Inside Middle-earth — Gondolin
The most portentous city of the Elder Days was the pride of the Elves and a nightmare for Morgoth.
The epic history of Middle-earth had its golden days when Beleriand existed.
In that splendorous period, the Elves lived at the height of their power, Melkor sowed terror through unleashed divine power, and Men competed in majesty with the Quendi.
Over the centuries, countless Elven kingdoms were founded, all-powerful and facing the threatening power of Vala Melkor, who sought to dominate all of Middle-earth and its creatures.
Of all these elven domains, the one that Melkor (later known as Morgoth, after the curse of Fëanor) hated and feared the most was Gondolin.
The origins of the most important city of the Elves (with permission of Thingol) must be sought in the period in which the Noldor returned to Middle-earth, settling in different parts of Beleriand to fulfill the revenge of Fëanor against Morgoth.
Turgon was one of the many Elves who followed Fëanor. He was the son of Fingolfin, half-brother of Fëanor himself and, therefore, his nephew. And like many of his relatives (cousins, brothers, uncles…), he became the lord of a piece of land in Beleriand.
