Welcome to The Tolkien Forum! Connect with fellow Tolkien enthusiasts and join a community that is over two decades old, and still going strong. We look forward to meeting you.
Register
The top 3 swordsmen with the greatest success in the wars of middle earth history. namely eönwe fingolfin and ecthelion. Which do you think has the greatest success and sword skill in all middle earth history?
Unfortunately, Tolkien did not write which wars these two characters participated in before Nirnaeth Arnoediad. Do you think glorfindel and ecthelion fought in Battle of Lammoth and Dagor Aglareb?
Since my main language is not English, I cannot perceive some articles like you. What exactly does it say in this article? Did ecthelion slay a drake during the gondolin's fall? I found this article on a wiki. And I wanted to ask you.
"Ecthelion, a standout amongst the most gifted warriors in...
It is unclear where Ecthelion was born. But is there any evidence that he was born in Valinor? and followed fingolfin and turgon in exile?
Will anyone answer?
Their names are not mentioned in the silmarillion book. but on this site it is written that ecthelion and glorfindel fought in dagor aglareb and dagor bragollach in the battle of lammoth. is it true? Is there any truth to it?
https://notionclubarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Arda_Role_Playing_Wiki
I think it is worthy of note that of the three known identities who have slain a Balrog (Ecthelion, Glorfindel, and Gandalf), all were slain themselves in the process, but two were sent back while one was not. Gandalf is more or less a special case (he's a Maia, etc.), so I can understand...
Let's compare Glorfindel and Ecthelion, two Balrog slayers.
Glorfindel:
- slew a Balrog
- helped the Fellowship in the 3rd Age (assuming the two Glorfindels are one and the same)
Ecthelion:
- slew the Balrog (so to speak) - Gothmog, who was the mightiest Balrog
Which would you say...