Ecthelion of the Fountain
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Ecthelion
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He was head of the House of the Fountain, and was one of Turgon's most valuable captains. In about FA 325, he along with Glorfindel and Egalmoth accompanied the Lady Aredhel on a journey to seek out her friends and family. Being denied entrance to Doriath, they had no choice but to take a dangerous path through Ered Gorgoroth and near Nan Dungortheb they lost their way. After barely escaping alive, they eventually returned to Gondolin but without Aredhel. During the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, he and Glorfindel of the Golden Flower guarded the host of Gondolin's flank while they retreated into the mountains. In his city's Fall, he confronted Gothmog, the Lord of Balrogs, and the two fought a duel that resulted in both of their deaths. Therefore he accomplished a deed which even Fëanor, the greatest and the most wrathful of the elves, could not.
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 Echthelion of the Fountain |
 Echthelion faces Gothmog |
