AvalloneHaven and city of the Eldar on Tol Eressea, so named, according to the Akallabeth, 'for it is of all cities the nearest to Valinor'. 320, 325, 332, 344, 348-9, 362, 368 Avari 'The Unwilling, the Refusers', the name given to all those Elves who refused to join the westward march from Cuivienen. See Eldar and Dark Elves. 53, 107, 113,355 Avathar 'The Shadows', the forsaken land on the coast of Aman south of the Bay of Eldamar, between the Pelori and the Sea, where Melkor met Ungoliant 80-1, 88,116 Azaghal Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost; wounded Glaurung in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was killed by him. 236 Balan The name of Beor the Old before he took service with Finrod. 170 - 138 - Balar The great bay to the south of Beleriand into which the river Sirion flowed. 52, 56, 59, 60, 142. Also the isle in the bay, said to have been the eastern horn of Tol Eressea that broke away, where Cirdan and Gil-galad dwelt after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 59, 105, 144, 192, 239, 302, 304-5 Balrog 'Demon of Might', Sindarin form (Quenya Valarauko) of the name of the demons of fire that served Morgoth. 26, 46, 90, 125, 144, 182, 202, 235, 300-1 Barad-dur 'The Dark Tower' of Sauron in Mordor. 329, 334, 347, 363, 365, 375, 377 Barad Eithel 'Tower of the Well', the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion. 233 Barad Nimras 'White Horn Tower', raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239 Baragund Father of Morwen the wife of Hurin; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242, 311 Barahir Father of Beren; rescued Finrod Felagund in the Dagor Bragollach, and received from him his ring; slain on Dorthonion. For the later history of the ring of Barahir, which became an heirloom of the House of Isildur, see The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (I, iii). 121, 177, 182-3, 186-7, 194-7, 201-5, 226, 229, 243. 285, 311 Baran Elder son of Beor the Old. 170-1 Baranduin 'The Brown River' in Eriador, flowing into the Sea south of the Blue Mountains; the Brandywine of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. 360 Bar-en-Danwedh 'House of Ransom', the name that Mim the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon Rudh when he yielded it to Turin. 248, 252 Battles of Beleriand The first battle: 96. The second battle (the Battle-under-Stars): see Dagor-nuin-Giliath. The third battle (the Glorious Battle): see Dagor Aglareb. The fourth battle (the Battle of Sudden Flame): see Dagor Bragollach. The fifth battle (Unnumbered Tears): see Nirnaeth Arnoediad. The Great Battle: 311-2 Bauglir A name of Morgoth: 'the Constrainer'. 120, 243, 259, 286, 315 Beleg A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cuthalion 'Strongbow'; friend and companion of Turin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278 Belegaer 'The Great Sea' of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer 32, 100, 295; but very frequently called the (Great) Sea, also the Western Sea and the Great Water.
Belegost 'Great Fortress', one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288 Belegund Father of Rian the wife of Huor; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242 Beleriand The name was said to have signified 'the country of Balar', and to have been given at first to the lands about the mouths of Sirion that faced the Isle of Balar. Later the name spread to include all the ancient coast of the Northwest of Middle-earth south of the Firth of Drengist, and all the inner lands south of Hithlum and eastwards to the feet of the Blue Mountains, divided by the river Sirion into East and West Beleriand. Beleriand was broken in the turmoils at the end of the First Age, and invaded by the sea, so that only Ossiriand (Lindon) remained. Passim; see especially 142-8, 313, 354-5 Belfalas Region on the southern coast of Gondor looking on to the great bay of the same name; Bay of Belfalas 361 Belthil 'Divine radiance', the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151 Belthronding The bow of Beleg Cuthalion, which was buried with him. 256 Beor Called the Old; leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; vassal of Finrod Felagund; progenitor of the House of Beor (called also the Eldest House of Men and the First House of the Edain); see Balan. 167-72, 17780, 204. House of, People of, Beor 172-4, 177, 183, 189-90, 194 Bereg Grandson of Baran son of Beor the Old (this is not stated in the text); a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad; went back over the mountains into Eriador. 173-4 Beren Son of Barahir; cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown to be the bride-price of Luthien Thingol's daughter, and was slain by Carcharoth the wolf of Angband; but returning from the dead, alone of mortal Men, lived afterwards with Luthien on Tol Galen in Ossiriand, and fought with the Dwarves at Sarn Athrad. Great-grandfather of Elrond and Elros and ancestor of the Numenorean Kings. Called also Camlost, Erchamion, and One-hand. 121,