Long Peace

The Long Peace is a term referring to the extended peace in Beleriand in the First Age (lasting some 195 years) during which Morgoth did not try to break the Siege of Angband. It began when Glaurung was defeated in the F.A. 260.

Fingolfin and Fingon kept watch from Hithlum, Finrod and then Orodreth from Tol Sirion, Angrod and Aegnor from Dorthonion, and the Sons of Fëanor watched the east.

It was during the Siege that Turgon's people left Nevrast to build Gondolin. Other Elven cities, Brithombar and Eglarest were also established by the Sindar on Falas, and Nargothrond, the realm of Finrod. The siege was incomplete, as Morgoth was still capable of sending out various forces of orcs to harass the elves, such as the attack of Hithlum; but the Noldor were grown strong enough, that these task forces posed no significant threat.

After the defeat of Glaurung, a period called Long Peace begun. The Men of the House of Bëor entered Beleriand and were followed by the Haladin

Years after the Battle of Aglon Pass, the Forest of Brethil was given to the Haladin. A final band of Men, the House of Hador, came to Beleriand; they were given the lands of Dor-lómin.

After about four hundred years, the Siege was broken in the Dagor Bragollach (F.A. 455).