Eöl;

Eöl; The Dark Sindar Elf was born before the beginning of the First Age and killed in 1st age 400. He was originally a member of the royal house of Doriath, and kin to Thingol himself, but Eöl was unhappy in his native land. When the Girdle of Melian was placed around the forests of Doriath, Eöl went to dwell in the dark forest of Nan Elmoth, east of his homeland(What a badass). Eöl was a skillful craftsman and master sword smith. Among his greatest works were two swords made from the iron of a meteorite, Anglachel and Anguirel. Later One day in the early fourth century of the First Age...Eöl came upon a gleaming white figure in his woods. This was Aredhel, the sister of Turgon, who had travelled out of Gondolin and become lost. Eöl used his enchantments to draw her deeper into the wood and ensnare her. She became his wife, and bore him a son, Maeglin. One midsummer Eöl travelled into the Blue Mountains to feast with the Dwarves of Nogrod, and returned home to find that his wife and son had left two days earlier. So he grabbed a horse and gave chase, and eventually discovered them at the ford called the Brithiach. Realizing that Aredhel was returning to Gondolin with his son, Eöl followed them. He found his way to the Dry River, and that secret way led him to the gates of Gondolin itself. There he was captured and taken. At first King Turgon welcomed Eöl as a kinsman, but under the King's law one who had found the way to the Hidden City was not permitted to leave, on pain of death. Enraged at the loss of his freedom, Eöl chose death, for himself and his son, and cast a poisoned javelin at Maeglin. Aredhel took the dart instead, and soon passed away. In this way Eöl achieved the end he had sought; in punishment for his crime, the Gondolindrim cast him over the dark cliffs of the Caragdûr. Eöl has always stood out to me as one of the most intestering charcters Tolkien wrote about simply for the fact that his ending is so tragic and he stood his ground. Go Figure. #tolkien #Eöl #jrrtolkien #darkelf #sindar #nogrod #nanelmoth #lotr #letstalkarda