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Voronwë

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}}'''Voronwë Aranwion''' was a mariner of [[Gondolin]].

== History ==
Voronwë was related to the [[House of Fingolfin]] through his father, [[Aranwë]], a nobleman of Gondolin and to [[Círdan]] himself through his mother, who was one of the [[Sindar]] Elves of [[Falas]].

He was sent by King [[Turgon]] to seek a passage to [[Aman]] and call on the [[Valar]] for aid against [[Morgoth]]. He delayed on the road, tarrying in [[Nan-tathren]] and because of this he was the final one to embark on the last ship that [[Círdan|Círdan The Shipwright]], at the request of Turgon, had built for them. After sailing for seven years without reaching the lands in the West, his ship attempted to return to Middle-Earth defeated. In a storm within sight of the coast the ship was wrecked and all save him were drowned. By the grace of Ulmo, Voronwë was saved from the wreck and washed ashore in [[Nevrast]], near [[Vinyamar]]. He was sitting at its wall when he encountered [[Tuor]] and heard his story as the messenger of Ulmo and led him back to Gondolin.<ref>{{S|Tuor}}</ref>

During the [[Fall of Gondolin]] he was ordered by Tuor to guard [[Idril]]. He escaped the sack, and most accounts say that he sailed with [[Eärendil]] on his voyages,<ref name="SM">{{SM|Q17}}</ref> while a later version say that maybe he left Middle-Earth with Tuor and Idril.<ref>{{WJ|Years}}, p. 352</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'' the [[Noldorin]] form of his name is given as '''[[Bronweg]]'''. As in later works he is the guide of Tuor, but also the father of [[Littleheart]] – a figure that does not recur elsewhere.<ref name="LT2Gondolin">{{LT2|III}}</ref>

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First Age 525

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* [[Tuor]] and [[Idril]] set sail in their ship, [[Eärrámë]], and leave [[Middle-earth]] for [[Valinor]]. Alone of all [[men]], Tuor is said to be counted among the [[Eldar]].<ref>{{S|Tuor}}</ref>
* Marriage of [[Eärendil]] and [[Elwing]].<ref>{{WJ|Years}}, p. 352</ref>

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Voronwë

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}}'''Voronwë Aranwion''' was a mariner of [[Gondolin]].

== History ==
Voronwë was related to the [[House of Fingolfin]] through his father, [[Aranwë]], a nobleman of Gondolin and to [[Círdan]] himself through his mother, who was one of the [[Sindar]] Elves of [[Falas]].

He was sent by King [[Turgon]] to seek a passage to [[Aman]] and call on the [[Valar]] for aid against [[Morgoth]]. He delayed on the road, tarrying in [[Nan-tathren]] and because of this he was the final one to embark on the last ship that [[Círdan|Círdan The Shipwright]], at the request of Turgon, had built for them. After sailing for seven years without reaching the lands in the West, his ship attempted to return to Middle-Earth defeated. In a storm within sight of the coast the ship was wrecked and all save him were drowned. By the grace of Ulmo, Voronwë was saved from the wreck and washed ashore in [[Nevrast]], near [[Vinyamar]]. He was sitting at its wall when he encountered [[Tuor]] and heard his story as the messenger of Ulmo and led him back to Gondolin.<ref>{{S|Tuor}}</ref>

During the [[Fall of Gondolin]] he was ordered by Tuor to guard [[Idril]]. He escaped the sack, and some accounts say that he sailed with [[Eärendil]] on his voyages.<ref name="SM">{{SM|Q17}}</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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== Other Versions of the Legendarium ==
In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'' the [[Noldorin]] form of his name is given as '''[[Bronweg]]'''. As in later works he is the guide of Tuor, but also the father of [[Littleheart]] – a figure that does not recur elsewhere.<ref name="LT2Gondolin">{{LT2|III}}</ref>

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Orfalch Echor

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[[File:Alarie - The First Gate.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The First Gate of the way to the city]]
The '''Orfalch Echor''' was the ravine of the [[Dry River]] in the [[Encircling Mountains]], the route by which the hidden city of [[Gondolin]] was approached. At its lower end was the First Gate, the [[Gate of Wood]]. The Orfalch continued through the remainder of the [[Seven Gates of Gondolin]], reaching the Seventh Gate, the [[Gate of Steel]]. At the upper end was a high sward that offered a view of [[Tumladen]] and the city in its center.<ref>{{UT|Tuor}}</ref><ref>{{S|23}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name ''Orfalch Echor'' is suggested by Paul Stack to be a combination of [[Noldorin]] ''or'' ("above"), ''falch'' ("cleft"), and ''echor'' ("outer circle"), perhaps meaning "High Cleft of the Outer Circle".<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-677947469.html|articlename=S. ''Orfalch Echor'' loc.|website=[http://eldamo.org/index.html Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon]|accessed=16 March 2019}}</ref>

==Other Versions of the Legendarium==
In ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Book of Lost Tales]]'', the '''Way of Escape''' was the main entrance to [[Gondolin]], and it wasn't a natural ravine, but it was built by the Gondothlim to be used by those Noldor who escaped from Morgoth<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 163</ref> and as a way of escape in case the city was attacked, as eventually. Because of [[Maeglin|Meglin]]'s treason, Melko was aware of this pass, so many survivors were killed there by a monster while trying to escape more quickly in spite of Idril's persuasions.<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 189</ref>

