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Eärendil the mariner is the half-elven son of Tuor and Idril and the savior of Middle-earth in the First Age. Raised in Gondolin, he flees with his parents to the Havens of Sirion, where he marries Elwing. While Eärendil is at sea, the sons of Fëanor attack the Havens to reclaim Elwing’s Silmaril. After Elwing escapes the battle with the Silmaril and meets Eärendil on his ship, they decide to sail to Valinor to beg the Valar for mercy and aid in the fight against Melkor. The Silmaril guides their way to the hidden shoreline of Valinor, and the Valar hear Eärendil as a representative of both elves and men. Because Eärendil is humble and pleads with them on behalf of the world rather than for his own sake, they grant his request and give his ship the power of flight. He sails in the sky wearing the Silmaril, which becomes known as a star and a beacon of hope, and fights the dragons in the Great Battle when the Valar defeat Melkor. As a half-elf, the Valar give him the choice between the fates of men and elves (mortality and immortality), and, unwilling to be separated from Elwing, he allows her to choose immortality for both of them.
Eärendil Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Eärendil or refer to Eärendil. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 24
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‘If it be truly the Silmaril which we saw cast into the sea that rises again by the power of the Valar, then let us be glad; for its glory is seen now by many, and is yet secure from all evil.’ Then the Elves looked up, and despaired no longer; but Morgoth was filled with doubt.
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Yet it is said that Morgoth looked not for the assault that came upon him from the West; for so great was his pride become that he deemed that none would ever again come with open war against him. Moreover he thought that he had for ever estranged the Noldor from the Lords of the West, and that content in their blissful realm the Valar would heed no more his kingdom in the world without; for to him that is pitiless the deeds of pity are ever strange and beyond reckoning.
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Eärendil Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Eärendil or refer to Eärendil. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 24
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‘If it be truly the Silmaril which we saw cast into the sea that rises again by the power of the Valar, then let us be glad; for its glory is seen now by many, and is yet secure from all evil.’ Then the Elves looked up, and despaired no longer; but Morgoth was filled with doubt.
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Yet it is said that Morgoth looked not for the assault that came upon him from the West; for so great was his pride become that he deemed that none would ever again come with open war against him. Moreover he thought that he had for ever estranged the Noldor from the Lords of the West, and that content in their blissful realm the Valar would heed no more his kingdom in the world without; for to him that is pitiless the deeds of pity are ever strange and beyond reckoning.
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