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In
J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional
Middle-earth, the
First Battle of Beleriand is the first battle of the
Wars of Beleriand, fought by the
Sindar Elves, led by
Elu Thingol, King of
Doriath and Lord of
Beleriand, against the armies of
Morgoth, the Great Enemy, the Dark Lord.
History
Morgoth, escaping
Valinor, arrives in Middle-earth, and occupies his old fortress of
Angband under the mountains of
Thangorodrim while the
Noldor pursuing him still toil through
Araman. His servants,
Sauron and
Gothmog have long been breeding
Orcs as warriors for his armies.
Morgoth decides to move quickly to conquer Beleriand and he sends out his armies. Two Orc-hosts advance south from Angband. One moves west through the vale of the
River Sirion and the second east between the rivers
Celon and
Gelion. The Orcs make camps on the Estolad plain in the east and the Talath plain in the west and they harry the lands about. In this first battle, in this first war, that ever any Elves fought, the Sindar and their allies the Green Elves, the Falathrim and the Dwarves meet the forces of the Dark Lord in the open field.
In East Beleriand,
Denethor king of the the Nandor, or
Green Elves, fights the Eastern Orc-host on
Amon Ereb, an isolated hill south and east of Doriath. Only lightly armed, they take heavy casualties. Thingol with the army of Doriath arrives to save the Nandor from annihilation but Denethor falls before Thingol can save him. The Orcs are defeated and those that survive the battle are slain in their rout by the
Dwarves of
Mount Dolmed.
In the west, the Elves of the
Falas under their Lord
Círdan, cut off from Thingol, meet the western host, but they're defeated, and retreat to their havens of
Eglarest and
Brithombar. These cities are besieged, and Doriath is unable to gather a strong enough force to send aid. The sieges of the havens of Falas are only lifted when the Orcs withdraw to reinforce the assault by a third Orc-host on the
Noldor Elves under
Fëanor, new come and encamped in
Mithrim.
The First Battle is the only one of the five great battles where the Sindar of Doriath take the primary role. After the First Battle Doriath is protected by the magical
Lest Melian, the Girdle of
Melian. Its mists and shadowy mazes hide entry to Doriath and Thingol takes a defensive stance behind it. The death of Denethor, king of the Green Elves, in this battle leads the Elves of Ossiriand to never again name a king or participate in the wars between the other Elves and Morgoth until the Fifth Battle,
Nírnaeth Arnoediad.
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