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The name ''Fingolfin'' is a he was called by his Quenya name ''finwé ngolodh finwë'', or " finwe wise Finwë". Fingolfin led the largest host of the Ñoldor when they fled Aman for Middle-earth , even though he thought this unwise; he did not want to abandon his people to Fëanor. He was the one who took them across the ice of the Helcaraxë , and soon after, at the rising of the Sun, he came to the gates of Angband and smote upon them, but Morgoth stayed hidden inside. Fingolfin and the Ñoldor then came to the northern shores of Lake Mithrim , from which the Fëanorian part of the host had withdrawn. His son Fingon rescued , by the northern shores of Lake Mithrim . After defeating the Orcs in the Dagor Aglareb , Fingolfin maintained the Siege Of Angband for nearly four hundred years. But the Siege was ended by the sudden assaults of Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach , and many peoples of Beleriand fled. When Fingolfin heard this news, he became filled with wrath and despair. He immediately took his horse Rochallor and sword Ringil , and rode alone to Angband. All enemies fled from him, fearing his anger. He smote the gates of Angband and challenged Morgoth for single combat. Though Morgoth feared Fingolfin (of all the Valar , Morgoth was the only one to know fear), he had to accept the challenge - or face shame in the eyes of his servants. Seven times Fingolfin wounded Morgoth and seven times Morgoth cried in pain, but he could not be slain for he was Valar. Whenever Morgoth attacked, Fingolfin would dodge, and Morgoth's weapon Grond would leave cracks and holes in the ground. Eventually, Fingolfin grew weary and stumbled on the hole-filled ground. Then Morgoth killed him, but not before Fingolfin, with his last stroke, hewed at Morgoth's foot, and he always limped after that. Thorondor flew down and raked Morgoth's eyes, and carried Fingolfin's body away to be placed on a cliff overlooking Gondolin. Later Turgon built a cairn over the remains of his father. Fingon then became High King of the Ñoldor.
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