This way is also known as ''Bad Uthwen'' in [[Gnomish]] and ''Uswevandë'' in [[Qenya]].<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 336</ref>

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* After taunting [[Túrin]], [[Saeros]] falls into a chasm and dies. Unbeknownst to Túrin, he is pardoned by [[Thingol]]. However, [[Túrin]] flees [[Doriath]]; [[Beleg]] goes in search of him.<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref><ref>{{GA|257}}</ref>

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[[Category:First Age years|0, First Age 0484]]

Gondolin

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'''Gondolin''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈɡondolin]}}; [[First Age]] c. 126 – 510, existed c. 384 years), the great [[Gondolin|Hidden City]] of [[Turgon]] was concealed from friend and foe alike during the First Age by the [[Echoriad|Encircling Mountains]], and guarded from trespassers by the [[Eagles]] of [[Thorondor]].

In the fiftieth year of the First Age, Turgon journeyed from his halls in [[Nevrast]] with his cousin [[Finrod]]. [[Ulmo]] guided him to the hidden valley of [[Tumladen]], and there he founded Gondolin. The city was completed circa 116, and Turgon's people who had dwelt in Nevrast travelled there secretly.

The city was inviolate for almost four hundred years; Turgon did not break his secret leaguer until the time of the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] in 471, and even after that disastrous battle he was able to return in secret to the city with the aid of [[Húrin|Húrin Thalion]].

[[Morgoth]]'s servants finally discovered Gondolin through the treachery of [[Maeglin]], and it was sacked in 510 (''Main article: the [[Fall of Gondolin]]''). Turgon was lost in the [[Fall of Gondolin|Fall]] of the city, but some few (including [[Tuor]] and [[Idril]], with their child [[Eärendil]]) escaped the destruction and dwelt as [[Exiles of Gondolin|Exiles]] at the [[Mouths of Sirion]].
==History==
[[File:Alan Lee - Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin.jpg|thumb|[[Alan Lee]] - ''Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin'']]

=== The Building of Gondolin ===
The round valley of [[Tumladen]], within the Encircling Mountains, had originally been a lake, and in its centre stood a hill that had once been an island: [[Amon Gwareth]]. It was here that Turgon decided to found his Hidden City, as a memorial to ancient [[Tirion]] that lay beyond the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].

The first building of the city took fifty-two years to complete. After this time, the people of Turgon, a great number of [[Noldor]] and [[Sindar]], traveled from Nevrast, where they had dwelt, and secretly entered the valley of Tumladen. Turgon gave his city the name [[Ondolindë]] ([[Quenya]] for "The Rock of the Music of Water", because of the fountains of [[Amon Gwareth]]), but in Sindarin this was rendered Gondolin, the [[Hidden Rock]].

After their arrival in the new city, the [[Gondolindrim]] continued to labour in its building, until it was said to rival even Tirion itself. Its walls stood high and white above the plain, and its most prominent feature was the great [[Tower of the King]], where, among the fountains, Turgon himself made [[Glingal]] and [[Belthil]], trees of gold and silver made in memory of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]].

=== The Coming of Maeglin ===
There followed two centuries of happy peace: Morgoth was besieged in the far north of the world, and the people of Gondolin lived undisturbed by the events outside their fair city. At last, though, a seed of discontent appeared: King Turgon's sister [[Aredhel]] determined to leave the city, much against Turgon's wishes, and journey into [[Middle-earth]]. Soon after her departure, her guards returned, and reported that they had lost her in the dark and sorcerous region to the south east of the city, known as [[Nan Dungortheb]].

More than twenty years then passed, and then suddenly Aredhel returned. With her was one who she claimed to be Maeglin, her son by [[Eöl]] the [[Dark Elf]] of [[Nan Elmoth]]. This Maeglin accepted Turgon as lord, but his father Eöl had followed his wife and son to Gondolin and been captured at the entranceway. He was brought before Turgon. Eöl refused to submit to Turgon's authority, and instead chose death for himself and his unwilling son. He threw a poisoned dart to slay Maeglin, but instead struck Aredhel, who fell ill with the poison and died. The body of Eöl was broken on the [[Caragdûr]] for this.

Maeglin, though, had had no part in these evils, and Turgon accepted him, and he grew to be among the great in Gondolin, wise in council, cunning in smithcraft and mighty in battle.

=== Two Great Battles ===
For more than a hundred years after the deaths of Aredhel and Eöl, Gondolin again had peace. The time was coming, though, when Morgoth would break the [[Siege of Angband]], and the unstoppable doom of the [[Elves]] would fall upon them. One winter's night, the fires of Angband destroyed the league of the Noldor: the Dagor Bragollach. In this disaster, the people of Gondolin played no immediate part.

They were drawn into the events of those years, though, when two young brothers of the race of [[Men]], Húrin and [[Huor]], were cut off from their army and became lost amid the feet of the [[Crissaegrim]]. Thorondor brought them to Turgon. At the bidding of Ulmo, Turgon accepted them, and they remained in Gondolin for almost a year, when they returned to their homes. In this kindly act were the first seeds of Gondolin's destruction, more than fifty years later.

