Timeline Event
Fall of Nargothrond
Event Type: Military/Strategic
Age: 1st Age
Date: November 1, 0495
Description:
'Then the warriors of Nargothrond went forth, and tall and terrible on that day looked Túrin, and the heart of the host was upheld, as he rode on the right hand of Orodreth. But greater far was the host of Morgoth than any scouts had told, and none but Túrin defended by his dwarf-mask could withstand the approach of Glaurung; and the Elves were driven back and pressed by the Orcs into the field of Tumhalad, between Ginglith and Narog, and there they were penned. On that day all the pride and host of Nargothrond withered away…
'In that day the bridge over Narog proved an evil; for it was great and mightily made and could not swiftly be destroyed, and the enemy came readily over the deep river, and Glaurung came in full fire against the Doors of Felagund, and overthrew them, and passed within.
'And even as Túrin came up the dreadful sack of Nargothrond was well nigh achieved. The Orcs had slain or driven off all that remained in arms, and were even then ransacking the great halls and chambers, plundering and destroying; but those of the women and maidens that were not burned or slain they had herded on the terraces before the doors, as slaves to be taken into Morgoth's thraldom.'
The Silmarillion, Chapter 21, Of Túrin Turambar
Although the exact date is not known, The Grey Annals in War of the Jewels records it as ' Late in the year,' and mentions that 'the autumn was passing to a dire winter.' For this reason the date is set at November to keep events in chronological order.
Contributors:
Lyllyn 8.31.03
