingship, paid its bearer little heed; they preferred to follow their own policies under the general leadership of [[Maedhros]].<br />
<br />
The forefather of the House of Finwë was [[Finwë]], the first lord of the [[Tatyar]] who led his people in the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuiviénen]] into [[Aman|the West]] to dwell in [[Valinor]]. He was slain by [[Morgoth]] at [[Formenos]].<ref>{{S|Darkening}}</ref> <br />
<br />
#'''[[Finwë]]''' (ruled from {{YT|1105}} - {{YT|1495|n}})<br>The first lord of the Noldor awoke at [[Cuiviénen]] and led his people into the West to dwell in [[Valinor]]. He was slain by [[Morgoth]] at [[Formenos]], and succeeded by his eldest son.<br />
#'''[[Fëanor]]''' (ruled from {{YT|1495}} – {{YT|1497|n}})<br>He led the host of the Noldor back to Middle-earth to avenge his father's death and recover the [[Silmarils]] from Morgoth. He was slain in his assault on [[Angband]].<ref>{{S|Return}}</ref> After his death, the Kingship by right belonged to his eldest son Maedhros, but he refused it and the succession passed instead to [[Fëanor]]'s half-brother, Fingolfin.<br />
#'''[[Fingolfin]]''' (ruled from {{FA|5}} - {{FA|456|n}})<br>He dwelt to the northwest of [[Beleriand]] with his sons, and ruled the Noldor during the [[Siege of Angband]]. When Morgoth broke the leaguer in the [[Dagor Bragollach]], he rode in anger to the gates of Angband and died in single combat with Morgoth. He was succeeded by his eldest son.<br />
# '''[[Fingon]]''' (ruled from {{FA|456}} - {{FA|472|n}})<br>His short reign was one of endless war with the forces of Morgoth. With Maedhros, he prepared a final assault on Morgoth, the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], which ended in disaster for the Noldor and Fingon's own death. He was succeeded by his brother.<br />
# '''[[Turgon]]''' (ruled from {{FA|472}} - {{FA|510|n}})<br>Turgon's kingship was titular indeed, as it was not possible for him to rule from his [[Gondolin|Hidden City]], the location of which was unknown by even his own kin. That was until Gondolin's location was discovered by Morgoth through the treachery of Maeglin, and Turgon died in its Fall. After his death, the Kingship passed to the [[Finarfin]] line, with the son of [[Orodreth]].<br />
# '''[[Gil-galad|Ereinion Gil-galad]]''' (ruled from {{FA|510}} - {{SA|3441}})<br>The last High King, Gil-galad held the Kingship longer than any of his forebears ruling through the [[Second Age]]. He was the chief enemy of [[Sauron]] in the [[Dark Years]], at the end of which he formed the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] with [[Elendil]], and died during the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]] at the end of the Second Age. <br />
<br />
Gil-galad was the last High King; after his time the title is never used, as obviously no heirs of the [[House of Fëanor]] or [[House of Fingolfin]] remained in [[Middle-earth]]. [[Galadriel]] of the<br />
[[House of Finarfin]] perhaps could have some rights.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, entry "High King of the Noldor"</ref> [[Elrond]] was a direct descendant of Turgon, but through his daughter [[Idril]]; he never made claim to the Kingship but ruled with all its authority.<ref>{{FR|II2}}</ref> <br />
<br />
For other and earlier rulers of the Noldor, see [[King of the Noldor]].<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Noldor]]<br />
[[Category:Elven Titles]]<br />
[[Category:Rulers of Middle-earth]]<br />
[[Category:Rulers in Beleriand]]<br />
[[de:Hoher König der Noldor]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/elfes/noldor/haut_roi_des_noldor]]<br />
[[fi:Noldorin Korkea Kuningas]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Elves_of_Mithrim&diff=305745Elves of Mithrim2019-07-16T14:18:25Z<p>TolkienFan: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{people infobox<br />
| name=Elves of Mithrim<br />
| image=<br />
| caption=<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=<br />
| origin=[[Sindar]] who settled in [[Mithrim]] before the [[Return of the Noldor]]<br />
| location=[[Mithrim]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| rivalry=<br />
| language=[[Sindarin]]<br />
| members=[[Annael]]<br />
| lifespan=Immortal<br />
| distinctions=<br />
| height=<br />
| hair=<br />
