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Gil-galad was an Elven-king...And that is where we all agree.Gil-galad's ancestry hasn't yet become a nuclear topic among Tolkien fans, but time will tell if it does. As little information as we have on Tolkien's most famous Noldorin king, people have found reason to write huge editorials about him (and I'm no exception).Who was Gil-galad's father, Fingon or Orodreth? J.R.R. Tolkien says Orodreth, but millions of fans seem to disagree with him. After all, The Silmarillion says it was Fingon. "That Gil-galad was the son of Fingon (The Silmarillion p. 154) derives from the late note pencilled on the manuscript...

A History of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Part 1[ Part three is the source notes as annotated in the article.  The appropriate source notes have instead been added to the end of the other two parts for consolidation]In 1996 the editor of the journal Arda asked me to contribute some of my research to a twelfth volume which has, to my knowledge, never been published. I chose the war of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men as my topic because no one had really ever done a full treatment of the subject.It remains, to my knowledge,...