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The Union of Maedhros was an attempt by Maedhros, son of Fëanor, to unite Elves, Dwarves, and Men against Morgoth in the year FA 472.

History[]

Some time after the disastrous defeat of the Elves and Edain during Dagor Bragollach, a mortal man and an elven princess, Beren and Lúthien, managed to sneak into Angband and take a Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown. The tale of the two lovers restored hope in the heart of Maedhros that Morgoth was not invincible, and he sought to unite all the foes of Morgoth in a force capable of taking the fight the Angband. However, the Oath of Fëanor and numerous other evils wrought by Maedhros's brothers stymied his plans. King Thingol of Doriath sent no aid to the alliance due to threats made to his kingdom by Curufin, and from Nargothrond there came only a single company, for Curufin and Celegorm had committed deeds that had indirectly led to the death of Nargothrond's king, Finrod. Nevertheless, Maedhros was successful in uniting the vast majority of the Elves, Men, and Dwarves of Beleriand against Morgoth, and in preparation for an assault on Angband, the Union first rid Dorthonion of Orcs. However, this alerted Morgoth to the existence of the Union, and he took counsel against it.

Maedhros planned to divide the Union's forces between himself and Fingon. He would march openly against Angband with the larger of the two hosts while Fingon's armies hid in the forests around the Ered Wethrin. His hope was to draw out Morgoth's forces and crush them between his and Fingon's armies, then seal the doors of Angband and hopefully drive Morgoth underground forever. Learning of Maedhros's plans through his spies, Morgoth divided his own forces into two hosts, and sent the larger of the two to attack Maedhros. Glaurung, his many fire breathing brood, and a gigantic force of Orcs combined with the Men of the treacherous Ulfang the Black to rout the host of Maedhros, though Ulfang and his men died for their betrayal. However, this prevented Maedhros's army from combining with Fingon's, and Fingon's own army was ultimately destroyed during Nírnaeth Arnoediad. Fingon and Huor were slain during the battle, and Húrin was captured. The Union was thus ended and with it, the power of the people of Middle-earth to resist Morgoth.[1]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Unie van Maedhros
Albanian Bashkimi i Maedhros
Arabic إتحاد ميدروس
Armenian Մաեդհրոսյան ունիա
Asturian Unión de Maedhros
Azerbaijani Maedhros Birliyi
Belarusian Cyrillic Саюз Маэдросу
Bosnian Jedinstvo Maidros
Breton Unaniezh Maedhros
Bulgarian Cyrillic Съюз на Маедрос
Catalan Unió de Maedhros
Chinese (Hong Kong) 梅斯羅斯聯盟
Croatian Jedinstvo Maedhros
Czech Unie Maedhros
Danish Maedhrosunionen
Dutch Unie van Maedhros
Esperanto Unión de Maedhros
Faroese Maedhrossamveldið
Filipino Unyon ng Maedhros
Finnish Maedhrosin Liitto
French Union de Maedhros
Frisian Uny fan Maedhros (Western)
Galician Unión de Maedhros
German Maedhros' Bund
Greek Ένωση του Μαέδρος
Haitian Creole Inyon de Maedhros
Hebrew ברית מאידרוס
Hungarian Maedhros unió
Hmong Pab neeg ntawm Maedhros
Icelandic Maedhrossambandið
Indonesian Persatuan Maedhros
Irish Gaelic Aontas de Maedhros
Italian Unione di Maedhros
Japanese マイズロスの連合
Javanese Uni Maedhros
Kazakh Маедһрос Одағы (Cyrillic) Maedhros Odağı (Latin)
Kurdish Yekîtiya Maedhros (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Маэдhрос униясы
Latin Unio Maedhros
Latvian Savienības Maedhros
Lithuanian Maedhros unija
Luxembourgish Unioun vu Maedhros
Malagasy Firaisan-Kina ny Maedhros
Malaysian Kesatuan Maedhros
Maltese Unjoni tal-Maedhros
Manx Unnaneys ny Maedhros
Nepalese म​एध्रोसको संघ
Norwegian Maedhrosunionen
Occitan Union de Maedhros
Persian اتحاد مادروس
Polish Liga Maedhrosa
Portuguese União de Maedhros
Romanian Unirea de la Maedhros
Sardinian Unione de Maedhros
Scottish Gaelic Aonadh de Maedhros
Serbian Заједнице Маидрос (Cyrillic) Zajednice Maidros (Latin)
Sicilian Unioni di Maedhros
Slovak Únia Maedhrosu
Slovenian Združenje Maedhrosa
Somali Ururka midowga ee Maedhros
Spanish Unión de Maedhros
Sundanese Ngahijikeun ti Maedhros
Swahili Muungano wa Maedhros
Swedish Maedhrosunionen
Russian Союз Маэдроса
Tagalog Unyong Maedhros
Tajik Cyrillic Иттифоқи Маедҳрос
Tamil மைத்ரோஸ் யூனியன்
Tatar Маедрос берлеге
Telugu యూనియన్ ఆఫ్ మ​ఎధ్రొస
Thai สหภาพมายดรอส
Turkish Maedhros Birliği
Turkmen Maedhros Birleşigi
Ukrainian Cyrillic Союз Маедрос
Urdu یونین کے مایداس
Uzbek Маидрўлар уюшмаси (Cyrillic) Maidro'lar uyushmasi (Latin)
Vietnamese Liên minh Maedhros
Welsh Undeb Maedhros
Yiddish פאַרבאַנד פון מאַעדהראָס
Yoruba Iṣọkan ti Maedhros
Zulu Inyunyana sa Maedhros


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