| skin=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=<br />
}}<br />
The '''Elves of Mithrim''' were the [[Sindar|Sindarin]] inhabitants of the land of [[Mithrim]].<br />
<br />
The Elves of Mithrim crossed into [[Hithlum]] from [[Beleriand]] at some time before the rising of the [[Sun]], settling in the regions around [[Lake Mithrim]].<ref>{{WJ|B}}</ref> They were the first Elves of [[Middle-earth]] encountered by the [[Noldor]] when they returned from [[Aman]].<ref>{{S|Return}}</ref> <br />
<br />
[[Fingolfin]] took up lordship in Hithlum, with most of his own people dwelling around the shores of Lake Mithrim,<ref>{{S|Beleriand}}</ref> and there was a degree of intermingling between the two peoples. It is not stated to what extent the Grey-elves of Mithrim participated in the [[Wars of Beleriand]] under Fingolfin and [[Fingon]]. <br />
<br />
After the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], they sheltered [[Rían]];<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref> when she departed Hithlum, one of the Elves, [[Annael]], fostered her son [[Tuor]].<ref>{{S|Gondolin}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Language==<br />
The Elves of Mithrim spoke a marked dialect of [[Sindarin]].<ref name="Author">{{WJ|Author}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
''Mithrim'' has two alternate etymologies. In the earlier version, ''Mithrim'' was [[Noldorin]] in origin, including the roots ''mith-'' "fog, misty, grey" and ''-rhim(b)'' "cold" or "cold lake".<ref>{{LR|P3}}</ref><br />
<br />
A later version is that ''Mithrim'' "grey folk" was applied by the Sindar of Beleriand to their kindred who had gone north into Hithlum. The climate north of [[Ered Wethrin]] was cool, misty, and grey, but the Elves also wove a grey cloth that aided in their concealment. It is also suggested that the Noldor first used the term ''Sindar'' (or ''Sindeldi'') to refer to the Elves of Mithrim, later applying it to all the [[Sindarin]]-speaking Elves of Beleriand.<ref name="Author">{{WJ|Author}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Elven peoples]]<br />
[[Category:Sindar]]</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Amd%C3%ADr&diff=305744Talk:Amdír2019-07-16T14:10:58Z<p>TolkienFan: /* Doriath? */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div>Is the picture appropriate for this entry?? I mean, is it an image that is supposed to represent Amdir, a male elf? [[User:Plant doc|Plant doc]] 18:26, 15 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Haha! Yeah, I've sometimes wondered about that old MERP picture too. But yes, it is intended to portray Amdír (with large breast muscles!). --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 18:28, 15 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::Yeah, it took me a while too before I realized it was supposed to be a guy. Edward Johnson isn't my favourite of the MERP artists, but Amdir has little other images. -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:41, 15 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::Does anybody know where we might find a better image of Amdír? I don't suppose he's a popular subject of art, but I think this one needs changing, really. --{{User:Mith/sig}} 23:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Doriath? ==<br />
<br />
Where is the proof that Amdir is a sindarin elf of '''''Doriath'''''? I just want to know the proof thats all...--[[User:TolkienFan|TolkienFan]] 14:10, 16 July 2019 (UTC)</div>TolkienFanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:TolkienFan&diff=305698User talk:TolkienFan2019-07-13T01:22:58Z<p>TolkienFan: /* Hello! :) */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
{{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=TolkienFan}}<br />
<br />
-- [[User:Mith|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''Mith'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mith|<span style="color:#696969">'''Talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mith|<span style="color:#708090">Contribs</span>]]/[[Special:Editcount/Mith/Edits|<span style="color:#778899">Edits</span>]])</small> 01:21, 13 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Hello! :) ==<br />
<br />
I'm a huge Tolkien fan and I would love to edit these pages! If there's anything wrong with my edits, please let me know!</div>TolkienFan