Character Bios
Turgon - 1st Age
Meaning: master-commander
Other Names:
Turukáno (Quenya)
The Wise
Location(s): Valinor, Nevrast, Gondolin
Race/Species: Elf
Type/Kind: Noldor
Title(s):
King of Gondolin
High King of the Noldor
Dates: Age of the Trees 1300 - I, 510
Parents:
father: Fingolfin
mother: Anaire
Siblings:
Fingon
Aredhel
[Argon]
Spouse: Elenwë
Children: Idril Celebrindal
Description:
According to UT, Part One: The First Age, 'Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin" (note 31), Turgon was "tallest of all the Children of the World, save Thingol" . Nothing else is known about his appearance. In The Silmarillion, QS, Ch. 9 - 'Of the Flight of the Noldor', Turgon and his elder brother Fingon are described as 'bold and fiery of heart, and loath to abandon any task to which they had put their hands until the bitter end.'
Turgon's sword was Glamdring, later wielded by Gandalf.
Contributors:
Finch - 12.28.02, 12.30.02