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Tuor Reaches the Hidden City by Ted Nasmith

Gondolin was a city in Beleriand founded by King Turgon which became the home of his people for most of the First Age.

Some years after the Exile of the Noldor, Turgon was guided by Ulmo to the hidden valley of Tumladen, and there he founded Gondolin. Turgon's people, who had previously dwelt in Nevrast, travelled there secretly, becoming the Gondolindrim. Also known as the Hidden City, it was concealed from friend and foe alike by the Encircling Mountains, and guarded against trespassers by the Eagles of Thorondor.

The city remained hidden for nearly four hundred years, becoming the last Elven realm to endure against Morgoth, before it was finally discovered through the treachery of Maeglin and besieged. Turgon was lost in the Fall of the city, but some few escaped the destruction and dwelt as Exiles at the Mouths of Sirion.

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“Then when Fingon heard afar the great trumpet of Turgon his brother, the shadow passed and his heart was uplifted, and he shouted aloud: Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë! The day has come! Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come! And all those who heard his great voice echo in the hills answered crying: Auta i lómë! The night is passing!”

—Quenta Silmarillion, "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"

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On this day... 20 April

On Earth

• 1893 - Christopher Wiseman, the only of Tolkien's friends that survived World War I, is born.
• 1937 - Narrator George Takei is born.
• 1939 - Writer and screenwriter Peter S. Beagle is born.
• 1943 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 48.
• 1964 - Actor Andy Serkis is born.
• 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Dr. Denis Tolhurst.
• 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to John Higgins.
• 1999 - Actor Elan Garfias is born.
• 2010 - The Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine is bought by Warner Bros.
• 2011 - The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game was released.
• 2013 - Artist Quinton Hoover dies.
• 2015 - Voice actor Peter Howell dies.

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