Gil-galad

Gil-galad
Tolkien's legendarium character
Aliases	Ereinion, Artanáro, Rodnor, Finellach, High King of the Noldor
Race	Elves
Book(s)	The Silmarillion (1977)

Ereinion Gil-galad (IPA: [eˈreɪnjon ˈɡilɡalad]) is a fictional Elf in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

Ereinion Gil-galad was the last High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth.

In early texts, Gil-galad was the son of Fingon the Valiant, son of Fingolfin, son of Finwë, first High King of the Noldor. It is through this descent that his High Kingship of the Noldor is explained, as all of them had previously held the title, and it also perhaps explains his original name Ereinion (which means "Scion of Kings").

Other sources and versions of the text however, indicate that Gil-galad was the son of Orodreth of the House of Finarfin, and his name became Finellach Gil-galad. This would make him grandson of Angrod, the brother of Finrod Felagund, Aegnor and Galadriel.

His name in Tolkien's invented languages of Quenya and Sindarin was Artanáro and Rodnor, respectively, but he was best known as Gil-galad ("Star of Radiance") and his epessë (honorary title) Ereinion, meaning "Scion of Kings".

"Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen.
His shining helm afar was seen.
The countless stars of heaven's field
Were mirrored in his silver shield.

But long ago he rode away,
And where he dwelleth none can say.
For into darkness fell his star;
In Mordor, where the shadows are."

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