Aelin-uial

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| image=
| name=Aelin-uial
| othernames=Meres of Twilight
| etymology=[[S.]] ''[[aelin]]'' "lake" + ''[[uial]]'' "twilight"
| type=Lakes
| location=Meeting of [[Aros]] and [[Sirion]]
| inhabitants=
| realms=[[Doriath]]
| description=Marshy mazes of creeks and lakes
| events=Dreams of [[Turgon (King of Gondolin)|Turgon]] and [[Finrod]]
| references=''[[Of Beleriand and its Realms]]''
|}}
In [[The Silmarillion]], '''Aelin-uial''', a [[Sindarin]] name translated as ''Meres of Twilight'' ([[aelin]] = lake, [[uial]] = twilight), was a marshy confluence of the river [[Aros]] into [[Sirion]], south of [[Doriath]].

The Aelin-uial is the maze of lakes and [[Fens of Sirion|fens]] formed where the river [[Aros]] met the [[Sirion]], before it fell beneath the [[Andram]]. These were Lands heavy with magical enchantment and spells, from two main sources; the [[Girdle of Melian]] guarding [[Doriath]] to the north of the Aelin-uial, and also from the power of [[Ulmo]] the [[Vala]], which was very strong in this area and Sirion's waters. It was here that Turgon and Finrod were given the idea of building their hidden strongholds located at [[Gondolin]] and [[Nargothrond]], which was an idea put into their dreams by Ulmo. The Aelin-uial was under the control of Doriath, a [[Sindarin]] kingdom. [[Thingol]]'s [[Marchwardens]] kept secret ferries among the reeds, which they could use to cross in between Sirion's eastern and western banks unseen by anyone. At the southernmost end of the Aelin-uial, the waters of Sirion came together once more from the many many routes they took through the marshland and, at the place called the [[Falls of Sirion]], fell lots of water in a waterfall down into the earth. It was destroyed in the [[War of Wrath]], which in turn occured at the end of the [[First Age]].

Pronunciation:EYE-LEEN-OOIAL

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