Tuor

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Tuor was a great hero of the House of Hador of Men, the only son of Huor and Rían. He was the cousin of Túrin Turambar.

Huor died in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in FA 471 (right before Tuor's birth), and Rían died two years later.

Tuor was first fostered by Elves, and then captured by Easterlings, who had been sent there by Morgoth and who cruelly oppressed the remnant of the House of Hador.

Tuor later escaped, and lived the life of an outlaw. He was ordered by the Valar Ulmo to go to Gondolin, in order to warn the King Turgon. Passing through the old The Gate of the Noldor (Sindarin Annon-in-Gelydh) into Nevrast, Tuor found arms and armour in the ruins of Vinyamar which had been left there centuries ago, then met Ulmo himself at the coast of Belegaer. Ulmo gave him a message for Turgon of Gondolin, and also sent him Voronwë, an Elf of Gondolin, to guide him. Somewhere on the road, they saw a man passing by, fleeing from the destruction of Nargothrond . This was actually Túrin Turambar, his cousin.

Passing through the Fell Winter, Tuor and Voronwë eventually arrived in Gondolin, where Tuor remained, and eventually married Turgon's daughter, the Elf Idril Celebrindal. This was the second union between an Elf and a Man, after Beren and Lúthien. Their only child was Eärendil the Mariner, who himself became the father of Elrond and Elros.

Tuor was one of the leaders of Gondolin during the Fall of Gondolin, and with his wife and son and a remnant of its people escaped to the Mouths of Sirion. Tuor eventually built the ship Eärrámë (Sea-wing) and sailed to the West with Idril. It was held by tradition of the Eldar and Edain that Tuor and Idril arrived in Valinor, bypassing the Ban of the Valar. Thus, Tuor became the only Man ever to be counted among the Elven kindred, and to dwell immortally in Valinor.