Turgon now devised a new policy for the salvation of the Elves: he began secretly to send his people out westward across the great sea, to seek the land of the [[Valar]] and ask their pardon and aid. None of his mariners succeeded, but this was a wise course, though Turgon never knew it: he was lost long before his grandson [[Eärendil]], aided by a [[Silmarils|Silmaril]], finally succeeded in this task.

As time passed since the destruction of the [[Dagor Bragollach]], the Elves of [[Beleriand]] began to arm for a counterstroke, and Turgon secretly began his own preparations. Fourteen years after the breaking of the [[Siege of Angband]], and some three hundred and fifty since the completion of Gondolin, Turgon rode for the first time to war. Unknown and unbidden by his kin, he rode to their aid with an army of ten thousand. This was to be the great battle that was to become known as the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].

===Gondolin's Decline===
[[File:John Howe - The Fall of Gondolin.jpg|thumb|[[John Howe]] - ''The Fall of Gondolin'']]

[[Morgoth]] poured much of his strength and resources into discovering the location of the Hidden City, and his spies infested lands about the [[Encircling Mountains]] and wherever he could penetrate. After [[Nargothrond]] fell, Gondolin was the last great stronghold of the [[Noldor]]. The unbidden coming of Maeglin precipitated the destruction of the great city.

The first great blow to the security of Gondolin came by accident. [[Húrin]], who was once held captive by Morgoth, was released to wander in the world, unconsciously furthering the Dark Lord's cause. He came to the edge of the Mountains, hoping that an Eagle would bear him to Gondolin. But Turgon, afraid for the lives of those in his city, and rightfully fearing what Morgoth might have done to Húrin, withheld rescue for too long. Húrin, seeing nothing, cried out in a loud voice "''Turgon, Turgon, remember the [[Fen of Serech]]! O Turgon, will you not hear in your hidden halls?''". Morgoth now knew the general area in which Gondolin lay, for his spies were watching this. Húrin turned away, broken and bitter.

[[Ulmo]], the "patron god" of the city, watched with sad eyes, foreseeing the doom of Gondolin. He called forth [[Tuor]], son of [[Huor]], to the [[Belegaer|Sea]], where he gave him a [[Ulmo's warning|message for Turgon]]. Tuor delivered this message faithfully, by the aid of Ulmo and an elf named [[Voronwë]], who guided him to the city. Ulmo's advice was that Turgon must abandon the city and seek the sea. For though hitherto the [[Valar]] had barred Turgon's messengers from reaching the Undying Lands, Ulmo foresaw that a direct descendant of the lords of the Noldor might be allowed to pass to the lands of the West. Turgon, because of his pride and the love of his city, decided to ignore this warning. Tuor, however, was welcomed in the city by all save Maeglin. Unwittingly, Turgon, who had always been so careful about strangers, further advanced the events that would lead to the fall of Gondolin by allowing Tuor to stay. For Tuor and [[Idril]], the King's daughter, fell in love.

It was an extremely rare thing for a man to wed an elf-woman, but Turgon, who loved Tuor as a son, permitted it when he found that his daughter was full willing. Maeglin hated Tuor for this, and plotted his revenge on Idril. . . and as the years passed, on their son, the beautiful [[Eärendil]].

===The Fall of Gondolin===
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[[File:Ted Nasmith - Flight of the Doomed.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Flight of the Doomed'']]
While searching for ore and straying (against the commands of Turgon) too far from the city, Maeglin was captured by [[Orcs]]. At his begging and bribing they took him before Morgoth himself, who extracted the information about Gondolin at a price: the death of Tuor and Eärendil, the hand of Idril, and the lordship of Gondolin after its capture.

Maeglin returned to Gondolin and kept his capture by Morgoth a secret. Idril, however, who had noticed and rejected his advances, saw and feared the change that had come over him. Therefore she discussed with her husband the idea of making an [[Idril's secret way|escape tunnel]]. Tuor, confused but willing, complied. In secret, a tunnel that cut through the rock of the hill and out under Tumladen was constructed.

At last Morgoth finalized his plan, and he loosed his massive army upon the city. Again Tuor and others urged Turgon to flee the brunt of the assault, but, convinced of the invincibility of his city (and with Maeglin whispering in his ear), Turgon decided to stay and fight.

There was a great siege, during which Maeglin sought (from the inside) to take Idril and throw Eärendil from the walls. But Tuor arrived in time to save them both, and after a brief struggle hurled Maeglin down into the flames. But the city could not be saved, and thousands were killed. One by one the great lords of Gondolin fell, and Turgon, disillusioned and broken-hearted, ordered all to follow Tuor out through the tunnel when he saw that the destruction was inevitable. Only his guard stayed around him, and all who remained were killed as the white tower collapsed.

Gathering as many of the people as they could find, Tuor and Idril escaped down the tunnel. It was a hard road through the mountains; [[Glorfindel of Gondolin|Glorfindel]] was killed by a [[Balrogs|balrog]] that lay in ambush. But at last the Gondolindrim came to [[Nan-tathren]], and after resting there for some time they came down to the refuge at the [[Mouths of Sirion]], and mourned the loss of the White City.

