Сильмариллион
Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth
HemarchedonthereforeuntilthefrontofhisbattlewasdrawnupbeforethestreamofSirion,fromthewallsofthefortressofEithelSiriontotheinflowingofRivilattheFenofSerech;andtheoutpostsofFingoncouldseetheeyesoftheirenemies.Buttherewasnoanswertohischallenge,andthetauntsoftheOrcsfalteredastheylookeduponthesilentwallsandthehiddenthreatofthehills.ThentheCaptainofMorgothsentoutriderswithtokensofparley,andtheyrodeupbeforetheoutworksoftheBaradEithel.WiththemtheybroughtGelmirsonofGuilin,thatlordofNargothrondwhomtheyhadcapturedintheBragollach;andtheyhadblindedhim.ThentheheraldsofAngbandshowedhimforth,crying:’Wehavemanymoresuchathome,butyoumustmakehasteifyouwouldfindthem;forweshalldealwiththemallwhenwereturnevenso.’AndtheyhewedoffGelmir’shandsandfeet,andhisheadlast,withinsightoftheElves,andlefthim.
Byillchance,atthatplaceintheoutworksstoodGwindorofNargothrond,thebrotherofGelmir.Nowhiswrathwaskindledtomadness,andheleaptforthonhorseback,andmanyriderswithhim;andtheypursuedtheheraldsandslewthem,anddroveondeepintothemainhost.AndseeingthisallthehostoftheNoldorwassetonfire,andFingonputonhiswhitehelmandsoundedhistrumpets,andallthehostofHithlumleaptforthfromthehillsinsuddenonslaught.
