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Hey everyone, Yoisten here

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and I hope you all are doing well

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wherever you are in Middle Earth.

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Here is the important information from

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the First Age in under five minutes.

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To keep this short, my intro and outro

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will be very quick.

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Links are in the description, and cards

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for more complete telling of the history.

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Thanks for joining me,

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let's begin our tale.

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At the beginning of the First Age, after

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the arrival of the sun and moon,

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the elves of Fingolfin came to Beleriand

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in north-western Middle Earth and

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won a battle against Morgoth's forces,

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while across the world Men awoke for

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the first time.

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Fingolfin's host met that of Fëanor,

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who's new leader, Maedhros,

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had been captured.

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Fingon son of Fingolfin, with the help of

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Thorondor king of the eagles, would

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save Maedhros from Thangorodrim

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(the volcanic mountains outside of

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Morgoth's fortress of Angband).

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To broker peace amongst the Noldor,

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Maedhros surrendered the crown to his

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half-uncle Fingolfin.

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The respective lords of the elves would

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remove across Beleriand, beginning work on

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and establishing their realms to come.

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The sons of Fëanor settled in the east,

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Fingon and Fingolfin stayed in the north

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(at Hithlum),

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Finrod went on to establish Nargothrond,

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and Turgon made Gondolin,

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as the Noldor went to live alongside the

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Sindar elves of Thingol and

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Cirdan the shipwright.

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After the Noldor were established in

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Middle Earth, they besieged Angband

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in a glorious battle; holding Morgoth's

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keep under siege for centuries to come.

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Yet, the Doom of the Noldor began to take

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hold in these years, as Thingol found out

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about the Kinslaying, drawing more

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division between the Wood Elves and

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the High Elves of the West.

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Morgoth would create the dragons,

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beginning with Glaurung the father of

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dragons, then Men would come west, meeting

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Finrod and then the other elves.

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Their three houses of the Edain,

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the houses of Hador, Beor and Haleth,

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would come to live in different places in

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Beleriand, working alongside the different

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factions of elves as well.

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Finally, the time came when Morgoth's

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forces were ready to reemerge, and so

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came the Battle of the Sudden Flame.

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Dragons, Balrogs, orcs, trolls, and other

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vile creatures came with the eruption of

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Thangorodrim, driving many elves and men

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back, and killing many of them as well.

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High King Fingolfin went to Angband and

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challenged Morgoth himself, wounding

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him, but the king died in the end, and

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his son Fingon inherited the

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High Kingship after him.

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During this battle, the man Barahir and

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his company saved Finrod.

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Finrod swore him and his line an oath

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to aid them.

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He would be called upon by Barahir's son

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Beren after the man fell in love with the

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maiden Lúthien in Doriath, setting forth

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on a quest to reclaim a Silmaril from

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the crown of Morgoth for the Wood Elven

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King Thingol.

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Although it cost Finrod his life, and many

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conflicts would ensue between Beren,

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Lúthien, and the forces of Morgoth-

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including Sauron- as well as some of the

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sons of Fëanor, the Silmaril was reclaimed

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and given to Thingol, and the first union

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of Man and Elf commenced.

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In the aftermath of this, the elves and

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men of the world united to push back

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against Morgoth; but this became the

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Battle of Unnumbered Tears instead,

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where many, including High King Fingon,

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perished, making his brother Turgon of

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Gondolin the new High King of the Noldor.

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In the wake of this battle, the child

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Túrin came to live at Doriath and was

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brought up by Thingol.

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He and his family were cursed, and his

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story caused much chaos, including the

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fall of Nargothrond and the death of

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Glaurung and Túrin himself.

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After Túrin's death, his father Húrin

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would be released by Morgoth, and he

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would bring the necklace

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Nauglamír to Thingol.

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Thingol would employ the Dwarves of the

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Blue Mountains to put the Silmaril and

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the Nauglamír together- resulting in

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his death, and strife between

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Dwarves and Elves.

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The sons of Fëanor would eventually

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destroy Doriath in another Kinslaying,

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attempting to reclaim the Silmaril of

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their father.

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Around the same time, Túrin's cousin Tuor

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had been on a journey of his own from

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the god Ulmo, who tasked him with

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warning High King Turgon of the coming

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end of Gondolin, and so he came there;

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but the elf king would not heed

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this warning.

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Tuor married Turgon's daughter Idril,

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and they produced a son named Eärendil.

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Gondolin fell by the treachery of Idril's

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cousin Maeglin, and Turgon was slain with

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many of his people.

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The High Kingship then fell to Gil-Galad,

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his kinsman.

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With the coming of Thingol's Silmaril to

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the Havens by Elwing, a third Kinslaying

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was launched by the sons of Fëanor, which

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saw the Silmaril taken to Valinor by the

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married Eärendil and Elwing.

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This voyage resulted in the Valar aiding

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the free peoples against Morgoth, and

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creating the choice of the Half-Elves.

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The Valar made Eärendil a star with

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the Silmaril, and the people of the Valar

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made war on Morgoth in Beleriand;

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the War of Wrath, ending with the downfall

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of Morgoth and many of his

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most evil works.

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Beleriand, having suffered too much

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damage from this war,

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sank beneath the sea.

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Many important elves went east

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into Middle Earth.

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The faithful men of Beleriand were given

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the island of Numenor.

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The sons of Eärendil and Elwing,

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Elrond and Elros, became leaders of

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Elves and Men respectively, and

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the Silmarils found their way into the

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sky, earth, and seas, with the sons

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of Fëanor ending their part in the story.

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Thus ended the First Age of Middle Earth.

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