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The Noldor for a time besieged Morgoth's stronghold of Angband, resulting in the Long Peace.
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Noldor and for
The Noldor ( a distinct branch or tribe of Elves noted for their craftsmanship ) are his favourites.
The city of the Noldor ( and for a time the Vanyar also ) is Tirion, which was built on the hill of Túna, raised inside the Calacirya mountain pass, just north of Taniquetil, facing both the Two Trees and the starlit seas.
Soon after that, the first Kinslaying occurred when Fëanor led the host of Noldor to Alqualondë and slaughtered the Teleri for refusing Fëanor use of their ships.
So he went often among them, offering counsel, and the Noldor hearkened, being eager for lore.
Fëanor then, driven by the desire of vengeance, rebelled against the Valar and made a speech before the Noldor, persuading them to leave Valinor, follow Melkor to Middle-earth and wage war against him for the recovery of the Silmarils.
A messenger from the Valar came later and delivered the Prophecy of the North, pronouncing Doom on the Noldor for the Kinslaying and rebellion and warning that if they proceeded they would not recover the Silmarils and moreover that they all will be slain or tormented by grief.
Other Noldor led by Fingolfin ( some of whom were blameless in the Kinslaying ) remained determined to leave Valinor for Middle-earth.
With the aid of the Númenóreans, the Noldor managed to defeat him for a time.
No new High King was elected, as no one claimed the throne ; for this reason, the High Kingship of the Noldor was said to have passed overseas, to the Noldor of Valinor, ruled by Finarfin, the third son of Finwë who had never left.
When the Noldor decided to leave Valinor and asked for their ships, the Teleri refused to join, and even tried to talk them out of leaving.
It is however recounted that the Teleri eventually forgave the Noldor for the Kinslaying, and the two kindreds were at peace again.
Fëanor insulted the Teleri for this prior to the Kinslaying, saying to Olwë they lived in " huts on the beach " before Alqualondë was built by the Noldor as a gift to the Telerin people.
There had been Elves in Beleriand for uncounted millennia, and they warred with Morgoth after his return ; but the Noldor, particularly the Sons of Fëanor, had come with the express purpose of defeating Morgoth.
As to his birth, one idea is that he was born in Valinor, and when the Noldor left for Middle-earth his mother stayed behind.
Finwë and the Noldor dwelt there for a time.
When the Noldor return to Middle-earth at the beginning of the First Age, the borders of Doriath are already closed for defence against Morgoth and Thingol allows entry only to the children of Finarfin, who are related to him through his brother Olwë.
# Fëanor, first son of Finwë ( Nominally King after Finwë's death, before departure of Noldor for Middle-earth ).
The Dagor-nuin-Giliath is a bittersweet victory for the Fëanorian Noldor, as they destroy nearly all of Morgoth's forces in the several battles, but Fëanor is slain, and they had lost one of their princes.
In the almost two decades since their defeat in the Dagor Bragollach, the Noldor had lost control over the entire north of Beleriand, and were for the most part reduced to holding on defensively in Hithlum, Himring and Nargothrond.
Still Morgoth knew fear, for Turgon, now High King of the Noldor after the death of Fingon in the battle, had survived, and his city Gondolin was still unknown to Morgoth.
Uinen wept for the Teleri mariners after the kinslaying at Alqualondë which caused the sea to rise and kill some of the Noldor.
The Elves of Lindon suffered severe losses in the war and afterwards most of the surviving Noldor departed for Valinor and much of Lindon became depopulated.
Soon the Edain began to remove from Estolad again, for the Kings of the Noldor sent word that any who wished could come to dwell among their people.
Instead, Moriquendi was used for all other elves except Noldor and Sindar.
Noldor and time
By the time of the War of the Jewels, after the return of the Noldor, the Petty-dwarves had nearly died out.
( It was at this time that the Noldor, driven to distrust by Melkor's guile, first began to forge weapons, which would later be used against the Teleri.
By the time the Noldor arrived in Beleriand, the languages had become mutually unintelligible, but the Noldor were quick to learn it.
The Hadorians were scattered, killed, or enslaved, the Noldor were enslaved in Morgoth's mines if they could not flee in time, and Morgoth trapped the Easterlings there.
From this time onwards, mostly Noldor lived in Tirion, though it is likely that as well some Teleri and Vanyar lived in the city at least as part-time residents, such as Finarfin's wife, the Telerin princess Earwen.
The Long Peace lasted hundreds of years, during which time Men arrived over the Blue Mountains and the skill and prowess of the Noldor reached its peak.
The Hadorians were scattered, killed, or enslaved, the Noldor were enslaved in Morgoth's mines if they could not flee in time, and Morgoth trapped the Easterlings there.
It was first colonized by the Noldor shortly after they arrived in Middle-earth, and for a long time was ruled by Fingon son of Fingolfin, before he took over as High King of the Noldor after his father was killed.
After a time of rebuilding and reorganizing his armies, Morgoth thought to catch the Noldor off guard and test their strength.
As Gil-galad was the High King of the Noldor elves at the time of the rings ' distribution it was thought that he was best fit to care for the most powerful of the three Elven rings.
Noldor and besieged
The Havens were besieged during the First Battle of Beleriand, but during the Dagor-nuin-Giliath the Orcs that besieged the cities went north to fight the Noldor, and were all slain.
Noldor and Morgoth's
A mighty host of Maiar, Vanyar and the remaining Noldor in Valinor destroyed Morgoth's gigantic army, destroyed Angband and cast Morgoth into the void.
Because Fëanor had taken the ships and left the Noldor led by his half-brother on the west side of the sea, the royal houses of the Noldor were feuding, but Fingon son of Fingolfin, saved Maedhros, son of Fëanor, from Morgoth's imprisonment and the feud was settled.
Now King of the Noldor in Tirion, Fëanor delivered the most impassioned speech ever given in Arda, which he unwittingly filled with Morgoth's corruption.
The Noldor managed to win the battle, and destroy Morgoth's armies.
Morgoth's armies of Orcs, led by numerous Balrogs, were now able to advance, without interference and under cover of darkness, to attack each of the realms of the Noldor simultaneously and individually, preventing the three Houses of the Noldor from joining forces or coming to one another's assistance.
With the Noldor and their allies thrown on the defensive and his primary objective, the capture of Dorthonion, achieved the initiative was firmly in Morgoth's grip.
The great deeds of Beren and Lúthien in defeating Sauron, overthrowing his fortress of Tol-in-Gaurhoth and wresting a Silmaril from Morgoth's Crown, as well as the military victories of Thingol on all the borders of his realm of Doriath, gave hope to the Noldor that Morgoth could still be defeated.
* 60-Dagor Aglareb: the Noldor defeat Morgoth's forces and start the Siege of Angband
In the event, Morgoth's diversionary attacks failed their purpose to divert the main strength of the Noldor.
Morgoth's strategy was to divert the main strength of the Noldor from Dorthonion with attacks on its flanks.
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