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Turgon
Tuor, a man and the son of Huor, is chosen by Ulmo to be his messenger and led to the coast, where he falls in love with the sea. Though Tuor delivers Ulmo’s warning to Turgon that Gondolin will soon be betrayed, Turgon disregards it. Tuor marries Turgon’s daughter Idril, and they have a son named Eärendil. When Turgon’s nephew Maeglin reveals Gondolin’s location to Melkor and tries to grab Idril, Tuor throws him from the city walls. He and Idril lead the survivors of Gondolin to safety at the mouth of the River Sirion. Drawn by the sea, Tuor and Idril eventually sail west towards Valinor and are never seen again.
Tuor Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Tuor or refer to Tuor. 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 23
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Then Turgon pondered long the counsel of Ulmo, and there came into his mind the words that were spoken to him in Vinyamar: ‘Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.’ But Turgon was become proud, and Gondolin as beautiful as a memory of Elven Tirion, and he trusted still in his secret and impregnable strength, though even a Vala should gainsay it; and after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad the people of that city desired never again to mingle in the woes of Elves and Men without, nor to return through dread and danger into the West.
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Tuor Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Tuor or refer to Tuor. 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:
).
Chapter 23
Quotes
Then Turgon pondered long the counsel of Ulmo, and there came into his mind the words that were spoken to him in Vinyamar: ‘Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.’ But Turgon was become proud, and Gondolin as beautiful as a memory of Elven Tirion, and he trusted still in his secret and impregnable strength, though even a Vala should gainsay it; and after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad the people of that city desired never again to mingle in the woes of Elves and Men without, nor to return through dread and danger into the West.
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