Сильмариллион
Of the Noldor in Beleriand
Morgothslewhim,erehefledfromAman.’
ThenThingolwassilent,beingfilledwithgriefandforeboding;butatlengthhesaid:’NowatlastIunderstandthecomingoftheNoldoroutoftheWest,atwhichIwonderedmuchbefore.Nottoouraiddidtheycome(savebychance);forthosethatremaininMiddle-earththeValarwillleavetotheirowndevices,untiltheuttermostneed.ForvengeanceandredressoftheirlosstheNoldorcame.YetallthemoresureshalltheybeasalliesagainstMorgoth,withwhomitisnotnowtobethoughtthattheyshallevermaketreaty.’
ButMeliansaid:’Trulyforthesecausestheycame;butforothersalso.BewareofthesonsofFeanor!TheshadowofthewrathoftheValarliesuponthem;andtheyhavedoneevil,Iperceive,bothinAmanandtotheirownkin.AgriefbutlulledtosleepliesbetweentheprincesoftheNoldor.’
AndThingolanswered:’Whatisthattome?OfFeanorIhaveheardbutreport,whichmakeshimgreatindeed.
OfhissonsIhearlittletomypleasure;yettheyarelikelytoprovethedeadliestfoesofourfoe.’
Theirswordsandtheircounselsshallhavetwoedges,’IsaidMelian;andafterwardstheyspokenomoreofthismatter.
ItwasnotlongbeforewhisperedtalesbegantopassamongtheSindarconcerningthedeedsoftheNoldoreretheycametoBeleriand.
