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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional legendarium, Beleriand (Sindarin pronunciation: [bɛˈlɛ.ri.and]) was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age.Events in Beleriand are described chiefly in his work The Silmarillion, which tells the story of the early ages of Middle-earth in a style similar to the epic hero tales of Nordic literature, with a pervasive sense of doom over the ...
The King of Doriath, King of the Sindar Elves, High-king [T 1] and Lord of Beleriand, he is a major character in the First Age of Middle-earth [1] and an essential part of the ancestral backgrounding of the romance between Aragorn and Arwen in The Lord of the Rings. Alone among the Elves, he married an angelic Maia, Melian.
In J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, Gondolin is a secret city of Elves in the First Age of Middle-earth, and the greatest of their cities in Beleriand. The story of the Fall of Gondolin tells of the arrival there of Tuor, a prince of Men ; of the betrayal of the city to the dark Lord Morgoth by the king's nephew, Maeglin; and of its subsequent ...
Ilúvatar ends the music, chastises Melkor and leaves the Ainur to their thoughts. The deity takes the Ainur to see how music, at the end of the Void, created Arda. When the third theme results in the arrival of the Children of Ilúvatar, the Elves and the Men , many Ainur want to go into the world to visit them.
Those of the Nandor who later entered Beleriand were called the Laiquendi (Green Elves or Green People, so named because their attire was often green.) [7] "Laiquendi" was the term in Quenya, while the Sindarin version was "Laegrim". They settled in Ossiriand, an eastern region of Beleriand, and were famous for their singing.
[T 2] [1] Taking the form of an elf and thus subjecting herself to the limits of physical embodiment, [2] Melian spends many years in solitude with Elwe, who is thought lost to his people in Nan Elmoth until the couple re-emerge into Middle-earth society. [1] Sketch map of Beleriand in the First Age.
Fëanor's people of the Noldor, return to Beleriand (top) in stolen Falmari ships, leaving an angry Fingolfin to return over the Grinding Ice. Locations are diagrammatic. The Silmarillion tells the history of the Noldor. The Elves are placed, asleep, in Cuiviénen on Middle-earth by the creator, Ilúvatar. According to Elven-lore, the Noldor as ...
[T 3] They are sent by the Valar to assist the people of Middle-earth to contest Sauron. [ T 3 ] The first three of these five wizards are known in the Mannish tongues of the Lord of the Rings series as Saruman "man of skill" ( Rohirric ), Gandalf "elf of the staff" (northern Men), and Radagast "tender of beasts" (possibly Westron ).