== Description ==
[[File:Narfil Palùrfalas - Gondolin Plan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A map of Gondolin based on [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]]'s ''[[The Atlas of Middle-earth]]'']]
Tolkien drew several pictures of Gondolin himself, but his largest description of Gondolin is found in the [[Fall of Gondolin]].

{{quote|...Then they looked up and could see, and lo! they were at the foot of steep hills, and these hills made a great circle wherein lay a wide plain, and set therein, not rightly at the midmost but rather nearer to that place where they stood, was a great hill with a level top, and upon that summit rose a city in the new light of the morning...|The Fall of Gondolin ([[Houghton Mifflin]] version page 158)}}

{{quote|...But Tuor looked upon the walls of stone, and the uplifted towers, upon the glistering pinnacles of the town, and he looked upon the stairs of stone and marble, bordered by slender balustrades and cooled by the leap of fountains of [[Amon Gwareth]]...|The Fall of Gondolin ([[Houghton Mifflin]] version page 159)}}

{{quote|...Then did the throng return within the gates and the wanderers with them, and Tuor saw they were of iron and of great height and strength. Now the streets of Gondolin were paved with stone and wide, kerbed with marble, and fair houses and courts amid gardens of bright flowers were set about the ways, and many towers of great slenderness and beauty builded of white marble and carved most marvellously rose to the heaven. Squares there were lit with fountains and the home of birds that sang amid the branches of their aged trees, but of all these the greatest was that place where stood the king's palace, and the tower thereof was the loftiest in the city, and the fountains that played before the doors shot twenty fathoms and seven in the air and fell in a singing rain of crystal: therein did the sun glitter splendidly by day, and the moon most magically shimmered by night. The birds that dwelt there were of the whiteness of snow and their voices sweeter than a lullaby of music. On either side of the doors of the palace were two trees, one that bore blossom of gold and the other of silver, nor did they ever fade, for they were shoots of old from the glorious Trees of Valinor that lit those places before Melko and [[Ungoliant|Gloomweaver]] withered them: and those trees the Gondolindrim named [[Glingol]] and [[Belthil|Bansil]]...|Fall of Gondolin (Houghton Mifflin version page 160)}}

See also quotes at ''[[Tumladen]]''.

== Major inhabitants in Gondolin ==
:''See also [[:Category:Gondolindrim]]''
[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Glorfindel and Ecthelion.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Jenny Dolfen]] - ''Glorfindel and Ecthelion'']]
* '''[[Turgon]]''', King of Gondolin and head of the [[House of the King]]
* '''[[Idril|Idril Celebrindal]]''', daughter of Turgon and wife of Tuor
* '''[[Aredhel]]''', sister of Turgon, wife of [[Eöl]], and mother of Maeglin
*[[Twelve Houses of the Gondolindrim]]
** '''[[Maeglin]]''', son of Aredhel and Eöl, betrayer of Gondolin, chief of the [[House of the Mole]]
** '''[[Tuor]]''', messenger of [[Ulmo]] and husband of Idril, father of [[Eärendil]]
** '''[[Glorfindel of Gondolin|Glorfindel]]''', chief of the [[House of the Golden Flower]]
** '''[[Galdor of the Tree|Galdor]]''', chief of the [[House of the Tree]]
** '''[[Penlod]]''', marshal of the [[House of the Pillar]] and the [[House of the Tower of Snow]]
** '''[[Duilin of Gondolin|Duilin]]''', master archer and chief of the [[House of the Swallow]]
** '''[[Egalmoth]]''', chief of the [[House of the Heavenly Arch]]
** '''[[Salgant]]''', chief of the [[House of the Harp]]
** '''[[Ecthelion]]''', chief of the [[House of the Fountain]]
** '''[[Rog]]''', chief of the [[House of the Hammer of Wrath]]
* '''[[Elemmakil]]''', Captain of the Guard of the secret path to Gondolin

==Etymology==
Gondolin means "hidden rock" in [[Sindarin]] from ''[[gond]]'' "rock" and ''[[dolen]]'' "hidden".

Gondolind is perhaps a [[Mithrimin]] name<ref>{{PE|17}} p.133</ref> and means 'stone of music'. In proper [[Sindarin]] it was named ''[[Gonnólen]]'' which means "hidden rock". In [[Quenya]] it was named ''[[Ondolinde]]''.

