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Dagor Dagorath

2007-06-08T20:47:33Z

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{{History of Arda}}
The published [[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]] ends with the recounting of the voyage of [[Eärendil the Mariner]], but in the older versions of the Silmarillion as published in [[The History of Middle-earth]] this was not yet the end. The Silmarillion originally ended with a prophecy by [[Mandos]] about the '''Final Battle''' (or the '''Dagor Dagorath''' in [[Sindarin]]). The account is clearly inspired by and bears many similarities to the Norse legend of Ragnarok.

According to the prophecy, [[Melkor]] will discover how to break the [[Door of Night]], and will destroy the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]]. For the love of these, [[Eärendil]] will return from the sky and shall meet [[Tulkas]], [[Manwë]] (or [[Eönwë]] his herald) and [[Túrin Turambar]] on the plains of [[Valinor]]. All the Free Peoples of [[Middle-earth]] will participate in this final battle, [[Elves]], [[Men]] and [[Dwarves]] alike. To their number will be added [[Ar-Pharazôn]] and the [[Númenóreans]] who landed at [[Aman]] in 3319 [[Second Age|SA]].

There they shall fight with Melkor. [[Tulkas]] will wrestle with him, but it will be by the hand of Túrin that finally death and destruction will be dealt to Melkor. Túrin will run his black sword [[Gurthang]] (Iron of Death) through Melkor's heart, thus avenging the [[Children of Húrin]] (Sind: Chîn Húrin), and the [[Pelóri|Pelóri Mountains]] will be levelled. The [[Silmarils]] will be recovered from the Earth, and [[Fëanor]]'s spirit shall be released from the halls of [[Mandos]] to give them to [[Yavanna]], who will break them and rekindle the light of the [[Two Trees]]. The battle will end and renew [[Arda]]'s existence: all the Elves shall awaken and the Powers will be young again.

Following this, there will be a Second [[Music of the Ainur]]. This song will sing into being a new world. Men will sing it with the Ainur. It is unknown what the fate of the old races, or of the old world, will be in the new one. Even the Ainur do not know anything of the second world or the Second Music. All the Ainur know is that the Second Music will be greater than the First Music.

[[Category:Battles]]

Gil-galad

2007-04-08T14:28:18Z

201.81.190.152: /* Genealogy */

{{royalty infobox
| image=[[Image:Perkan Pickman - Gil-galad.jpg|300px]]
| name= Ereinion Gil-galad
| othernames= Rodnor
| birth=
| rule= [[First Age|I]] 510
| death= [[Second Age|II]] 3441
| realms= [[Lindon]]
| race= [[Noldor]]
| gender= Male
| |height=
| hair= Brown
| eyes=
|}}
{{quote|Gil-galad was an Elven-king, Of him the harpers sadly sing, the last whose realm was fair and free, between the Mountains and the Sea.|From [[The Fall of Gil-galad]], as translated by [[Bilbo Baggins]]}}

'''Ereinion Gil-galad''' ([[First Age]] – [[Second Age]] 3441) was the sixth and last [[High King of the Noldor]]. He was the son of [[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]], who was in turn the son of [[Angrod]] of [[Finarfin]]'s house. Gil-galad was born in [[Beleriand]] late in the First Age, and was still a child at the time of the [[Dagor Bragollach]] where his grandfather [[Angrod]] was killed; therefore his father sent him to [[Círdan]] at the [[Havens of the Falas]] for safekeeping when [[Morgoth]] broke the [[Siege of Angband]] in that battle.

== History ==
Fingon fell in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and the crown passed to [[Turgon]] in Gondolin. When Gondolin was lost, Gil-galad received the Kingship of the Noldor, as his father had been killed in [[Nargothrond]]. He dwelt with the Exiles of the city at the [[Mouths of Sirion]] during the remainder of the First Age.

After the destruction of [[Beleriand]] during the [[War of Wrath]], Gil-galad founded a kingdom in [[Lindon]] in the far northwest of Middle-earth, between the [[Blue Mountains]] and the [[Great Sea]]. There he and his people prospered, until [[Sauron]] returned; he came first to Lindon in the form of [[Annatar]], the "Lord of Gifts", but Gil-galad and [[Elrond]] rejected him. Soon after, the [[One Ring]] was forged, and [[War of the Elves and Sauron]] began.

