Gil-galad
Ereinion Gil-galad was a
fictional character in
J. R. R. Tolkien's
Middle-earth. An
Elf, Gil-galad was named High King of the
Noldor in
Beleriand after the fall of the city of
Gondolin and the death of his uncle
Turgon. During the
Second Age, Gil-galad's realm was in
Lindon, and he enjoyed the friendship of the human kingdom of
Númenor while it was still faithful, and was an ally of the Númenórean kingdoms in exile (
Gondor and
Arnor). He formed the
Last Alliance against the evil
Sauron with his friend
Elendil, High King of the men of
Dúnedain in exile; he was slain, along with Elendil, in
battle with
Sauron at the end of the
Second Age.
His spear was named Aeglos.
In the published Silmarillion, Gil-galad was the son of Fingon, but Christopher Tolkien now says it was a mistake, and his father was more likely to have been intended to be Orodreth.