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Ereinion Gil-galad is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Gil-galad was the last of the High Kings of the Ñoldor in Middle-earth. An Elf of the house of Finarfin, he was named High King of the Ñoldor in Beleriand after the fall of the city of Gondolin and the death of the last High King, Turgon. Gil-galad's father was Orodreth, son of Aegnor son of Finarfin, and his mother was a Sindarin Elf. His sister was Finduilas.¹
His father-name in Quenya was Artanáro, Sindarinized to Rodnor, but he was best known by his mother name Gil-galad ("Star of Radiance") and his epessëTolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the epess is one of the three categories of Elven names, equivalent to a nick-name or honorary title. Elves were typically given two names at or near birth: a father-name which often was based on the father's own name o (honourary title) Ereinion, meaning "Scion of Kings".
During the assault on NargothrondIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Nargothrond ("Halls of Narog") is the stronghold built by Finrod Felagund, delved into the banks of the river Narog in Beleriand, and the lands to the north (the Talath Dirnen or Guarded Plain ruled by the city. Inspired by M, Gil-galad, still a youth in the eyes of the Elves, stayed behind when the company of Nargothrond set out to fight GlaurungKnown as the Deceiver, Glaurung was a land-bound fire-breathing Dragon, in J. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. Glaurung was a very powerful and cunning dragon, and he used his abilities to achieve his desired ends without resorting to direct. He managed to escape the sack of the city although his sister was captured, and fled to the refuge at the Mouths of SirionMouths of Sirion is a fictional location in J. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe. It was the refuge of the remnants of Eldar and Edain of Beleriand after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and the Sack of Menegroth. The Mouths of Sirion were home to Sindar of Doriath a or possibly on the Isle of BalarTolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Isle of Balar was a refugee camp of the Eldar and Edain of Beleriand. The Isle of Balar was located in the great Bay of Balar to the south of Beleriand, and according to legend it was the northern tip of T. After the death of Turgon, the High Kingship of the Ñoldor passed to him as the last surviving male member of the House of Finarfin. (His great-aunt GaladrielIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Galadriel the Lady of the Woods was an Elf-queen of Middle-earth, ruler of the land of Lothlorien along with her husband Celeborn. She was originally named Artanis ("noble woman") and Nerwen ("man-maiden", referring of her he was still alive, but women could not inherit the title.)
After the War of WrathIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, the War of Wrath or the Great Battle was the final war against Morgoth at the end of the First Age. 500 years into the First Age, Morgoth had become mighty in Middle-earth, not least because of the strife among the Noldor. and the end of the First AgeIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, the First Age began with the rise of the Sun and the arrival of the Noldor in the land Beleriand in Middle-earth, and ended with the overthrow of Morgoth. The First Age was also known as the Elder Days . It lasted just over 5, Gil-galad founded a realm in the coastal region of Lindon along the shores of Belegaer, the Great Sea. During most of the Second Age, Gil-galad enjoyed the friendship of the Númenóreans. A great Númenórean force helped him to repulse an onslaught by Sauron after the forging of the One Ring.
After the Downfall of Númenor and the establishment by the Elendili of the Dúnedain kingdoms in exile, Gil-galad formed the Last Alliance with Elendil, High King of the Dúnedain, against the evil Sauron. The armies of Elves and Men, victorious after the Battle of Dagorlad, laid siege to Sauron in Mordor. During the siege, however, both Gil-galad and Elendil were slain.
The story of Gil-galad lived on through the Third Age, particularly as told in The Lord of the Rings. He is also mentioned in song in The Hobbit, making him one of the few characters to be referenced in all of Tolkien's published Middle-earth books.²
His spear was named Aiglos or Aeglos, meaning "snow-point" or "snow-thorn" (aeg: sharp, pointed; los: snow).
| Preceded by: Turgon | High Kings of the Ñoldor | Followed by: None (Last High King in Middle-earth) |
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