Сильмариллион
Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin
TidingswerebroughtbyThorondorLordofEaglesofthefallofNargothrond,andafteroftheslayingofThingolandofDiorhisheir,andoftheruinofDoriath;butTurgonshuthiseartowordofthewoeswithout,andvowedtomarchneveratthesideofanysonofFeanor;andhispeopleheforbadeevertopasstheleaguerofthehills.
AndTuorremainedinGondolin,foritsblissanditsbeautyandthewisdomofitspeopleheldmmenthralled;andhebecamemightyinstatureandinmind,andlearneddeeplyoftheloreoftheexiledElves.ThentheheartofIdrilwasturnedtohim,andhistoher;andMaeglin’ssecrethatredgrewevergreater,forhedesiredaboveallthingstopossessher,theonlyheiroftheKingofGondolin.ButsohighdidTuorstandinthefavouroftheKingthatwhenhehaddweltthereforsevenyearsTurgondidnotrefusehimeventhehandofhisdaughter;forthoughhewouldnotheedthebiddingofUlmo,heperceivedthatthefateoftheNoldorwaswoundwiththeonewhomUlmohadsent;andhedidnotforgetthewordsthatHuorspoketohimbeforethehostofGondolindepartedfromtheBattleofUnnumberedTears.
Thentherewasmadeagreatandjoyfulfeast,forTuorhadwontheheartsofallthatpeople,saveonlyofMaeglinandhissecretfollowing;andthustherecametopassthesecondunionofElvesandMen.
InthespringoftheyearafterwasborninGondolinEarendilHalfelven,thesonofTuorandIdrilCelebrindal;andthatwasfivehundredyearsandthreesincethecomingoftheNoldortoMiddle-earth.
