- Cities and buildings
- Fields, plains and deserts
- Forests
- Hills and mountains
- Islands and promontories
- Lands, realms and regions
- Rivers and lakes
- Seas and oceans
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Dates
Thingol's realm was hidden by the Girdle of Melian from shortly before the first rising of the Sun to I 502; Turgon dwelt in his Hidden City from I 116 to I 510
Location
Thingol dwelt in Doriath in the central regions of Beleriand; Turgon's city of Gondolin was north and west from Doriath, within the Encircling Mountains
Origins
Race
Divisions
Cultures
Elves of Doriath and Gondolindrim, respectively
Title of
Elu Thingol and Turgon
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There were two realms in Beleriand known as the Hidden Kingdom, each ruled by a Hidden King, but each was hidden in its own particular way. Of these, Gondolin was the most deeply hidden, constructed in secret by Turgon, and concealed from friend and foe alike until the last century of the First Age. It was known outside Gondolin that Turgon ruled there as a Hidden King (indeed, after the fall of Fingon, Turgon was formally High King of the Noldor for a time) but none knew where his Hidden City was located. The other Hidden King ruled a realm whose location was well known - it lay within the central forests of Beleriand - but whose boundaries were obscured to outsiders. This was Thingol, the ancient King of Doriath and overlord of the Sindar. Thingol's Queen Melian was a Maia of remarkable power, and she surrounded his forest kingdom with a mesh of enchantment known as the Girdle of Melian. While the Girdle remained, none1 could enter Doriath except at the King's will, and so Thingol's Hidden Kingdom remained protected until his death in I 502.
Notes
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