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“A pale flame on wings of storm”, she flew to Eärendil’s ship, and there regained her own shape. She was borne up out of the waves by Ulmo, the Power governing the Seas, who clothed her in the form of a great white sea-bird and the Silmaril shone upon her breast. Rather than be taken, though, Elwing grasping the Silmaril flung herself into the sea. While he was away, the haven of Arvernien was attacked by the sons of Fëanor, for word had reached them that Elwing held in her possession a Silmaril, one of the three Great Jewels wrought by their father. With the aid of Cirdan the Shipwright, Eärendil built a mighty vessel, Vingilótë the Foam-flower, and he set sail on a voyage of many years, seeking in vain the shores of Valinor where he hoped to beg, on behalf of Elves and Men, the aid of the Powers of the West against Morgoth in Middle-earth. Therefore, the lineage of the of the twin sons of Eärendil and Elwing was lofty indeed, and they were named Elrond and Elros. There, Eärendil grew to manhood and wed Elwing, also of the Half-elven, for she was the daughter of Nimloth and of Dior, son of Beren and of Lúthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian the Maia who came from the West That is Forgotten. He was carried from the wrack of the city by his mother’s servant and brought to safety in Arvernien at the Mouths of Sirion. Eärendil was born in Gondolin and was but a child of seven years when the city fell to the flames of the dragons of Morgoth the Enemy.

“The Song of Eärendil”, The Lord of the Rings 2:IĮärendil the Mariner was of the Half-elven, descended from all three Houses of the Edain, the Fathers of Men, through his father, Tuor, called Eladar that is Starfather and from the House of Fingolfin through his mother, Idril, called Celebrindal that is Silverfoot, daughter of Turgon the Elvenking of Gondolin. But the Hobbits belong to the younger days, not the Elder, and thus the deeds of their most legendary figures are less awe-inspiring in nature, yet no less important to the halflings for Marcho and Blanco were the founders of their beloved Shire. When the names of Eärendil the Mariner, great among both Elves and Men, and Durin the Deathless, Father of the Longbeard Dwarves, are invoked by the minstrels, the listener is filled with wonder, for their deeds are are mighty indeed. In the Elder Days, the deeds of heroes were of a mythological stature and beyond the power of those in younger days to achieve.
AIYA EARENDIL FREE
The Free Peoples of Men, Elves, Dwarves, and Hobbits keep many tales and songs and legends of the glorious deeds of their longfathers.
