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| The '''Long Night''' was the time of the [[First Age]] between the [[Darkening of Valinor]] ({{YT|1495}}) and the first rising of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]] ({{YT|1500}}).<ref>{{S|Sun}}</ref>
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| ==Events==
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| This period was marked by [[Finwë]]'s death in [[Formenos]] and the theft of the [[Silmarils]]. Enraged, [[Fëanor]] refused to surrender the Silmarils to revive the [[Two Trees]], and when he learned about their theft, he rebelled against the [[Valar]]. He persuaded many Elves to go with him to [[Middle-earth]] and the [[Flight of the Noldor]] begun, but when he demanded the [[swan-ships]] of the [[Falmari]], he resolved to the [[First Kinslaying]] to steal them. This event caused the [[Fall of the Noldor]].
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| During the Flight, [[Mandos]] (or his messenger) appeared before them and speaks the [[Doom of Mandos]]. [[Finarfin]] abandoned the host, but the [[Sons of Fëanor]] responded with the [[Oath of Fëanor]].
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| In [[Beleriand]], [[Orcs]] besieged the [[Havens of the Falas]]; the [[First Battle of Beleriand]] occured. The [[Sindar]] withdrew in [[Doriath]], inside the [[Girdle of Melian]] that was set around. The [[Laiquendi]] also remained hidden. Soon after, the Noldor arrived and Feanor was killed in the [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]]. [[Maedhros]] was also captured and chained on the [[Thangorodrim]]. The Noldor refused to depart and camped at [[Mithrim]].
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| The remaining host of the Noldor under Fingolfin crossed the [[Helcaraxë]] and entered [[Beleriand]] to engage in the [[Battle of the Lammoth]]. The Moon rose and after seven times, the Sun followed.
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