Timeline Event
Foundation of Lindon and the Grey Havens
Event Type: Political
Age: 2nd Age - Pre-Rings
Year: 0001
Description:
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Foundation of the Grey Havens, and of Lindon.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Second Age
In the Great Battle... Beleriand was broken and laid waste.... In... Ossiriand, the walls of Ered Luin were broken, and a great gap was made in them towards the south, and a gulf of the sea flowed in. Into that gulf the River Lhûn fell by a new course, and it was called therefore the Gulf of Lhûn. That country had of old been named Lindon by the Noldor, and this name it bore thereafter; and many of the Eldar still dwelt there, lingering, unwilling yet to forsake Beleriand where they had fought and laboured long. Gil-galad... was their king....
Upon the shores of the Gulf of Lhûn the Elves built their havens, and named them Mithlond; and there they held many ships, for the harbourage was good. From the Grey Havens the Eldar ever and anon set sail, fleeing from the darkness of the days of Earth; for by the mercy of the Valar the Firstborn could still follow the Straight Road and return, if they would, to their kindred in Eressëa and Valinor beyond the encircling seas.
The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
Then Eönwë as herald of the Elder King summoned the Elves of Beleriand to depart from Middle-earth....
In those days there was a great building of ships upon the shores of the Western Sea; and thence in many a fleet the Eldar set sail into the West, and came never back to the lands of weeping and of war....
Yet not all the Eldalië were willing to forsake the Hither Lands where they had long suffered and long dwelt; and some lingered many an age in Middle-earth. Among those were Círdan the Shipwright, and Celeborn of Doriath, with Galadriel his wife, who alone remained of those who led the Noldor to exile in Beleriand. In Middle-earth dwelt also Gil-galad the High King, and with him was Elrond Half-elven....
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 24, Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath
At the Grey Havens dwelt Círdan the Shipwright.... [Most] of the High Elves that still lingered in Middle-earth dwelt with Círdan or in the seaward lands of Lindon.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur
Contributors:
Anglachel - 16Mar03
Elena Tiriel 14Dec09
