First Age 456
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First Age 456 (abbreviated to F.A. 456) is the 456th year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
- Death of Fingolfin in single combat with Morgoth. Thorondor bears Fingolfin's body away and he is buried by his son Turgon in a cairn overlooking Gondolin.[1][2]
- Gil-galad, a young child, is sent to the Havens of the Falas for protection.[3]
- Barahir refuses to give up on Dorthonion and forms a group of outlaws who seek to thwart the designs of Morgoth. There are thirteen members of the group: Dagnir, Ragnor, Radhruin, Dairuin, Gildor, Gorlim the Unhappy, Urthel, Arthad, Hathaldir; Barahir, his son Beren, and his kinsmen Belegund and Baragund.[4]
- Emeldir, wife of Barahir, leads their people out of Dorthonion to Brethil.[4] Some, including Morwen and Rían, continue on to Dor-lómin.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth: Notes [on 'The Debate of Finrod and Andreth']", Note 6
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §157
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §159, p. 56