In [[Eriol]]'s [[Old English]] translations, Gondolin is referred as ''Stangaldor(burg)'' "stone-enchantment-(city)", ''Folgenburg'' "hidden city" ''Galdorfaesten'' "enchantment-fortress".<ref>{{SM|QA1}}</ref>

==Other versions of the Legendarium==

In ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Book of Lost Tales]]'', Gondolin was known as the ''City of Seven Names''. Its other six names were (in [[Gnomish]]):
* '''Gondobar''' (Stone House), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ondomard-'' or ''Ondosta''
* '''Gondothlimbar''' (House of the Stone Folk), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ondostamard-''
* '''Gwarestrin''' (Tower of Guard), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Tiri(o)stirion'' or ''Vara-, Vorastirin''
* '''Gar Thurion''' (Secret Place), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ardalomba'' or ''Ardaurin''
* '''Loth''' (Flower), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Losse'' (Rose)
* '''Lothengriol'''<ref group=note>Earlier forms of the name ''Lothengriol'' were ''Losengriol'' and ''Lósengriol''. Cf. {{HM|LT1}}, p. 172 and {{HM|LT2}}, p. 202.</ref> (Flower of the Vale or Lily of the Valley),<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 158</ref> translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Endillos''<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 102</ref>

== See Also ==
* [[:Category:Images of Gondolin|Images of Gondolin]]
* [[Fall of Gondolin]]

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Rog

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'''Rog''' was the name of an [[Elf]]-lord of [[Gondolin]].<ref name="LT2">{{LT2|III}}, pp. 174-80</ref>

==History==
Rog was a blacksmith, and chief of the [[Folk of the Hammer of Wrath]]. He was considered the strongest of the [[Noldoli]], and was like considered third greatest in valour. He led his people against the [[Balrogs]] and the [[Orcs]] during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] after the Gate was broken. Later during the battle he stirred his kindred against the Balrogs with words of passion, and though many were slain, they slew a number of the fiery creatures "that... was a marvel and dread to the hosts of [[Morgoth|Melko]], for ere that day never had any Balrogs been slain by the hand of Elves or Men". But the House of the Hammer of Wrath were hemmed in, and every one of them perished, including Rog.<ref name="LT2"/>

==Etymology==
The name ''Rog'', in earlier writings ''Rôg'', seems curious as a name for an elf-lord of Gondolin: no other one-syllable names appear in other writings.

The meaning or etymology of the name is unclear, and in the context of the later works it would mean "demon" as an element in ''[[Balrog]]''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, RUK</ref><ref>{{WJ|P4}}, p. 415</ref> But the early ''[[Gnomish Lexicon]]'' gives an adjetive: ''rôg'', ''rog'' 'doughty, strong', related with ''arog'' 'swift, rushing' and ''raug'' of the same meaning.<ref>{{LT2}} p. 347</ref> The [[Qenya]] form of his name was ''Rōka''.<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 104</ref>

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[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]]
[[Category:Gondolindrim]]
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Lisgardh

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'''Lisgardh''' was a fenland region at the [[Mouths of Sirion]] consisting of large areas where reeds and rushes grew Man-high.<ref>{{UT|Tuor}}</ref>

==Other Versions of the Legendarium==
In an earlier version, ''Lisgardh'' was called ''[[Arlisgion]]'', "the place of reeds".<ref>{{LT2|IIIn}}, Sec. 3 ''Miscellaneous Matters'', (i) ''The geography of The Fall of Gondolin'', p. 217</ref>

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Gondolin

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{{Pronounce|Gondolin.mp3|Ardamir}}

'''Gondolin''' ([[Sindarin|S]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈɡondolin]}}; [[First Age]] c. 126 – 510, existed c. 384 years), the great [[Gondolin|Hidden City]] of [[Turgon]] was concealed from friend and foe alike during the First Age by the [[Echoriad|Encircling Mountains]], and guarded from trespassers by the [[Eagles]] of [[Thorondor]].

In the fiftieth year of the First Age, Turgon journeyed from his halls in [[Nevrast]] with his cousin [[Finrod]]. [[Ulmo]] guided him to the hidden valley of [[Tumladen]], and there he founded Gondolin. The city was completed circa 116, and Turgon's people who had dwelt in Nevrast travelled there secretly.

The city was inviolate for almost four hundred years; Turgon did not break his secret leaguer until the time of the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] in 471, and even after that disastrous battle he was able to return in secret to the city with the aid of [[Húrin|Húrin Thalion]].

[[Morgoth]]'s servants finally discovered Gondolin through the treachery of [[Maeglin]], and it was sacked in 510 (''Main article: the [[Fall of Gondolin]]''). Turgon was lost in the [[Fall of Gondolin|Fall]] of the city, but some few (including [[Tuor]] and [[Idril]], with their child [[Eärendil]]) escaped the destruction and dwelt as [[Exiles of Gondolin|Exiles]] at the [[Mouths of Sirion]].
==History==
[[File:Alan Lee - Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin.jpg|thumb|[[Alan Lee]] - ''Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin'']]

=== The Building of Gondolin ===
The round valley of [[Tumladen]], within the Encircling Mountains, had originally been a lake, and in its centre stood a hill that had once been an island: [[Amon Gwareth]]. It was here that Turgon decided to found his Hidden City, as a memorial to ancient [[Tirion]] that lay beyond the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].

The first building of the city took fifty-two years to complete. After this time, the people of Turgon, a great number of [[Noldor]] and [[Sindar]], traveled from Nevrast, where they had dwelt, and secretly entered the valley of Tumladen. Turgon gave his city the name [[Ondolindë]] ([[Quenya]] for "The Rock of the Music of Water", because of the fountains of [[Amon Gwareth]]), but in Sindarin this was rendered Gondolin, the [[Hidden Rock]].

