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| image=[[Image:House-of-the-Tower-of-Snow.jpg|125px]][[Image:House-of-the-Pillar.jpg|125px]]
| name=Penlod
| name=Penlod
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| image=[[File:Natalie Chen - Penlod.jpg|250px]]
| titles=Chief of the [[Twelve Houses of the Gondolindrim|Houses]] of [[House of the Tower of Snow|the Tower of Snow]] and [[House of the Pillar|the Pillar]]
| caption="Penlod" by [[:Category:Images by Natalie Chen|Natalie Chen]]
| birth=[[Tirion]]/[[Vinyamar]], possibly [[Gondolin]]
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| realm=[[Gondolin]]
| othernames=''Pendelot'' ([[Qenya|Q]])
| death=[[First Age 510|FA 510]]
| titles=Lord of the [[Twelve Houses of the Gondothlim|Houses]] of [[House of the Tower of Snow|the Tower of Snow]] and [[House of the Pillar|the Pillar]]
| age=300+
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| parentage=Unknown
| location=[[Gondolin]]
| spouse=Unknown, if any
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| deathlocation=[[Fall of Gondolin]]
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| house=[[House of the Pillar]]<br/>[[House of the Tower of Snow]]
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| gender=Male
| gender=Male
| hair=Probably dark
| height=Tall
| ref=''[[The Fall of Gondolin]]''
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'''Penlod''' (or '''Penlodh''') was a tall elf-lord of [[Gondolin]], mentioned several times in the [[Fall of Gondolin]].  He was described as the tallest of the [[Noldor]], and chief of both the [[House of the Pillar]] and the [[House of the Tower of Snow]].  He perished during the Fall after the death of [[Rog]] and the retreat further back into the city, "with his back to the wall."  He was one of the possible owners of [[Orcrist]].
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'''Penlod''' was an [[Gnome]]-lord of [[Gondolin]] according to the early version of the [[Legendarium]] in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''.


[[Category:Gondolin and Turgon]]
==History==
He was marshall of both the [[House of the Pillar]] and the [[House of the Tower of Snow]], and he is described as the tallest of the [[Gnomes]].<ref name=Gondolin>{{LT2|III}}</ref>{{rp|173}}
 
During the [[Fall of Gondolin]], the [[Gondothlim]] suffered a hard attack from the enemy after the death of [[Rog]] and the [[folk of the Hammer of Wrath]]. Having to retreat further back into the city, Penlod perished "in a lane with his back to the wall", and with him many of his men.<ref name=Gondolin></ref>{{rp|179}}
 
==Etymology==
''Penlod'' is no glossed. The [[Qenya]] cognate was '''''Pendelot'''''.<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 104</ref>
 
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[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]
[[Category:Gondolindrim]]
[[Category:Gnomish names]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:Noldor]]
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Revision as of 14:14, 13 July 2020

Template:Gnomes infobox Penlod was an Gnome-lord of Gondolin according to the early version of the Legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales.

History

He was marshall of both the House of the Pillar and the House of the Tower of Snow, and he is described as the tallest of the Gnomes.[1]:173

During the Fall of Gondolin, the Gondothlim suffered a hard attack from the enemy after the death of Rog and the folk of the Hammer of Wrath. Having to retreat further back into the city, Penlod perished "in a lane with his back to the wall", and with him many of his men.[1]:179

Etymology

Penlod is no glossed. The Qenya cognate was Pendelot.[2]

References