Turgon

Turgon was a Ñoldorin Elf of Gondolin, second son of Fingolfin, brother of Fingon, Aredhel, Argon, and father of Idril. In Middle-earth, Turgon was the King of Gondolin and the High King of the Ñoldor. For centuries of the late First Age, Turgon remained successfully hidden from Morgoth until a betrayal by Maeglin, one of his subjects, caused its downfall.
== Biography ==
In Eldamar, Turgon was friendly with the sons of Finarfin and opposed Fëanor's plan to pursue Morgoth after the theft of the Silmarils, but eventually he chose to follow them to Middle-earth and became one of the exiles. His wife Elenwë was lost crossing the Helcaraxë,The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor but Turgon and his daughter Idril came to Nevrast, where he built Vinyamar and gathered to him one-third of the Ñoldor of Fingolfin and a large number of Sindar.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms"
In the year 50 of the First Age, Turgon was instructed by Ulmo to prepare a secret kingdom and was shown the hidden Vale of Tumladen in the Encircling Mountains. After 52 years of secret labor, Turgon led his people into Gondolin, where he ruled for over 500 years, largely ignoring the events of the Wars of Beleriand.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIII: "Of the Return of the Noldor"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XV: "Of the Noldor in Beleriand"
About two hundred years after Gondolin was wrought, Turgon's sister Aredhel journeyed to meet with the Sons of Fëanor. She was lost, however, and returned with her son Maeglin a few years later. After the deaths of both Eöl and Aredhel, Turgon took Maeglin under his wing and made him the Lord of the House of the Mole. Maeglin secretly loved Turgon's daughter Idril, who rejected his advances.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVI: "Of Maeglin"
Aside from the misadventure of Eöl, the splendor of Turgon's reign in Gondolin was undisturbed until the Dagor Bragollach, when Turgon was brought his father's body by Thorondor. Two years later Thorondor brought him Húrin and Huor, whom he fostered for a year and then allowed to return to Dor-lómin. At this time, Turgon foresaw the doom of the Ñoldor, and he secretly sent mariners to try to obtain the mercy of the Valar.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin" None of these missions was successful and only one of the mariners, Voronwë, survived the Shadowy Seas paving the way for Tuor's coming to Gondolin.Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part One, I: "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"Turgon joined the Union of Maedhros with an army ten thousand strong and fought alongside his brother Fingon in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, but the sacrifice of Húrin, Huor, and the Third House of the Edain enabled him to retreat without revealing the location of Gondolin.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad" When Tuor came to Gondolin in FA 496, Turgon welcomed him, but in his pride, he refused to follow the advice of Ulmo to flee to the Havens of Sirion. The full malice of Morgoth was now directed toward Turgon, the last of the House of Finwë to control a realm in Middle-earth. At last, aided by the treachery of Maeglin, Morgoth discovered the location of Gondolin, and Turgon was slain defending the city.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIII: "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
== Etymology ==
The first element tur of the name Turgon is a Sindarin word for "power, mastery".The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names His father-name was Turukáno, from túrë ("might, power") and káno ("commander").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter 11: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
== Character ==
As King of Gondolin, Turgon was described to be robed "in white with a belt of gold, and a coronet of garnets was upon his head".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter 3: "The Fall of Gondolin"
He was very much feared by Morgoth, and it is said in Valinor that Morgoth knew that from the House of Turgon would his ruin come. This holds true, as Turgon's grandson Eärendil was the one who indirectly caused his downfall, in the later War of Wrath.
Turgon was the city's only ruler, and as such the title, King of Gondolin, did not pass onto another and remained limited only to him, ending with his death in the Fall of Gondolin.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion
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==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጡርጎን
Arabic 	تورغون (Turgon)
تورغون الحكيم (Turgon, the Wise)
Armenian 	Տուրգոն
Assamese 	টাৰ্গন
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тургон
Bengali 	তুরগণ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Тургон
Chinese (Hong Kong)	特剛
Georgian 	ტურგონი
Greek 	Τούργκον
Gujarati 	તુર્ગન
Hebrew 	טורגון
Hindi 	तुर्गों
Japanese 	トゥアゴン
Kannada 	ತುರ್ಗಾನ್
Kazakh 	Тұргон (Cyrillic) Turgon (Latin)
Korean 	투르곤
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тургон
Macedonian Cyrillic	Тургон
Malayalam 	ടർഗൺ
Marathi 	टुर्गोन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Тургон
Nepalese 	टुर्गोन
Pashto 	طورګون
Persian 	تورگون
Punjabi 	ਟੁਰਗਨ
Russian 	Тургон
Sanskrit 	टुर्गोन्
Serbian 	Тургон (Cyrillic) Turgon (Latin)
Sindhi 	ترگن
Sinhalese 	ටුර්ගොන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Тургон
Tamil 	டுர்கொந்
Telugu 	తుర్గోన్
Thai 	ทัวร์กอน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Турґон
Urdu 	ٹورگاون
Uzbek 	Тургон (Cyrillic) Turgon (Latin)
Yiddish 	טורגאָן
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