The Encyclopedia of Arda - Iron Crown (original) (raw)

Indexes: Alphabetical: I Items About this entry: Updated 14 December 2016 This entry is complete The crown of Morgoth in Angband After the Darkening of Valinor, Morgoth escaped into Middle-earth bearing the great prize of the three Silmarils. He took for himself the title King of the World, and in the depths of Angband he forged himself an Iron Crown to mark the status he claimed. Within that Iron Crown he set the Silmarils, held by iron claws. The hallowed Silmarils burned Morgoth's hands through this work, but when it was complete he placed the Iron Crown upon his head, blazing with the light of the Three Jewels. There it remained through the long centuries of his time in Middle-earth, while the Elves made war against him for the recovery of the Jewels. In the year I 466, the Iron Crown lost one of its three brilliant Jewels. Through the concealing magic of Lúthien, she and Beren were able to make their way into the throne chamber of Morgoth, and Lúthien placed the Dark Lord into a deep sleep. Beren cut one of the Silmarils from the Iron Crown, but his knife Angrist snapped before he could recover the other two. Beren and Lúthien made their escape with the single Silmaril, and from that time the crown of Morgoth shone with the light of just two of the three Great Jewels. Morgoth bore the Iron Crown with its two remaining Jewels until the closing years of the First Age, when the forces of the Valar came against him in the War of Wrath that brought that Age to its end. At the close of that War Angband was opened and Morgoth was taken prisoner. His Iron Crown was taken from him and the two Silmarils it still held were removed, and then it was beaten into a iron collar. Once again Morgoth wore his Iron Crown, now around his neck and bound to his knees with the unbreakable chain Angainor. Thus he was taken to the judgement of the Valar in the West, before being expelled into exile beyond the Walls of the World. See also... Angrist, Beren, Black King, Camlost, Carcharoth, Celegorm, Elu Thingol, First House of the Edain, Gate of Angband, Great Jewel, Great Jewels, Havens of Sirion, Hírilorn, Hound of Valinor, Jaws of Thirst, [See the full list...]King of the World, Lay of Leithian, Lay of Lúthien, Lúthien Tinúviel, Maglor, Morgoth, Oath of Fëanor, One-hand, People of Bëor, Quest for the Silmaril, ‘Release from Bondage’, Ruin of Doriath, Silmarils, Song of Parting, Sons of Fëanor, Telchar, The Empty-handed, The Heavy Hand, The Wolf, Three Jewels, Throne of Morgoth, Thuringwethil, War of the Great Jewels, War of Wrath, Wolf of Angband Indexes: Alphabetical: I Items About this entry: Updated 14 December 2016 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.