After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], [[Elendil]] and his sons came to Middle-earth and formed an alliance with Gil-galad, the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. They marched on Mordor and besieged [[Sauron]]'s [[Dark Tower]]. Sauron was defeated, but Gil-galad met his death in that war. According to the laws of succession, Elrond should have become the next High King of the Noldor, but he refused the crown, and Gil-galad became the last King of the Noldor in Middle-earth.

Gil-galad's weapon was the spear [[Aeglos]].

== Etymology ==
'''Gil-galad''' was his [[mother-name]], meaning "Star of Radiance" in [[Sindarin]] (from ''[[gîl]]'' = "star" and ''[[galad]]'' = "radiance"). It was his preferred name in his youth. His [[father-name]] was '''Rodnor'''. As High King of the Noldor, his [[epessë]] was '''Ereinion''', "Scion of Kings" (from ''[[erain]]'' = "kings" and ''[[ion]]'' = "son").

== Genealogy ==
<code>
[[Finarfin]]
|
----------------|------------------------------
| | | |
| | | |
[[Finrod]] [[Angrod]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
|
|
[[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]]
|
|
|
|
___________________
| |
| |
'''Gil-galad''' [[Finduilas of Nargothrond|Finduilas]]

</code>
{{sequence
|prev=[[Turgon of Gondolin|Turgon]]
|next=none (abandoned)
|list=6th [[High King of the Noldor]]<br><code>I</code> 510 – <code>II</code> 3441
}}

== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
Originally in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', Gil-galad was the son of [[Finrod Felagund]]. In the ''[[Grey Annals]]'', however, Felagund had no son, leaving his wife in [[Tirion]] at the [[Flight of the Noldor]]. Later writings, specifically the ''[[Shibboleth of Fëanor]]'', presents the fact that Gil-galad was the son of Orodreth, who was in fact the son of Angrod.In the [[Silmarillion]] and the [[Unfinished Tales]] Gil-galad is said to have been the son of [[Fingon]].However Christopher Tolkien later admitted that it was not so and that Gil-galad was Orodreth's son in the original manuscripts written by J.R.R.Tolkien.

== Portrayals in the Movies ==
[[Image:Shrunken Gil-galad.jpg|thumb|[[Mark Ferguson]] as Gil-galad in [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]]]
Gil-galad can be seen briefly during the prologue in [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]. He was portrayed by [[Mark Ferguson]].

== See Also ==
* [[:Category:Images of Gil-galad|Images of Gil-galad]]

[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:House of Finwë]]

Gil-galad

2007-04-08T14:28:08Z

201.81.190.152: /* Genealogy */

Gil-galad

2007-04-08T14:27:56Z

201.81.190.152: /* Genealogy */

Gil-galad

2007-04-08T14:27:15Z

201.81.190.152: /* Genealogy */

{{royalty infobox
| image=[[Image:Perkan Pickman - Gil-galad.jpg|300px]]
| name= Ereinion Gil-galad
| othernames= Rodnor
| birth=
| rule= [[First Age|I]] 510
| death= [[Second Age|II]] 3441
| realms= [[Lindon]]
| race= [[Noldor]]
| gender= Male
| |height=
| hair= Brown
| eyes=
|}}
{{quote|Gil-galad was an Elven-king, Of him the harpers sadly sing, the last whose realm was fair and free, between the Mountains and the Sea.|From [[The Fall of Gil-galad]], as translated by [[Bilbo Baggins]]}}

'''Ereinion Gil-galad''' ([[First Age]] – [[Second Age]] 3441) was the sixth and last [[High King of the Noldor]]. He was the son of [[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]], who was in turn the son of [[Angrod]] of [[Finarfin]]'s house. Gil-galad was born in [[Beleriand]] late in the First Age, and was still a child at the time of the [[Dagor Bragollach]] where his grandfather [[Angrod]] was killed; therefore his father sent him to [[Círdan]] at the [[Havens of the Falas]] for safekeeping when [[Morgoth]] broke the [[Siege of Angband]] in that battle.

== History ==
Fingon fell in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and the crown passed to [[Turgon]] in Gondolin. When Gondolin was lost, Gil-galad received the Kingship of the Noldor, as his father had been killed in [[Nargothrond]]. He dwelt with the Exiles of the city at the [[Mouths of Sirion]] during the remainder of the First Age.

