Thingol


Elu Thingol is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He appears in The Silmarillion, The Lays of Beleriand and Children of Húrin as well as in numerous stories in the many volumes of The History of Middle-earth. He is notably a major character in many of the stories about the First Age of Tolkien's Middle-earth and he is an essential part of the ancestral backgrounding of the romance between Aragorn and Arwen in The Lord of the Rings.
Thingol is introduced as the King of Doriath, King of the Sindar, High-king and Lord of Beleriand. He is said to be "the tallest of all the Children of Ilúvatar" and the "mightiest of the Eldar save Fëanor only".

Fictional role

In The Silmarillion he is one of the three chieftains of the Elves who depart from Cuiviénen with Oromë as ambassadors of Valinor and later become Kings. Upon his return, he persuades many of his kindred, the Nelyar, to follow him back to Valinor. This host becomes known as the Teleri. He later encounters Melian the Maia and fell in love with her. He had a daughter, Luthien, who married Beren. He fought numerous wars with Morgoth and Feanor, before being killed in a war with the Dwarves. Thingol was the one who set numerous quests deemed impossible for Beren in order to prevent him from marrying Luthien.

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