Сильмариллион
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
HetookMinasTirithbyassault,foradarkcloudoffearfelluponthosethatdefendedit;andOrodrethwasdrivenout,andfledtoNargothrond.ThenSauronmadeitintoawatchtowerforMorgoth,astrongholdofevil,andamenace;andthefairisleofTolSirionbecameaccursed,anditwascalledTol-in-Gaurhoth,theIsleofWerewolves.NolivingcreaturecouldpassthroughthatvalethatSaurondidnotespyfromthetowerwherehesat.AndMorgothheldnowthewesternpass,andhisterrorfilledthefieldsandwoodsofBeleriand.BeyondHithlumhepursuedhisfoesrelentlessly,andhesearchedouttheirhiding-placesandtooktheirstrongholdsonebyone.TheOrcsgrowingeverbolderwanderedatwillfarandwide,comingdownSirioninthewestandColonintheeast,andtheyencompassedDoriath;andtheyharriedthelandssothatbeastandbirdfledbeforethem,andsilenceanddesolationspreadsteadilyfromtheNorth.ManyoftheNoldorandtheSindartheytookcaptiveandledtoAngband,andmadethemthralls,forcingthemtousetheirskillandtheirknowledgeintheserviceofMorgoth.AndMorgothsentouthisspies,andtheywerecladinfalseformsanddeceitwasintheirspeech;theymadelyingpromisesofreward,andwithconningwordssoughttoarousefearandjealousyamongthepeoples,accusingtheirkingsandchieftainsofgreed,andoftreacheryonetoanother.