After the destruction of [[Beleriand]] during the [[War of Wrath]], Gil-galad founded a kingdom in [[Lindon]] in the far northwest of Middle-earth, between the [[Blue Mountains]] and the [[Great Sea]]. There he and his people prospered, until [[Sauron]] returned; he came first to Lindon in the form of [[Annatar]], the "Lord of Gifts", but Gil-galad and [[Elrond]] rejected him. Soon after, the [[One Ring]] was forged, and [[War of the Elves and Sauron]] began.

After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], [[Elendil]] and his sons came to Middle-earth and formed an alliance with Gil-galad, the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. They marched on Mordor and besieged [[Sauron]]'s [[Dark Tower]]. Sauron was defeated, but Gil-galad met his death in that war. According to the laws of succession, Elrond should have become the next High King of the Noldor, but he refused the crown, and Gil-galad became the last King of the Noldor in Middle-earth.

Gil-galad's weapon was the spear [[Aeglos]].

== Etymology ==
'''Gil-galad''' was his [[mother-name]], meaning "Star of Radiance" in [[Sindarin]] (from ''[[gîl]]'' = "star" and ''[[galad]]'' = "radiance"). It was his preferred name in his youth. His [[father-name]] was '''Rodnor'''. As High King of the Noldor, his [[epessë]] was '''Ereinion''', "Scion of Kings" (from ''[[erain]]'' = "kings" and ''[[ion]]'' = "son").

== Genealogy ==
<code>
[[Finarfin]]
|
----------------|------------------------------
| | | |
| | | |
[[Finrod]] [[Angrod]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
|
|
[[Orodreth of Nargothrond|Orodreth]]
|
|
|
|
___________________
| |
| |
'''Gil-galad''' Finduilas

</code>
{{sequence
|prev=[[Turgon of Gondolin|Turgon]]
|next=none (abandoned)
|list=6th [[High King of the Noldor]]<br><code>I</code> 510 – <code>II</code> 3441
}}

== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
Originally in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', Gil-galad was the son of [[Finrod Felagund]]. In the ''[[Grey Annals]]'', however, Felagund had no son, leaving his wife in [[Tirion]] at the [[Flight of the Noldor]]. Later writings, specifically the ''[[Shibboleth of Fëanor]]'', presents the fact that Gil-galad was the son of Orodreth, who was in fact the son of Angrod.In the [[Silmarillion]] and the [[Unfinished Tales]] Gil-galad is said to have been the son of [[Fingon]].However Christopher Tolkien later admitted that it was not so and that Gil-galad was Orodreth's son in the original manuscripts written by J.R.R.Tolkien.

== Portrayals in the Movies ==
[[Image:Shrunken Gil-galad.jpg|thumb|[[Mark Ferguson]] as Gil-galad in [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]]]
Gil-galad can be seen briefly during the prologue in [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]. He was portrayed by [[Mark Ferguson]].

== See Also ==
* [[:Category:Images of Gil-galad|Images of Gil-galad]]

[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:House of Finwë]]

Orodreth

2007-04-08T14:25:17Z

201.81.190.152: /* Genealogy */

''(See also [[Orodreth of Gondor]])''

'''Orodreth''' ([[Years of the Trees]] – [[First Age]] 495) was an [[Elves|Elf]] of the First Age, the son of [[Finarfin]] and younger brother of [[Finrod Felagund]]. [[Finduilas of Nargothrond|Finduilas]] was his daughter. After the death of Finrod, he was ruler of [[Nargothrond]].

His name in [[Quenya]] was '''Artaresto'''. Orodreth was born in [[Valinor]].

Orodreth held the isle of [[Minas Tirith in Beleriand|Minas Tirith]] in the vale of [[Sirion]] until [[Sauron]] overran the isle and turned it into [[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]]. Orodreth then fled south to Nargothrond.

When [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] came to Nargothrond, Finrod went with him on his quest for the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]]. However [[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]] the [[Sons of Fëanor]] were also at Nargothrond, and forced Finrod to help Beren alone,without his people . Orodreth took up the crown, ruling as regent, but the [[Sons of Fëanor]] held the real power. Curufin called him "a dullard slow" in the [[Lay of Leithian]], and with his brother Celegorm plotted to take over Nargothrond if news came of Finrod's death.

