Afterward, the sea rose and destroyed many of the boats to punish the Noldor for this cruel act. In the end, many of the Teleri were slain and the ships taken. Fingon's people assumed erroneously that the Teleri had attacked the Noldor under orders of the Valar. Though the Teleri were lightly armed, they were able to defend themselves to some degree until a second host of the Noldor, led by Fëanor's half-nephew Fingon, arrived together with some of his father Fingolfin's people. Bitter fighting broke out (although it is not clear who began the fighting, the Silmarillion states that fighting began when the Noldor attempted to take control of the Teleri's ships) and eventually many (perhaps hundreds) of Elves on both sides were slain. The Teleri refused to help them defy the Valar. As the easiest route to Middle-earth was by sea, Fëanor and his sons led one host of the Noldor to the city of Alqualondë and asked the seafaring Teleri of Alqualondë for their vessels.

It involves the Noldorin Elves under their king, Fëanor, against their fellow Elves, the Teleri whose Lord was Olwë, who did not take part in the battle.Īgainst the will of the godlike Valar, Fëanor had induced the Noldor to leave Valinor to make war upon the Dark Lord Morgoth in revenge for the murder of his father Finwë and the theft of his Silmarilli jewels. The first battle, the Kinslaying at Alqualondë (Swanhaven), appears in print in The Silmarillion. (The civil war in Gondor in the Third Age called the Kin-strife is also sometimes called a Kinslaying.) First kinslaying The Kinslayings are the collective term for the three battles fought among the Eldar. This affected fanghorn for years to come. The battle caused massive changes to Middle-earth's original geography. After a long titanic conflict the Valar finally defeated Melkor, who was then confined in a massive chain for three ages. The Battle of the Powers, also called the War of the Powers, occurred between the god-like Valar and their former member Melkor in primeval Middle-earth. These are given below in an in-universe, fictional chronology: First Age Battle of the Powers These are related in his various books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and other posthumously published books edited by his son Christopher Tolkien.

Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings include many wars and battles set in the lands of Aman, Beleriand, Númenor, and Middle-earth.

War of the elves and sauron