Of the Return of the Noldor

           IthasbeentoldthatFeanorandhissonscamefirstoftheExilestoMiddle-earth,andlandedinthewasteofLammoth,theGreatEcho,upontheoutershoresoftheFirthofDrengistAndevenastheNoldorsetfootuponthestrandtheircriesweretakenupintothehillsandmultiplied,sothataclamourasofcountlessmightyvoicesfilledallthecoastsoftheNorth;andthenoiseoftheburningoftheshipsatLosgarwentdownthewindsoftheseaasatumultofgreatwrath,andfarawayallwhoheardthatsoundwerefilledwithwonder.

           NowtheflamesofthatburningwereseennotonlybyFingolfin,whomFeanorhaddesertedinAraman,butalsobytheOrcsandthewatchersofMorgoth.NotalehastoldwhatMorgoththoughtinhisheartatthetidingsthatFeanor,hisbitterestfoe,hadbroughtahostoutoftheWest.Itmaybethathefearedhimlittle,forhehadasyetnoproofoftheswordsoftheNoldor;andsoonitwasseenthathepurposedtodrivethembackintothesea.

           UnderthecoldstarsbeforetherisingoftheMoonthehostofFeanorwentupthelongFirthofDrengistthatpiercedtheEchoingHillsofEredLomin,andpassedthusfromtheshoresintothegreatlandofHithlum;andtheycameatlengthtothelonglakeofMithrim,anduponitsnorthernshoremadetheirencampmentintheregionthatborethesamename.