Door of Night
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Gates 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. According to others, though, it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth. The Door of Night was guarded by
Eärendil, bearing his
Silmaril aloft in his shining ship
Vingilot.
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