Hi! Great blog! Just wondering: who was captive of Morgoth for the longest time? Maedhros, Hurin, Gwindor, or someone else? Thanks :)

As far as we know, Maedhros wins this competition, as he was held captive for about 30 years (“about” because some of that time was during the Years of the Trees, and the last year before the solar years begin is a little bit of a mystery, length wise.) For future reference, Hurin was held…

Timeline of Gondolin

Hope you don’t mind, but I expanded this a bit to make it a more general timeline of events in/concerning Gondolin. All dates take place in the First Age. 50: Ulmo sends his vision to Turgon and Finrod, encouraging them to build hidden kingdoms. 53: Turgon discovers the valley of Tumladen, the future site of…

Escaped Thralls

Ah, yes. This was one of the saddest outcomes of the Curse of the Noldor, I think, that escaped captives of Morgoth weren’t welcomed as they should have been. It says in The Silmarillion that: Ever the Noldor feared most the treachery of those of their own kin, who had been thralls in Angband; for…