Сильмариллион
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
SogreatwastheonslaughtofMorgoththatFingolfinandFingoncouldnotcometotheaidofthesonsofFinarfin;andthehostsofHithlumweredrivenbackwithgreatlosstothefortressesofEredWethrin,andthesetheyhardlydefendedagainsttheOrcs.BeforethewallsofEithelSirionfellHadortheGolden-haired,defendingtherearguardofhislordFingolfin,beingthensixtyandsixyearsofage,andwithhimfellGundorhisyoungerson,piercedwithmanyarrows;andtheyweremournedbytheElves.ThenGaldortheTalltookthelordshipofhisfather.AndbecauseofthestrengthandheightoftheShadowyMountains,whichwithstoodthetorrentoffire,andbythevalouroftheElvesandtheMenoftheNorth,whichneitherOrcnorBalrogcouldyetovercome,Hithlumremainedunconquered,athreatupontheflankofMorgoth’sattack;butFingolfinwassunderedfromhiskinsmenbyaseaoffoes.
ForthewarhadgoneillwiththesonsofFeanor,andwellnighalltheeastmarchesweretakenbyassaultThePassofAglonwasforced,thoughwithgreatcosttothehostsofMorgoth;andCelegormandCurufinbeingdefeatedfledsouthandwestbythemarchesofDoriath,andcomingatlasttoNargothrondsoughtharbourwithFinrodFelagund.ThusitcametopassthattheirpeopleswelledthestrengthofNargothrond;butitwouldhavebeenbetter,aswasafterseen,iftheyhadremainedintheeastamongtheirownkin.