When news came that Finrod had been killed and Sauron's isle destroyed, the Sons of Fëanor lost their power, for the people cried out that a maiden [[Luthien]] had done what the Sons of Fëanor had not (thrown down Sauron). Orodreth, who regained his power, spared their lives but expelled from Nargothrond, and became its leader.

When [[Túrin Turambar]] arrived in Nargothrond he gradually became Orodreth's closest councillor.Turin forced Orodreth and the people of Nargothrond to abandon the secretive warfare and declare open war against [[Morgoth]].However this led to the destruction of Nargothrond. He later died fighting the hosts of [[Morgoth]] and [[Glaurung]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]] in the [[Battle of Tumhalad]] during the [[Sack of Nargothrond]].

== Genealogy ==
<code>
[[Finarfin]] = [[Eärwen]]
|
_______________|___________________________
| | | | |
| | | | |
[[Finrod]] '''Orodreth''' [[Angrod]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
|
______|________________
| |
[[Gil-galad]] [[Finduilas of Nargothrond|Finduilas]]

</code>

== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
In earlier versions of ''[[the Silmarillion]]'' legendarium as detailed in [[the History of Middle-earth]] series, Orodreth was a more important character, and the original king of Nargothrond. However his importance diminished over time.

In the published ''Silmarillion'', Orodreth is a son of Finarfin, with Quenya name '''Artanáro'''. In the earlier version Gil-galad, later High King of the Ñoldor, was his son, but in the published Silmarillion Gil-galad is made into [[Fingon]]'s son instead. An earlier idea was that Orodreth's son was named '''Hallas''', but Gil-galad replaced him.

In his last writings, Tolkien changed Orodreth's name to '''Artaher''' (Quenya) / '''Arothir''' (Sindarin), but it was never introduced in any narratives, so Christopher Tolkien left the name Orodreth unchanged. It is probable the Sindarin name Orodreth would have been retained nonetheless: Tolkien seldom changed names after they had long been used, even if only in unpublished writings.

[[Category:High Elves]]

Orodreth

2007-04-08T14:23:54Z

201.81.190.152: /* Genealogy */

''(See also [[Orodreth of Gondor]])''

'''Orodreth''' ([[Years of the Trees]] – [[First Age]] 495) was an [[Elves|Elf]] of the First Age, the son of [[Finarfin]] and younger brother of [[Finrod Felagund]]. [[Finduilas of Nargothrond|Finduilas]] was his daughter. After the death of Finrod, he was ruler of [[Nargothrond]].

His name in [[Quenya]] was '''Artaresto'''. Orodreth was born in [[Valinor]].

Orodreth held the isle of [[Minas Tirith in Beleriand|Minas Tirith]] in the vale of [[Sirion]] until [[Sauron]] overran the isle and turned it into [[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]]. Orodreth then fled south to Nargothrond.

When [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] came to Nargothrond, Finrod went with him on his quest for the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]]. However [[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]] the [[Sons of Fëanor]] were also at Nargothrond, and forced Finrod to help Beren alone,without his people . Orodreth took up the crown, ruling as regent, but the [[Sons of Fëanor]] held the real power. Curufin called him "a dullard slow" in the [[Lay of Leithian]], and with his brother Celegorm plotted to take over Nargothrond if news came of Finrod's death.

When news came that Finrod had been killed and Sauron's isle destroyed, the Sons of Fëanor lost their power, for the people cried out that a maiden [[Luthien]] had done what the Sons of Fëanor had not (thrown down Sauron). Orodreth, who regained his power, spared their lives but expelled from Nargothrond, and became its leader.

When [[Túrin Turambar]] arrived in Nargothrond he gradually became Orodreth's closest councillor.Turin forced Orodreth and the people of Nargothrond to abandon the secretive warfare and declare open war against [[Morgoth]].However this led to the destruction of Nargothrond. He later died fighting the hosts of [[Morgoth]] and [[Glaurung]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]] in the [[Battle of Tumhalad]] during the [[Sack of Nargothrond]].

== Genealogy ==
<code>
[[Finarfin]] = [[Eärwen]]
|
_______________|___________________________
| | | | |
| | | | |
[[Finrod]] '''Orodreth''' [[Angrod]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
|
______|________________
| |
[[Gil-Galad]] [[Finduilas of Nargothrond|Finduilas]]

</code>

== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
In earlier versions of ''[[the Silmarillion]]'' legendarium as detailed in [[the History of Middle-earth]] series, Orodreth was a more important character, and the original king of Nargothrond. However his importance diminished over time.