After their arrival in the new city, the [[Gondolindrim]] continued to labour in its building, until it was said to rival even Tirion itself. Its walls stood high and white above the plain, and its most prominent feature was the great [[Tower of the King]], where, among the fountains, Turgon himself made [[Glingal]] and [[Belthil]], trees of gold and silver made in memory of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]].

=== The Coming of Maeglin ===
There followed two centuries of happy peace: Morgoth was besieged in the far north of the world, and the people of Gondolin lived undisturbed by the events outside their fair city. At last, though, a seed of discontent appeared: King Turgon's sister [[Aredhel]] determined to leave the city, much against Turgon's wishes, and journey into [[Middle-earth]]. Soon after her departure, her guards returned, and reported that they had lost her in the dark and sorcerous region to the south east of the city, known as [[Nan Dungortheb]].

More than twenty years then passed, and then suddenly Aredhel returned. With her was one who she claimed to be Maeglin, her son by [[Eöl]] the [[Dark Elf]] of [[Nan Elmoth]]. This Maeglin accepted Turgon as lord, but his father Eöl had followed his wife and son to Gondolin and been captured at the entranceway. He was brought before Turgon. Eöl refused to submit to Turgon's authority, and instead chose death for himself and his unwilling son. He threw a poisoned dart to slay Maeglin, but instead struck Aredhel, who fell ill with the poison and died. The body of Eöl was broken on the [[Caragdûr]] for this.

Maeglin, though, had had no part in these evils, and Turgon accepted him, and he grew to be among the great in Gondolin, wise in council, cunning in smithcraft and mighty in battle.

=== Two Great Battles ===
For more than a hundred years after the deaths of Aredhel and Eöl, Gondolin again had peace. The time was coming, though, when Morgoth would break the [[Siege of Angband]], and the unstoppable doom of the [[Elves]] would fall upon them. One winter's night, the fires of Angband destroyed the league of the Noldor: the Dagor Bragollach. In this disaster, the people of Gondolin played no immediate part.

They were drawn into the events of those years, though, when two young brothers of the race of [[Men]], Húrin and [[Huor]], were cut off from their army and became lost amid the feet of the [[Crissaegrim]]. Thorondor brought them to Turgon. At the bidding of Ulmo, Turgon accepted them, and they remained in Gondolin for almost a year, when they returned to their homes. In this kindly act were the first seeds of Gondolin's destruction, more than fifty years later.

Turgon now devised a new policy for the salvation of the Elves: he began secretly to send his people out westward across the great sea, to seek the land of the [[Valar]] and ask their pardon and aid. None of his mariners succeeded, but this was a wise course, though Turgon never knew it: he was lost long before his grandson [[Eärendil]], aided by a [[Silmarils|Silmaril]], finally succeeded in this task.

As time passed since the destruction of the [[Dagor Bragollach]], the Elves of [[Beleriand]] began to arm for a counterstroke, and Turgon secretly began his own preparations. Fourteen years after the breaking of the [[Siege of Angband]], and some three hundred and fifty since the completion of Gondolin, Turgon rode for the first time to war. Unknown and unbidden by his kin, he rode to their aid with an army of ten thousand. This was to be the great battle that was to become known as the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].

===Gondolin's Decline===
[[File:John Howe - The Fall of Gondolin.jpg|thumb|[[John Howe]] - ''The Fall of Gondolin'']]

[[Morgoth]] poured much of his strength and resources into discovering the location of the Hidden City, and his spies infested lands about the [[Encircling Mountains]] and wherever he could penetrate. After [[Nargothrond]] fell, Gondolin was the last great stronghold of the [[Noldor]]. The unbidden coming of Maeglin precipitated the destruction of the great city.

The first great blow to the security of Gondolin came by accident. [[Húrin]], who was once held captive by Morgoth, was released to wander in the world, unconsciously furthering the Dark Lord's cause. He came to the edge of the Mountains, hoping that an Eagle would bear him to Gondolin. But Turgon, afraid for the lives of those in his city, and rightfully fearing what Morgoth might have done to Húrin, withheld rescue for too long. Húrin, seeing nothing, cried out in a loud voice "''Turgon, Turgon, remember the [[Fen of Serech]]! O Turgon, will you not hear in your hidden halls?''". Morgoth now knew the general area in which Gondolin lay, for his spies were watching this. Húrin turned away, broken and bitter.

[[Ulmo]], the "patron god" of the city, watched with sad eyes, foreseeing the doom of Gondolin. He called forth [[Tuor]], son of [[Huor]], to the [[Belegaer|Sea]], where he gave him a [[Ulmo's warning|message for Turgon]]. Tuor delivered this message faithfully, by the aid of Ulmo and an elf named [[Voronwë]], who guided him to the city. Ulmo's advice was that Turgon must abandon the city and seek the sea. For though hitherto the [[Valar]] had barred Turgon's messengers from reaching the Undying Lands, Ulmo foresaw that a direct descendant of the lords of the Noldor might be allowed to pass to the lands of the West. Turgon, because of his pride and the love of his city, decided to ignore this warning. Tuor, however, was welcomed in the city by all save Maeglin. Unwittingly, Turgon, who had always been so careful about strangers, further advanced the events that would lead to the fall of Gondolin by allowing Tuor to stay. For Tuor and [[Idril]], the King's daughter, fell in love.

