Сильмариллион
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
ButwhenthesixthgenerationofMenafterBeorandMarachwerenotyetcometofullmanhood,itbeingthenfourhundredyearsandfiveandfiftysincethecomingofFingolfin,theevilbefellthathehadlongdreaded,andyetmoredireandsuddenthanhisdarkestfear.ForMorgothhadlongpreparedhisforceinsecret,whileeverthemaliceofhisheartgrewgreater,andhishatredoftheNoldormorebitter;andhedesirednotonlytoendhisfoesbuttodestroyalsoanddefilethelandsthattheyhadtakenandmadefair.Anditissaidthathishateovercamehiscounsel,sothatifhehadbutenduredtowaitlonger,untilhisdesignswerefull,thentheNoldorwouldhaveperishedutterly.ButonhispartheesteemedtoolightlythevalouroftheElves,andofMenhetookyetnoaccount.
Therecameatimeofwinter,whennightwasdarkandwithoutmoon;andthewideplainofArd-galenstretcheddimbeneaththecoldstars,fromthehill-fortsoftheNoldortothefeetofThangorodrim.Thewatch-firesburnedlow,andtheguardswerefew;ontheplainfewwerewakinginthecampsofthehorsemenofHithlum.ThensuddenlyMorgothsentforthgreatriversofflamethatrandownswifterthanBalrogsfromThangorodrim,andpouredoveralltheplain;andtheMountainsofIronbelchedforthfiresofmanypoisonoushues,andthefumeofthemstankupontheair,andwasdeadly.ThusArd-galenperished,andfiredevoureditsgrasses;anditbecameaburnedanddesolatewaste,fullofachokingdust,barrenandlifeless.
