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| caption="Formenos" by Luis F. Bejarano
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| location=Northern [[Valinor]]
| type=Fortress
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| inhabitants=[[Noldor]]
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| events=Murder of [[Finwë]], theft of the [[Silmarils]]
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'''Formenos''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. [[Noldorin|N]] {{IPA|[ˈformenos]}}, [[Vanyarin|V]] {{IPA|[ˈɸormenos]}}; [[Years of the Trees]] 1490<ref>{{MR|P2j}}, §99</ref> – 1495,<ref>{{MR|P2m}}, §122</ref> inhabited for approx. 50 years) was the stronghold of [[Fëanor]] and his [[Sons of Fëanor|sons]] in the north of [[Valinor]], built after his banishment from [[Tirion]]. A great number of the [[Noldor]], including their king [[Finwë]], went with Fëanor into exile.<ref>{{S|Unrest}}</ref>
'''Formenos''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. [[Noldorin|N]] {{IPA|[ˈformenos]}}, [[Vanyarin|V]] {{IPA|[ˈɸormenos]}}; [[Years of the Trees]] 1490<ref>{{MR|P2j}}, §99</ref> – 1495,<ref>{{MR|P2m}}, §122</ref> inhabited for approx. 50 years) was the stronghold of [[Fëanor]] and his [[Sons of Fëanor|sons]] in the north of [[Valinor]], built after his banishment from [[Tirion]]. A great number of the [[Noldor]], including their king [[Finwë]], went with Fëanor into exile.<ref>{{S|Unrest}}</ref>
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Revision as of 12:10, 5 March 2018

Formenos
Fortress
Luis F. Bejarano - Formenos.jpg
"Formenos" by Luis F. Bejarano
General Information
LocationNorthern Valinor
TypeFortress
People and History
InhabitantsNoldor
EventsMurder of Finwë, theft of the Silmarils
GalleryImages of Formenos

Formenos (Q, pron. N [ˈformenos], V [ˈɸormenos]; Years of the Trees 1490[1] – 1495,[2] inhabited for approx. 50 years) was the stronghold of Fëanor and his sons in the north of Valinor, built after his banishment from Tirion. A great number of the Noldor, including their king Finwë, went with Fëanor into exile.[3]

Fëanor's treasury was in Formenos, and Melkor came to the stronghold searching for the Silmarils. Here he slew Finwë before stealing the jewels and escaping to Middle-earth.[4]

Etymology

Formenos means "Northern Fortress" in Quenya (from formen = "north" and osto = "fortress"). Its Sindarin cognate is Fornost, the name of a different city.

See also

References