First Age 509 (abbreviated to F.A. 509) is the 509th year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
- Ulmo sends a last warning to Gondolin, which now alone is left; but King Turgon vowed to have no alliance with any son of Fëanor after the kinslaying in Doriath.[1][2]
- Maeglin is captured by the Orcs in the hills and brought to Angband.[1] After Morgoth promises Maeglin the lordship of Gondolin and the possession of Idril, he betrays the Hidden City to the Dark Lord.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: V. The Tale of Years", pp. 348-9 & 351
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: [Section] 15", p. 140: "Tidings Turgon heard of Thorndor concerning the slaying of Dior, Thingol’s heir, and thereafter he shut his ear to word of the woes without; and he vowed to march never at the side of any son of Fëanor; and his folk he forbade ever to pass the leaguer of the hills."
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"