Editing Fingolfin (section)

=== Death: single combat with Morgoth ===
When Fingolfin learned of this, and received false report that his allies had been routed on all fronts, he became filled with wrath and despair. He immediately took his horse Rochallor and sword [[Ringil]], and rode alone to Angband. All enemies fled from him, fearing his anger, and mistaking him in his fury for [[Oromë]], the [[Vala (Middle-earth)|Vala]] patron of hunters.<ref name="Of the Ruin of Beleriand" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1977}}, Chapter 18, "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"</ref>

Fingolfin smote the gates of Angband and challenged Morgoth to single combat. Though Morgoth feared Fingolfin (of all the [[Vala (Middle-earth)|Valar]], Morgoth was the only one to know fear), he had to accept the challenge—or face shame in the eyes of his servants. Seven times Fingolfin wounded Morgoth and seven times Morgoth cried in pain, and seven times the host of Morgoth wailed in anguish, but he could not be slain for he was one of the Valar.<ref name="Of the Ruin of Beleriand" group=T/>

Whenever Morgoth attacked, Fingolfin avoided Morgoth's weapon [[List of Middle-earth weapons and armour#Grond|Grond]], the hammer of the underworld, as it cracked the ground so violently smoke and fire darted from the craters. Eventually, however, Fingolfin grew weary and stumbled on a crater. Then Morgoth pinned Fingolfin with his foot, and killed him, but not before he, with his last act of defiance, hewed at Morgoth's foot. Morgoth thenceforward always walked with a limp. Enraged, Morgoth sought to desecrate the body of the valiant king, but [[Thorondor (Middle-earth)|Thorondor]], Lord of Eagles flew down, raked Morgoth's eyes, and carried Fingolfin's body away to be placed on a cliff overlooking [[Gondolin]]. Later, Fingolfin's son Turgon built a cairn over his father's remains.<ref name="Of the Ruin of Beleriand" group=T/>