Tuor

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{{First Age Edain infobox
| image=[[Image:Luca Michelucci - 1999 - December.jpg|248px]]
| name=Tuor
| house=[[House of Hador]]
| othernames=Tûr
| titles=Lord of the [[House of the Wing]]
| birth={{FA|472}}, [[Dor-lómin]]
| realm=[[Dor-lómin]], [[Gondolin]], [[Mouths of Sirion]], [[Valinor]]
| death=Traditionally made immortal
| age=
| parentage=[[Huor]] & [[Rían]]
| spouse=[[Idril Celebrindal]]
| children=[[Eärendil]]
| gender=Male
| hair=Dark
| ref=''[[The Silmarillion]]'', ''[[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin]]''
|}}
'''Tuor''' ([[First Age 472]] – c. 560, aged 88 years when he sailed into [[Aman|the West]]) was a great hero of the [[House of Hador|Third House of Men]], the only son of [[Huor]] and [[Rían]].

==History==
He was the cousin of [[Túrin Turambar]]. 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]], specifically [[Annael]], then captured by [[Easterlings]], who had been sent there by [[Morgoth]] and cruelly oppressed the remnants of the House of Hador.

Tuor later escaped, and lived the life of an outlaw.He was ordered in a dream by the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Ulmo]] to go to [[Gondolin]], to warn the [[Turgon|King Turgon]] of Gondolin. Tuor passed through the old Gate of the Noldor (''Annon-in-Gelydh'' in [[Sindarin]]) into [[Nevrast]], where he is said to have been the first man to reach the great sea, [[Belegaer]] the shoreless. Tuor found arms and armour in the ancient halls of [[Vinyamar]] which had been left there centuries ago by Turgon at the command of Ulmo, and met Ulmo himself at the coast of [[Belegaer]]. Ulmo appointed him to be his messenger and told him to seek King Turgon in Gondolin, and sent him an Elf, [[Voronwë of Gondolin]], to guide him.

Voronwe led Tuor through [[Núath]], where he caught a brief glimpse of his cousin Túrin near the [[Pools of Ivrin]], the only time the paths of the two ever crossed. Journeying through the Fell Winter, they eventually reached the hidden city of Gondolin.

Tuor remained in Gondolin, and eventually married Turgon's daughter, [[Idril Celebrindal]]. This was the second union between the [[Eldar]] and [[Edain]], after [[Beren Erchamion|Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]. Their only child was [[Eärendil]]. Tuor was the leader of the [[House of the Wing]], one of the twelve houses of Gondolin at the time of the [[Fall of Gondolin|sack of the city]].

During the sack of the city Tuor and his family, along with a remnant of the people of Gondolin escaped to the [[Mouths of Sirion]], along [[Idril's Secret Way]].

Tuor eventually built the ship '''[[Eärrámë]]''' ("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 among Elven kindred, immortal as other Elves.

==Genealogy==
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{{familytree | | | MOR |y| HUR | | HUO |y| RIA | | |!| | | |MOR=[[Morwen Eledhwen|Morwen]] ''{{FA|443}} - c. [[First Age 500|500]]''|HUR=[[Húrin Thalion|Húrin]] ''{{FA|439}} - c. [[First Age 500|500]]''|HUO=[[Huor]] ''{{FA|444}} - [[First Age 472|472]]''|RIA=[[Rían]] ''{{FA|450}} - [[First Age 472|472]]''}}
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{{familytree | TUR | | LAL | | NIE | | TUO |~|y|~| IDR | | |TUR=[[Túrin Turambar|Túrin]] ''{{FA|464}} - [[First Age 499|499]]''|LAL=[[Urwen Lalaith|Lalaith]] ''{{FA|466}} - [[First Age 469|469]]''|NIE=[[Nienor Níniel|Nienor]] ''{{FA|473}} - [[First Age 499|499]]''|TUO='''TUOR''' ''born {{FA|472}}''|IDR=[[Idril Celebrindal]] ''born during [[Years of the Trees|YOTT]]''}}
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==Etymology==
From ''[[tû]]'' "muscle, vigor, strength" and ''[[or]]'' "heart, mind". The complete [[Old Noldorin|etymology]] is given as ''[[túgore]]'' meaning 'strong haste'<ref>{{HM|LR}}, ''[[The Etymologies]]''</ref>
==In Other Versions of the Legendarium==
In some writings he is named '''Tûr'''.

{{references}}
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', [[Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin]]
*''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin ]]
*''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part 2]]'', [[The Fall of Gondolin]]

== See Also ==
* ''[[:Category:Images of Tuor|Images of Tuor]]''.
* ''[[The Horns of Ylmir]]'', a poem written by Tuor for his son [[Eärendil]].

[[Category:House of Hador]]
[[Category:House of Haleth]]
[[Category:House of Bëor]]
[[Category:Gondolin and Turgon]]
[[Category:Sindarin names]]

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