- Mouths of Sirion
Mouths of Sirion is a
fictional location inJ. R. R. Tolkien 'sMiddle-earth universe. It was the refuge of the remnants of Eldar andEdain ofBeleriand after theNírnaeth Arnoediad and the Sack ofMenegroth .The lands near the Mouths of Sirion were home to surviving
Sindar ofDoriath after that land was destroyed. SomeNoldor fromNargothrond andGondolin , as well as the few survivors of the Three Houses of the Edain, also settled near the Mouths of Sirion. The first rulers of this region, known as "Arvernien", wereTuor of the Edain andIdril of Gondolin. Later their sonEärendil Half-Elven , married the Half-ElvenElwing , Dior's daughter and survivor of the Sack of Doriath.Elros andElrond , the sons of Eärendil and Elwing, were born in Arvernien.Elwing possessed the
Silmaril ofBeren andLúthien . The refugees built many ships, sailing across the seas and to the nearbyIsle of Balar whereCírdan had fled with the survivors ofEglarest andBrithombar .Eärendil built the ship
Vingilótë and sailed far seeking the hidden land ofValinor to ask for the pardon of the Valar. But though his journeys carried him to many shores, Eärendil was unsuccessful. While he was at sea, the survivingSons of Fëanor attacked the Mouths of Sirion to reclaim theSilmaril . They killed many people but were almost all slain themselves, save forMaedhros andMaglor . Elwing cast herself into the Sea with the Silmaril, but was saved by the ValaUlmo and sent to Eärendil.Maglor later repented, and raised Elros and Elrond as his foster children.With the power of the Silmaril, Eärendil and Elwing found a passage to Valinor, where he pleaded on behalf of Elves and Men with the Valar.
In one version of the "Silmarillion" mythology, the chief army of the Valar landed at the Mouths of Sirion during the
War of Wrath . By the end of the War, most of the survivors of Beleriand gathered at the Mouths and the Isle of Balar, and many of them went toLindon until the Elves were summoned to Valinor, and the Edain to the new isle ofNúmenor .
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