History Characters / TheSilmarillionHouseOfFingolfin

Fëanor* DavidVersusGoliath: His duel with Morgoth.

* BlueOniRedOni: The Blue to Feanor's Red, yet the Red to Finarfin's Blue.
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Had this dynamic with Fëanor, [[DownplayedTrope though Fingolfin was no fool and Fëanor was no weakling.]]

* DavidVersusGoliath: His duel with Morgoth.

* {{Determinator}}: Crossing of the Helcaraxë.
** His duel with Morgoth. Struck down three times, he stood up and continued the fight each time, though it would be in vain.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: In the last hours of his life.
* TheHighKing: Of the Noldor in Beleriand.

* TurnTheOtherCheek: Tried this with Fëanor. It didn't work.
* WarriorPrince: Just like the other Noldorin leaders.

* BraidsOfAction: Wore his long dark hair in braids.

* ManlyTears: Upon finding Maedhros trapped on the cliff.
* TheMagnificent: Maedhros at one point calls him "Fingon the Valiant"

* WarriorPrince: Like most of the House of Finwë.

* TheBigGuy: Is said to be the tallest of Fingolfin's sons.

* WarriorPrince: Like the rest of his family.

* TangledFamilyTree: Deserves a special mention for his obscure and often-changed place in it.
* WarriorPrince: The last of the House of Finwë. Also, the last of the line of Fingolfin.

* BladeOnAStick: His spear, Aeglos, was his signature weapon.

* IShallTauntYou: Morgoth was not rushing to answer the door when Fingolfin came knocking at the gates of Angband. Fingolfin had to call him craven, knowing Morgoth's minions would hear, to force the EvilOverlord to battle him personally rather than just commanding his Orcs and Balrogs to ZergRush the Elf-King.

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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Had this dynamic with Fëanor, [[DownplayedTrope though Fingolfin was no fool, and Fëanor was no weakling.]]

** His duel with Morgoth. Struck down three times, he stood up and continued the fight each time, though it be in vain.

* FreudianTrio: With his brothers. He is the Ego, less hot-headed than Fëanor and less patient than Finarfin. No wonder the most of the Noldor want him to be their High King.

* IShallTauntYou: Morgoth was not rushing to answer the door when Fingolfin came knocking at the gates of Angband. Fingolfin had to call him craven, knowing Morgoth's minions would hear, to force the EvilOverlord to battle him personally rather than just commanding his orcs and Balrogs to ZergRush the Elf-King.

* ThePowerOfHate: After Morgoth broke the siege of Angband, killing thousands of his people, Fingolfin got so angry and desperate that he decided to challenge Morgoth to single combat, and rode to Angband alone. His anger was so great that none even considered challenging him, until he taunted Morgoth out of Angband.

* TurnTheOtherCheek: Tried this with Fëanor. It did't work.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Has the dubious distinction of one of the most violent deaths in the story. First he gets his head sliced open, and then his body gets squished by Gothmog and several other balrogs.
* TheGoodKing: Although he only reigned as High King for sixteen years before dying in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the book has all kinds of nice things to say about him even considering his involvement in the first kinslaying.

* HotBlooded: He had a tendency to follow his gut and dive right into terrible situations--see below. His recklessness shows up again, though it comes to a better end, when he takes off alone to rescue Maedhros from Angband without letting anyone reason with him.

The fourth and youngest child of Fingolfin and Anairë, brother of Fingon, Turgon and Aredhel. He dies in the Battle of the Lammoth, shortly after arriving in Middle-earth. Neither he nor the battle he died in are mentioned in the published ''Silmarillion'', as both were later additions to the Legendarium.

* TheGoodKing: He ruled the Noldor for around 3,000 years, there were no further kinslayings or strife that we know of after the Third. He also had a good relationship with several Numenorean kings.

* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with his half-cousin Maedhros is up for interpretation. While Tolkien never implicitly states they were gay, he lets us very much understand it is the situation. The situation is [[TearJerker thrice tragical]] as homosexual relations are frowned upon among the Elves, they are cousins, and their fathers Fëanor and Fingolfin aren't exactly in the best relations.

* IncestSubtext: With his half cousin Maedhros. They are incredibly close ''despite'' Fingon believing he was abandoned to almost certain death. His rescue of Maedhros actually has quite a few parallels to the tale of Beren and Lúthien, ''the'' most legendary love story in-universe.

[[folder: Fingolfin]]
The oldest son of Finwë and Indis, half-brother of Fëanor, and full brother of Finarfin. Husband of Anairë and father of Fingon, Turgon, Aredhel, and Argon. When Fëanor rebelled against the Valar, he joined so as not to leave the Noldor solely to his leadership, but took no part in the Kinslaying. He and his host were betrayed by Fëanor, who stranded them on the shores of Valinor; Fingolfin led them on foot across the Grinding Ice in the utter north to enter Middle-Earth. After Fëanor's death, Maedhros waived his right to kingship in gratitude to Fingon, and Fingolfin became High King of the Noldor. He ruled Hithlum to the north of Beleriand, to maintain the Siege of Angband. When it broke, Fingolfin went to Angband and challenged Morgoth to single combat, where he perished.

[[folder: Fingon]]
The oldest son of Fingolfin and Anairë, brother to Turgon, Aredhel, and Argon, and cousin to the Sons of Fëanor. He joined his father in exile. Upon arriving in Middle-Earth and learning of his friend Maedhros's capture, Fingon climbed Thangorodrim and rescued him, partially healing the rift caused by Fëanor's betrayal. He served as a vassal of Fingolfin in Hithlum and later led the Noldor after his father's death. Fingon himself was killed in battle by Gothmog only a few years later.

* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with his half cousin Maedhros is up for interpretation. While Tolkien never implicitly states they were gay, he lets us very much understand it is the situation. The situation is [[TearJerker thrice tragical]] as homosexual relations are frowned upon among the Elves, they are cousins, and their fathers Fëanor and Fingolfin aren't exactly in the best relations.

[[folder: Argon]]

[[folder: Ereinion Gil-galad]]

* TheGoodKing: He ruled the Noldor for around 3,000 years, there were no further kinslayings or strife that we know of after the Third. he also had a good relationship with several Numenorean kings.
* LastOfHisKind: The last High King of the Noldor in Middle-Earth. Elrond and Galadriel were his closest living relatives that still remained there, but neither claimed the title.

* TheGoodKing

* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with his half cousin Maedhros is up for interpretation. While Tolkien never implicitly states they were gay, he lets very much understand it is the situation. The situation is [[TearJerker thrice tragical]] as homosexual relations are frowned upon among the Elves, they are cousins, and their fathers Fëanor and Fingolfin aren't exactly in the best relations.