Of the Sindar

           NowashasbeentoldthepowerofElweandMelianincreasedinMiddle-earth,andalltheElvesofBeleriand,fromthemarinersofCirdantothewanderinghuntersoftheBlueMountainsbeyondtheRiverGelion,ownedElweastheirlord;EluThingolhewascalled,KingGreymantle,inthetongueofhispeople.TheyarecalledtheSindar,theGrey-elvesofstarlitBeleriand;andalthoughtheywereMoriquendi,underthelordshipofThingolandtheteachingofMeliantheybecamethefairestandthemostwiseandskilfulofalltheElvesofMiddle-earth.AndattheendofthefirstageoftheChainingofMelkor,whenalltheEarthhadpeaceandthegloryofValinorwasatitsnoon,therecameintotheworldLuthien,theonlychildofThingolandMelian.ThoughMiddle-earthlayforthemostpartintheSleepofYavanna,inBeleriandunderthepowerofMeliantherewaslifeandjoy,andthebrightstarsshoneassilverfires;andthereintheforestofNeldorethLuthienwasborn,andthewhiteflowersofniphredilcameforthtogreetherasstarsfromtheearth.

           ItcametopassduringthesecondageofthecaptivityofMelkorthatDwarvescameovertheBlueMountainsofEredLuinintoBeleriand.ThemselvestheynamedKhazad,buttheSindarcalledthemNaugrim,theStuntedPeople,andGonnhirrim,MastersofStone.FartotheeastwerethemostancientdwellingsoftheNaugrim,buttheyhaddelvedforthemselvesgreathallsandmansions,afterthemanneroftheirkind,intheeasternsideofEredLuin;andthosecitieswerenamedintheirowntongueGabilgatholandTumunzahar.TothenorthofthegreatheightofMountDolmedwasGabilgathol,whichtheElvesinterpretedintheirtongueBelegost,thatisMickleburg;andsouthwardwasdelvedTumunzahar,bytheElvesnamedNogrod,theHollowbold.