Tuor

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[[Image:Ted_Nasmith_-_Tuor_at_Vinyamar.jpg|thumb|300px|''Tuor at Vinyamar'' by [[Ted Nasmith]].]]
'''Tuor''' ([[First Age]] 471 – c. 560, aged 89 years when he sailed into the [[West]]) was a great hero of the [[House of Hador|Third House of Men]], the only son of [[Huor]] and [[Rían]]. He was the cousin of [[Túrin Turambar]]. In some writings he is named '''Tûr'''.

Tuor's father Huor died shortly before his birth in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], and his mother Rían died two years later.

Tuor was first fostered by [[Elves]], then captured by [[Easterlings]], who had been sent there by [[Morgoth]] and who cruelly oppressed the remnant of the House of Hador.

Tuor later escaped, and lived the life of an outlaw. He was ordered by the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Ulmo]] to go to [[Gondolin]], in order to warn the King [[Turgon of Gondolin|Turgon]]. Passing through the old Gate of the Noldor (''Annon-in-Gelydh'' in [[Sindarin]]) into [[Nevrast]], Tuor found arms and armour in the ruins of [[Vinyamar]] which had been left there centuries ago, then met Ulmo himself at the coast of [[Belegaer]]. Ulmo gave him a message for Turgon of Gondolin, and also sent him [[Voronwë of Gondolin|Voronwë]], an Elf of Gondolin, to guide him.

Passing through the Fell Winter, Tuor and Voronwë eventually arrived in Gondolin, where Tuor remained, and eventually married Turgon's daughter, the elf [[Idril Celebrindal]]. This was the second union between an Elf and a Man, after [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]. Their only child was [[Eärendil the Mariner]]. Tuor was one of the leaders of Gondolin during the [[Fall of Gondolin|sack of the city]] by Morgoth, of the [[House of the Wing]], and with his family and a remnant of its people escaped to the [[Mouths of Sirion]]. Tuor eventually built the ship '''[[Eärramë]]''' ("Sea-wing") and sailed to the [[Aman|West]] with Idril. It was a tradition under the [[Eldar]] and [[Edain]] that they arrived in [[Valinor]], successfully bypassing the [[Ban of the Valar]], and that Tuor alone of Men was counted as Elven kindred, still living there now.

== Geneology ==
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[[Galdor of Dor-lómin|Galdor]] = [[Hareth]] [[Turgon of Gondolin|Turgon]] = [[Elenwë]]
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[[Morwen Eledhwen|Morwen]] = [[Húrin Thalion|Húrin]] [[Huor]] = [[Rían]] |
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[[Túrin Turambar|Túrin]] [[Lalaith]] [[Nienor]] '''TUOR''' = [[Idril Celebrindal|Idril]]
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[[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]]
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=== See Also ===
* [[:Category:Images of Tuor|Images of Tuor]]
* ''[[The Horns of Ylmir]]'', a poem supposedly written by Tuor for his son, [[Eärendil the Mariner|Eärendil]]

[[Category:Edain]]
[[Category:Gondolin and Turgon]]

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