We are a Lord of the Rings Online Kinship on the Meneldor server that has branched away from the Rangers of The Black Watch to bring forth a new set of Laws and Guidelines to the people of Middle Earth. We are bound, We are Exiled. We are the soldiers of Formenos.
Join us and reclaim your honor..."Fight for Feanor, Fight for Formenos!"Tolkien History
Formenos was built after the banishment of Fëanor from
Tirion. Here, Fëanor and his
sons spent twelve Valian Years (about fifty years of the
Sun) in exile. Some of the
Ñoldor, including their
King Finwë, went with Fëanor into exile. It was also home to the treasury of Fëanor where he kept the
Silmarils in a chamber of iron. It was here that
Melkor slew Finwë as he stole those jewels during the
Darkening of Valinor. In
J. R. R. Tolkien's
Middle-earth legendarium The Exiles are the
Noldor who left under
Fëanor and
Fingolfin after the destruction of the
Two Trees and robbery of the
Silmarils. The Doom of
Mandos was placed on them so that they could not return to
Valinor. The Exiles were split into two groups during the
Kinslaying at Alqualondë; Fëanor and his
sons and followers took the ships they had acquired from the
Teleri, leaving Fingolfin's followers behind. They had to cross the
Helcaraxë in the north, and lost a large number of people there. When asked about the course of action they would take to transport the rest of the exiles, Fëanor ordered the burning of the ships.
Morgoth wasted no time
attacking the Exiles, who proved vastly superior to his
Orcs in spite of their small number and unprepared state. Fingolfin and his followers arrived at the same time as the
Moon first rose, and they mainly settled in
Hithlum.The Exiles set up kingdoms in various places and joined others.
Amrod and
Amras joined the
Laiquendi of
Ossiriand,
Finrod built
Nargothrond and
Minas Tirith, and
Turgon built
Gondolin, as detailed in
The Silmarillion. See
Noldor. After the
War of Wrath, the Doom was lifted and many of the Noldorin Exiles went back to the
Undying Lands.