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===Gothmog=== [[File:GOTHMOG-1 (detail).jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|''Gothmog at the Storming of Gondolin''.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984b}}, "The Fall of Gondolin": "… seven dragons of fire are come with Orcs about them and Balrogs upon them …"</ref> Artwork by [[Tom Loback]] ]] Gothmog is developed in successive versions of ''[[Silmarillion]]'' material. He is physically massive and strong, and in one version he is some 12 feet tall.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984b}}, p. 194: "... it pierced the Balrog's belly nigh his own face (for that demon was double his stature) ..."</ref> He wields a black axe and whip of flame as his weapons. He holds the titles of the Lord of the Balrogs, the High Captain of [[Angband (Middle-earth)|Angband]], and Marshal of the Hosts. In the Second Battle, [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]], he leads a force that ambushes [[Fëanor]] and wounds him mortally.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1977}}, ch. 13 "Of the Return of the Noldor"</ref> He leads Balrogs, [[Orc (Middle-earth)|Orc]]-hosts, and Dragons as Morgoth's commander in the field in the Fifth Battle, Nírnaeth Arnoediad, and slays Fingon, High King of the [[Noldor]]. In that same battle, he captures [[Húrin]] of Dor-lómin, who had slain his personal guard of Battle-[[Troll (Middle-earth)|trolls]], and brings him to Angband.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1977}}, ch. 20, "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"</ref> As Marshal of the Hosts, he is in command of the Storming of [[Gondolin]]. He is about to kill [[Tuor]] when Ecthelion of the Fountain, a Noldorin Elf-lord, intervenes. Gothmog fights Ecthelion in single combat, and they kill each other.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1977}}, ch. 23, "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"</ref> In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'', Tolkien describes ''Kosomot'', the original version of Gothmog, as a son of Morgoth and the ogress Fluithuin or Ulbandi.<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984}}, Part I, p. 93.</ref> ''Gothmog'' is Sindarin for "Dread Oppressor".<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1987}}, "The Etymologies", p. 359, 372.</ref> ''Kosomot'' is often considered Gothmog's Quenya name;<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1984b}}, p. 216.</ref> however, in the Quenya name-list of ''The Fall of Gondolin'' another version appears, ''Kosomoko''.<ref group=T>''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]'', No. 15, p.26, the 'Name List to The Fall of Gondolin'.</ref> In Tolkien's early ''[[The Lays of Beleriand|Lay of the Children of Húrin]]'' is "Lungorthin, Lord of Balrogs". This might be another name for Gothmog, though [[Christopher Tolkien]] thought it more likely that Lungorthin was simply "a Balrog lord".<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1985}}, p. 102.</ref>
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