House of the Mole

The House of the Mole was one of the twelve houses of Gondolin. Their emblem was a plain black field with no symbol. Their leader was Maeglin and they were loyal to him though he betrayed the whole city.

They wore harnesses of sable and steel helmets covered with mole skin and they wielded double bladed axes. The warriors of the mole were said to be of dark countenance and were in the end no help to the rest of the Gondolindrim.

During the Fall of Gondolin, which came about because of Maeglins treachery. The people of the Mole did not aid Maeglin when he attempted to capture Idril and Earendil because they were not under Melkors service but attacked Tuor when he killed Maeglin scarring their name forever amongst the Eldar and Edain.

References

The Fall of Gondolin (publication)