It was an extremely rare thing for a man to wed an elf-woman, but Turgon, who loved Tuor as a son, permitted it when he found that his daughter was full willing. Maeglin hated Tuor for this, and plotted his revenge on Idril. . . and as the years passed, on their son, the beautiful [[Eärendil]].

===The Fall of Gondolin===
{{main|Fall of Gondolin}}
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Flight of the Doomed.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Flight of the Doomed'']]
While searching for ore and straying (against the commands of Turgon) too far from the city, Maeglin was captured by [[Orcs]]. At his begging and bribing they took him before Morgoth himself, who extracted the information about Gondolin at a price: the death of Tuor and Eärendil, the hand of Idril, and the lordship of Gondolin after its capture.

Maeglin returned to Gondolin and kept his capture by Morgoth a secret. Idril, however, who had noticed and rejected his advances, saw and feared the change that had come over him. Therefore she discussed with her husband the idea of making an [[Idril's secret way|escape tunnel]]. Tuor, confused but willing, complied. In secret, a tunnel that cut through the rock of the hill and out under Tumladen was constructed.

At last Morgoth finalized his plan, and he loosed his massive army upon the city. Again Tuor and others urged Turgon to flee the brunt of the assault, but, convinced of the invincibility of his city (and with Maeglin whispering in his ear), Turgon decided to stay and fight.

There was a great siege, during which Maeglin sought (from the inside) to take Idril and throw Eärendil from the walls. But Tuor arrived in time to save them both, and after a brief struggle hurled Maeglin down into the flames. But the city could not be saved, and thousands were killed. One by one the great lords of Gondolin fell, and Turgon, disillusioned and broken-hearted, ordered all to follow Tuor out through the tunnel when he saw that the destruction was inevitable. Only his guard stayed around him, and all who remained were killed as the white tower collapsed.

Gathering as many of the people as they could find, Tuor and Idril escaped down the tunnel. It was a hard road through the mountains; [[Glorfindel of Gondolin|Glorfindel]] was killed by a [[Balrogs|balrog]] that lay in ambush. But at last the Gondolindrim came to [[Nan-tathren]], and after resting there for some time they came down to the refuge at the [[Mouths of Sirion]], and mourned the loss of the White City.

== Description ==
[[File:Narfil Palùrfalas - Gondolin Plan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A map of Gondolin based on [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]]'s [[The Atlas of Middle-earth]]]]
Tolkien drew several pictures of Gondolin himself, but his largest description of Gondolin is found in the [[Fall of Gondolin]].

{{quote|...Then they looked up and could see, and lo! they were at the foot of steep hills, and these hills made a great circle wherein lay a wide plain, and set therein, not rightly at the midmost but rather nearer to that place where they stood, was a great hill with a level top, and upon that summit rose a city in the new light of the morning...|The Fall of Gondolin ([[Houghton Mifflin]] version page 158)}}

{{quote|...But Tuor looked upon the walls of stone, and the uplifted towers, upon the glistering pinnacles of the town, and he looked upon the stairs of stone and marble, bordered by slender balustrades and cooled by the leap of fountains of [[Amon Gwareth]]...|The Fall of Gondolin ([[Houghton Mifflin]] version page 159)}}

{{quote|...Then did the throng return within the gates and the wanderers with them, and Tuor saw they were of iron and of great height and strength. Now the streets of Gondolin were paved with stone and wide, kerbed with marble, and fair houses and courts amid gardens of bright flowers were set about the ways, and many towers of great slenderness and beauty builded of white marble and carved most marvellously rose to the heaven. Squares there were lit with fountains and the home of birds that sang amid the branches of their aged trees, but of all these the greatest was that place where stood the king's palace, and the tower thereof was the loftiest in the city, and the fountains that played before the doors shot twenty fathoms and seven in the air and fell in a singing rain of crystal: therein did the sun glitter splendidly by day, and the moon most magically shimmered by night. The birds that dwelt there were of the whiteness of snow and their voices sweeter than a lullaby of music. On either side of the doors of the palace were two trees, one that bore blossom of gold and the other of silver, nor did they ever fade, for they were shoots of old from the glorious Trees of Valinor that lit those places before Melko and [[Ungoliant|Gloomweaver]] withered them: and those trees the Gondolindrim named [[Glingol]] and [[Belthil|Bansil]]...|Fall of Gondolin (Houghton Mifflin version page 160)}}

See also quotes at ''[[Tumladen]]''.