In the published ''Silmarillion'', Orodreth is a son of Finarfin, with Quenya name '''Artanáro'''. In the earlier version Gil-galad, later High King of the Ñoldor, was his son, but in the published Silmarillion Gil-galad is made into [[Fingon]]'s son instead. An earlier idea was that Orodreth's son was named '''Hallas''', but Gil-galad replaced him.

In his last writings, Tolkien changed Orodreth's name to '''Artaher''' (Quenya) / '''Arothir''' (Sindarin), but it was never introduced in any narratives, so Christopher Tolkien left the name Orodreth unchanged. It is probable the Sindarin name Orodreth would have been retained nonetheless: Tolkien seldom changed names after they had long been used, even if only in unpublished writings.

[[Category:High Elves]]

Orodreth

2007-04-08T14:23:21Z

201.81.190.152: /* Genealogy */

''(See also [[Orodreth of Gondor]])''

'''Orodreth''' ([[Years of the Trees]] – [[First Age]] 495) was an [[Elves|Elf]] of the First Age, the son of [[Finarfin]] and younger brother of [[Finrod Felagund]]. [[Finduilas of Nargothrond|Finduilas]] was his daughter. After the death of Finrod, he was ruler of [[Nargothrond]].

His name in [[Quenya]] was '''Artaresto'''. Orodreth was born in [[Valinor]].

Orodreth held the isle of [[Minas Tirith in Beleriand|Minas Tirith]] in the vale of [[Sirion]] until [[Sauron]] overran the isle and turned it into [[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]]. Orodreth then fled south to Nargothrond.

When [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] came to Nargothrond, Finrod went with him on his quest for the [[Silmarils|Silmaril]]. However [[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]] the [[Sons of Fëanor]] were also at Nargothrond, and forced Finrod to help Beren alone,without his people . Orodreth took up the crown, ruling as regent, but the [[Sons of Fëanor]] held the real power. Curufin called him "a dullard slow" in the [[Lay of Leithian]], and with his brother Celegorm plotted to take over Nargothrond if news came of Finrod's death.

When news came that Finrod had been killed and Sauron's isle destroyed, the Sons of Fëanor lost their power, for the people cried out that a maiden [[Luthien]] had done what the Sons of Fëanor had not (thrown down Sauron). Orodreth, who regained his power, spared their lives but expelled from Nargothrond, and became its leader.

When [[Túrin Turambar]] arrived in Nargothrond he gradually became Orodreth's closest councillor.Turin forced Orodreth and the people of Nargothrond to abandon the secretive warfare and declare open war against [[Morgoth]].However this led to the destruction of Nargothrond. He later died fighting the hosts of [[Morgoth]] and [[Glaurung]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]] in the [[Battle of Tumhalad]] during the [[Sack of Nargothrond]].

== Genealogy ==
<code>
[[Finarfin]] = [[Eärwen]]
|
_______________|___________________________
| | | | |
| | | | |
[[Finrod]] '''Orodreth''' [[Angrod]] [[Aegnor]] [[Galadriel]]
|
______|________________
| |
[[Gil Galad]] [[Finduilas of Nargothrond|Finduilas]]

</code>

== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
In earlier versions of ''[[the Silmarillion]]'' legendarium as detailed in [[the History of Middle-earth]] series, Orodreth was a more important character, and the original king of Nargothrond. However his importance diminished over time.

In the published ''Silmarillion'', Orodreth is a son of Finarfin, with Quenya name '''Artanáro'''. In the earlier version Gil-galad, later High King of the Ñoldor, was his son, but in the published Silmarillion Gil-galad is made into [[Fingon]]'s son instead. An earlier idea was that Orodreth's son was named '''Hallas''', but Gil-galad replaced him.

In his last writings, Tolkien changed Orodreth's name to '''Artaher''' (Quenya) / '''Arothir''' (Sindarin), but it was never introduced in any narratives, so Christopher Tolkien left the name Orodreth unchanged. It is probable the Sindarin name Orodreth would have been retained nonetheless: Tolkien seldom changed names after they had long been used, even if only in unpublished writings.

[[Category:High Elves]]