Editing Tuor and Idril (section)

== Concept and creation ==

The story of Tuor and Idril is told briefly in the 23rd chapter of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', which recounts the fall of the [[Noldor]] city of [[Gondolin]].<ref name="Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin" group="T">{{harvnb|Tolkien|1977}}, Ch. 23, "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"</ref> A very early version, written circa 1916–17, is found in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984b}}, "The Fall of Gondolin"</ref> The start of a more complete and developed narrative, which Tolkien began after finishing ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' in the 1950s, is included in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]''. However, the narrative gets no further than Tuor's first sight of [[Gondolin]].<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1980}}, "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"</ref> 

In the original ''Fall of Gondolin'' story, Tuor is said to have carried [[Dramborleg|an axe named ''Dramborleg'']], "Thudder-Sharp", that "smote both a heavy dint as of a club and cleft as a sword". Later writings state that the Axe of Tuor is preserved in [[Númenor]] as an heirloom of the Kings.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1980}}, "A Description of Númenor", note 2</ref>