Eärendil thus became the first of all mortals to set foot in Valinor. Hearing of the tragedy that had befallen in Arvernien, Eärendil then sought after Valinor, and he and Elwing found their way there at last. Quenta Silmarillion, " Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath" And it is sung that she fell from the air upon the timbers of Vingilot, in a swoon, nigh unto death for the urgency of her speed, and Eärendil took her to his bosom but in the morning with marveling eyes he beheld his wife in her own form beside him with her hair upon his face, and she slept.
On a time of night Eärendil at the helm of his ship saw her come towards him, as a white cloud exceeding swift beneath the moon, as a star over the sea moving in strange courses, a pale flame on wings of storm. The Silmaril was not lost, however:įor Ulmo bore up Elwing out of the waves, and he gave her the likeness of a great white bird, and upon her breast there shone as a star the Silmaril, as she flew over the water to seek Eärendil her beloved. But Elwing, rather than be captured, threw herself and the Silmaril into the sea. News of this came to the remaining sons of Fëanor, and they attacked the people living in Arvernien, killing most of them. At this time Elwing had in her possession the Silmaril that Beren had wrested from Morgoth. With the aid of Círdan the Shipwright, Eärendil built a ship, Vingilótë (or Vingilot), and sailed around the seas west of Middle-earth in search of Tuor and Idril, leaving his wife behind in Arvernien. Eärendil later became the leader of the people who lived there, and married Elwing, daughter of Dior, the son of Beren and Lúthien. He lived afterwards in Arvernien by the Havens of Sirion. As they rested in Nan-tathren, the waters of Ulmo awoke the sea-longing in both father and son. He was borne out on the shoulders of Idril's house-carle Hendor. Eärendil was seven years old when Gondolin fell, and narrowly escaped death at the hands of his kinsman Maeglin during the battle. The son of Tuor and Idril, daughter of King Turgon, Eärendil was raised as a child in Gondolin. He was crucial in the War of Wrath and the patriarch of the line of the Kings of Númenor through his son Elros. Descended from all Three Houses of the Edain, he was the first known person to reach Aman in the First Age after the Noldor went into exile. In Nimbrethil to journey in." ― Song of Eärendil by Bilbo BagginsĮärendil the Mariner was one of the Half-elven, and an important figure in the legends of the Elder Days. The Mariner, The Blessed, Bright, Halfelvenĭescended from all three Houses of the Edain For a list of other meanings, see Eärendil (disambiguation). The name Eärendil refers to more than one character, item or concept.
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