Thingol
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| Dates: | Awoke among the first Elves, slain I 502 | ||||||||||||||
| Race: | Elves | ||||||||||||||
| Division: | Sindar | ||||||||||||||
| Titles: | Greycloak | ||||||||||||||
| Meaning: | 'Thingol' comes from sindacollo, 'grey cloak'. | ||||||||||||||
| Pronunciation: | e'lloo thi'ngoll ('th' as in English 'thin') |
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Greatest of the lords of the Sindar
In his early life, millennia before the beginning of the First Age, Thingol journeyed to Valinor as one of the ambassadors of the Elves, and was returned to the Eldar. From the travellers' reports of the Blessed Realm, many of the Elves agreed to march westward across Middle-earth, seeking the land of the Valar, and the third and greatest host of the Elves were led by Thingol and his brother.
As they neared the western coasts of Middle-earth, Thingol came upon Melian in a starlit wood. Long years passed, and at length he remained with Melian in Beleriand, though many of his people passed West over the Great Sea. With Melian, Thingol founded the woodland realm of Doriath in the central regions of Beleriand, and there ruled the Sindar for many years. Thingol's doom came upon him when Beren brought him a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown as the bride-price of his daughter Lúthien. He summoned Dwarves from the Blue Mountains to set the jewel in an ancient and beautiful necklace, but the Dwarves became so enamoured of their work that they slew Thingol in his own treasury.
