Angrod

Lineage

Angrod was the third son of Finarfin and Eärwen of Alqualondë, brother of Finrod, Orodreth, Aegnor and Galadriel. Like the rest of his house he went into exile with the host of Fingolfin, took no part in the Kinslaying, and crossed the grinding ice of the Helcaraxë into Middle-earth.

Messenger to Thingol

Because the children of Finarfin were kin to Thingol through their mother, Angrod was chosen as the first envoy of the Noldor to Doriath, and he was received in Menegroth. He told the king of the princes and their coming, but said nothing of the Oath or of Alqualondë, and he returned with Thingol's terms: the Noldor might dwell in the empty north and east, but no one save the house of Finarfin would pass the Girdle. When Angrod delivered that message before the assembled princes, Caranthir spoke against him with contempt, calling the sons of Finarfin tale-bearers who ran to a Dark Elf's court. Maedhros rebuked his brother, but the insult rankled. Years later, when the rumour of the Kinslaying reached Thingol and he questioned Finrod, it was Angrod who answered, telling the king in full of the burning of the ships and the deaths on the quays, and making plain that the house of Fingolfin had been innocent of the slaughter. Thingol was moved to pardon the sons of Finarfin, but from that day he banned the Quenya tongue throughout his realm.

Dorthonion

Angrod and Aegnor held Dorthonion, the highland of pines north of Doriath whose slopes looked out over Ard-galen toward Thangorodrim. It was the most exposed of all the Noldorin lands, and the brothers held it with a small people for over four hundred years. When Finrod brought the folk of Bëor out of Ossiriand, they settled in Dorthonion under Angrod's lordship, and the friendship between his house and the House of Bëor was close; Bregolas and Barahir, the sons of Bregor, were lords of that people under him. Angrod fought in the Dagor Aglareb in F.A. 60 when the Orcs broke out toward Dorthonion and were destroyed.

Death

In the winter of F.A. 455 Morgoth loosed the rivers of fire that turned Ard-galen into Anfauglith. The slopes of Dorthonion burned and the Orcs came up through the smoke. Angrod and Aegnor were slain together with the greater part of their warriors, and Bregolas with them. Barahir held out as an outlaw in the highlands for a few years more, but the land passed under the shadow of Sauron and became Taur-nu-Fuin. Angrod's brother Finrod, coming north to their aid, was saved only by Barahir.

Slain in Dorthonion in the Dagor Bragollach, F.A. 455, together with his brother Aegnor.