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[[Image:John Howe - The Door of Night.jpg|thumb|250px|[[John Howe]] - ''The Door of Night'']]The '''Door of Night''' was a guarded portal in the distant [[Uttermost West]], through which [[Morgoth]] was cast after his defeat in the [[War of Wrath]]. Its origins are unclear: according to some accounts, it was made by the [[Valar]] as a passage for the Sun, which would return into the World through the [[Gates of Morning]] in the east.<ref>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref> According to others, though, it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth.<ref>{{SM|5}}</ref> | [[Image:John Howe - The Door of Night.jpg|thumb|250px|[[John Howe]] - ''The Door of Night'']]The '''Door of Night''' was a guarded portal in the distant [[Uttermost West]], through which [[Morgoth]] was cast after his defeat in the [[War of Wrath]]. Its origins are unclear: according to some accounts, it was made by the [[Valar]] as a passage for the Sun, which would return into the World through the [[Gates of Morning]] in the east.<ref>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref> According to others, though, it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth.<ref>{{SM|5}}</ref> | ||
The Door of Night was guarded by [[Eärendil]], bearing his [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] aloft in his shining ship [[Vingilot]]. | The Door of Night was guarded by [[Eärendil]], bearing his [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] aloft in his shining ship [[Vingilot]]. | ||
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The Door of Night was a guarded portal in the distant Uttermost West, through which Morgoth was cast after his defeat in the War of Wrath. Its origins are unclear: according to some accounts, it was made by the Valar as a passage for the Sun, which would return into the World through the Gates of Morning in the east.[1] According to others, though, it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth.[2]
The Door of Night was guarded by Eärendil, bearing his Silmaril aloft in his shining ship Vingilot.