== Major inhabitants in Gondolin ==
:''See also [[:Category:Gondolindrim]]''
[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Glorfindel and Ecthelion.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Jenny Dolfen]] - ''Glorfindel and Ecthelion'']]
* '''[[Turgon]]''', King of Gondolin and head of the [[House of the King]]
* '''[[Idril|Idril Celebrindal]]''', daughter of Turgon and wife of Tuor
* '''[[Aredhel]]''', sister of Turgon, wife of [[Eöl]], and mother of Maeglin
*[[Twelve Houses of the Gondolindrim]]
** '''[[Maeglin]]''', son of Aredhel and Eöl, betrayer of Gondolin, chief of the [[House of the Mole]]
** '''[[Tuor]]''', messenger of [[Ulmo]] and husband of Idril, father of [[Eärendil]]
** '''[[Glorfindel of Gondolin|Glorfindel]]''', chief of the [[House of the Golden Flower]]
** '''[[Galdor of the Tree|Galdor]]''', chief of the [[House of the Tree]]
** '''[[Penlod]]''', marshal of the [[House of the Pillar]] and the [[House of the Tower of Snow]]
** '''[[Duilin of Gondolin|Duilin]]''', master archer and chief of the [[House of the Swallow]]
** '''[[Egalmoth]]''', chief of the [[House of the Heavenly Arch]]
** '''[[Salgant]]''', chief of the [[House of the Harp]]
** '''[[Ecthelion]]''', chief of the [[House of the Fountain]]
** '''[[Rog]]''', chief of the [[House of the Hammer of Wrath]]
* '''[[Elemmakil]]''', Captain of the Guard of the secret path to Gondolin

==Etymology==
Gondolin means "hidden rock" in [[Sindarin]] from ''[[gond]]'' "rock" and ''[[dolen]]'' "hidden".

Gondolind is perhaps a [[Mithrimin]] name<ref>{{PE|17}} p.133</ref> and means 'stone of music'. In proper [[Sindarin]] it was named ''[[Gonnólen]]'' which means "hidden rock". In [[Quenya]] it was named ''[[Ondolinde]]''.

In [[Eriol]]'s [[Old English]] translations, Gondolin is referred as ''Stangaldor(burg)'' "stone-enchantment-(city)", ''Folgenburg'' "hidden city" ''Galdorfaesten'' "enchantment-fortress".<ref>{{SM|QA1}}</ref>

==Other versions of the Legendarium==

In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales (disambiguation)|The Book of Lost Tales]]'', Gondolin was known as the ''City of Seven Names''. Its other six names were (in [[Gnomish]]):
* '''Gondobar''' (Stone House), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ondomard-'' or ''Ondosta''
* '''Gondothlimbar''' (House of the Stone Folk), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ondostamard-''
* '''Gwarestrin''' (Tower of Guard), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Tiri(o)stirion'' or ''Vara-, Vorastirin''
* '''Gar Thurion''' (Secret Place), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Ardalomba'' or ''Ardaurin''
* '''Loth''' (Flower), translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Losse'' (Rose)
* '''Lothengriol'''<ref group=note>Earlier forms of the name ''Lothengriol'' were ''Losengriol'' and ''Lósengriol''. Cf. {{HM|LT1}}, p. 172 and {{HM|LT2}}, p. 202.</ref> (Flower of the Vale or Lily of the Valley),<ref>{{LT2|III}}, p. 158</ref> translated into [[Qenya]] as ''Endillos''<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 102</ref>

== See Also ==
* [[:Category:Images of Gondolin|Images of Gondolin]]
* [[Fall of Gondolin]]

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Nimrodel

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}}'''Nimrodel''' was an [[Elves|Elf]]-maid of [[Lothlórien]], beloved of [[Amroth]]. She travelled into the southern lands of [[Middle-earth]] and became lost in the [[White Mountains]] about {{TA|1981}}.

==History==
Nimrodel had lived in Lothlórien since well before the [[Sindar]] and [[Noldor]] came. She was unhappy with the newcomers, as she thought they would bring the turmoils of [[Middle-earth]] to the golden forest. She lived separately near [[Nimrodel (river)|the river that would later bear her name]], and spoke only her native tongue.

The only good thing she saw in Lórien was the Sinda [[Amroth]], the King of the wood. She loved him, and he her, but refused to marry him. After the [[Durin's Bane|Balrog]] awoke in nearby [[Moria|Khazad-dûm]] in {{TA|1980}}, Nimrodel grew even uneasier in Lórien. She fled, and made her way to the edge of [[Fangorn Forest]], but could not enter it.

Amroth found her, and promised her peace. Together they would travel to [[Edhellond]], the port city in [[Belfalas]], and thence set sail to the [[Undying Lands]]. They were accompanied by a small staff of [[Silvan Elves]], including [[Mithrellas]]. All went well until they reached the [[White Mountains]]. The group became separated, and Amroth reached Edhellond well before the others. He decided to wait for his love aboard their ship.

When a storm broke loose and swept the ship out of port, Amroth leaped overboard, hoping to swim back to shore. But he was quickly taken by [[Belegaer]]'s strong currents and drowned.

Nimrodel, in the meantime, had settled for a while at the river [[Gilrain]], which reminded her of her home. She sat by the starlit stream and fell in a long deep sleep. After she woke, she journeyed further, but found no ship in [[Edhellond]], and Amroth was long gone. Whatever she did after was lost to time.

==Etymology==
Nimrodel means "Lady of the White Grotto".<ref name="UT">{{UT|Index}}</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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==See also==
* [[Song of Nimrodel]]
* [[:Category:Images of Nimrodel|Images of Nimrodel]]
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