Pass of Sirion

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The '''Pass of Sirion''', in the [[First Age]], was a steep-sided pass between the [[Ered Wethrin]] and the [[Echoriad]], on the upper reaches of the River [[Sirion]].<ref>{{S|Map}}</ref> The only road through the pass was narrow and ran along the western bank of the river.<ref>{{CH|2}}</ref> The sheer walls were covered with pines yet the vale was green. In the middle of the pass was the isle of [[Tol Sirion]] where [[Finrod]] built the tower of [[Minas Tirith (Beleriand)|Minas Tirith]]. After Finrod departed to [[Nargothrond]] the fortress was committed to Finrod's kinsman [[Orodreth]].<ref>{{S|Beleriand}}</ref>

During the [[Dagor Bragollach]] King [[Finrod]] was surrounded with a small company in the [[Fen of Serech]]. There he would have fallen but for the arrival of [[Barahir]] who came through the Pass of Sirion and rescued him.<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref> However, by the end of this great battle [[Morgoth]] held the Pass.

During the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] it was through the Pass of Sirion that [[Turgon]] led the main host of [[Gondolin]] north into battle, and then again south when in retreat. During that retreat [[Huor]] formed a rearguard south of the Fen of Serech and resisted until all of his men but one were slain. That one was [[Húrin]] who was captured and then taken to [[Angband]].<ref>{{S|Fifth}}</ref>

[[Glaurung]] the [[Dragons|dragon]] came through the Pass of Sirion and defiled the waters of the [[Eithel Ivrin]] on his way to [[Nargothrond]].<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref>

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Dor Daedeloth

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'''Dor Daedeloth''' was the land of [[Morgoth]].
==Geography==
Dor Daedeloth was one of the three large regions of western Middle-earth, along with [[Beleriand]] and [[Hithlum]]. It lay all around the fortress of [[Angband]] and on both sides of the [[Ered Engrin]]. Its borders were the [[Ered Wethrin]] to the west, the [[Ered Luin]] to the east, and the [[Dorthonion]], the [[Pass of Sirion]] and the [[March of Maedhros]] to the south.

The Ered Engrin, an absolutely unclimbable chain, split the region in two separate parts. The southern part was [[Ard-galen]], the great grassy plain north of [[Beleriand]], later to become the desert of [[Anfauglith]] after the [[Dagor Bragollach]] had utterly burned it. The northern part was an unnamed region, cold and vast.

==History==
It was here, north of the mountains, that the [[Orcs]] and other creatures of Morgoth lived and bred.<ref name=S13>{{S|13}}</ref>

The march of the [[Noldor]] in early [[First Age]] was halted there, when [[Fëanor]] was mortally wounded by [[Balrogs]]. The Noldor then encircled the land (at least in the south), starting the [[Siege of Angband]].<ref name=S13/>

==Etymology==
In the published ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]'', the name ''Dor Daedeloth'' is translated as "Land of the Shadow of Horror".<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> A later version of the name is '''''Dor-Daedeloth''''', translated as "Land of Great Dread".<ref>{{WJ|Index}}, p. 435</ref>

'''''Daidelos''''' (replaced by ''Dor Daedeloth'') was a name used for the region in early versions of the [[legendarium]].<ref>{{SM|Ambar}}, p. 259</ref>

In [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s last thoughts the name was to be changed into that of '''''Dor-na-Daerachas''''',<ref>{{HM|WJ}}, pp. 187, 338</ref> though this form was never used in his writings.

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