Gorgumoth was the hound of the Vala Mandos, according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales. Gorgumoth guarded Melko in the castle of Lumbi after he was overthrown by Tulkas in the battle of the Silent Pools during the First Faring Forth.[1]
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- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "VI. The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales", outline 1, p. 278