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Morgoth Bauglir ([ˈmɔrɡɔθ ˈbau̯ɡlir]; originally Melkor) is a character, one of the godlike Valar and the primary antagonist of Tolkien's legendarium, the mythic epic published in parts as The Silmarillion, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Fall of Gondolin.
Kings of the Noldor in Valinor High Kings of the Noldor in exile in Middle-earth The Sons of Fëanor are (in the order of their birth) Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin, Caranthir, Amras, and Amrod. [T 19] [T 20] The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey comments that the family tree of the House of Finwë is "essential", as Tolkien allocates character by ancestry ; thus, Fëanor is pure Noldor, and ...
Fëanor is furious at Melkor, whom he names Morgoth, "Dark Enemy of the World", and at the Valar's desire to take the gems for their own purposes.Together with his seven sons he swears the Oath of Fëanor, which binds them to fight anyone who withholds the Silmarils from them.
Kings of the Noldor in Valinor High Kings of the Noldor in exile in Middle-earth Analysis The Tolkien scholar Megan Fontenot, on Tor.com, writes that mental images of Fingolfin are "unforgettable": his ride across Dor-nu-Fauglith to the gates of Morgoth's fortress of Angband, or the image of him "pounding upon the great gates of the dark fortress, blowing great blasts upon a silver horn ...
A mighty host of Maiar, Vanyar and the remaining Noldor in Valinor destroy Morgoth's gigantic army and his stronghold Angband, and cast Morgoth into the void. [T 16] During the Second Age, the Valar create the island of Númenor as a reward to the Edain, Men who had fought alongside the Noldor. Centuries later the kingdom of Númenor grows so ...
Morgoth's Ring presents source materials and editorial commentary on the following: Later (1951) revisions of The Silmarillion, showing Tolkien's drastic revisiting and rewriting of his legends. "The Annals of Aman" — the history of the world from the entry of the Valar into Arda until the Hiding of Valinor after the revolt and exile of the ...
This category lists Elves of the Noldor from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. This includes all the members of the Noldor, the majority of whom followed Fëanor to recover the Silmarils in Middle-earth from Morgoth .
Grond (Sindarin: Club) is the mace of Morgoth used against Fingolfin in The Silmarillion [T 59] as well as a battering ram in The Lord of the Rings, [1] [T 60] used to assault the Great Gate of Minas Tirith. Grond the battering ram was in-universe named after Morgoth's mace: "Grond they named it, in memory of the Hammer of the Underworld of old ...