" Never have I heard how Beren came thither over the hills; yet he was braver than most, as thou shall hear, and 'twas the love of wandering maybe alone that had sped him through the terrors of the Iron Mountains until he reached the Lands Beyond.
Now Beren was a Gnome, son of Egnor the forester who hunted in the darker places in the north of Hisilome.Dread and suspicion was between the Eldar and those of their kindred that had tasted the slavery of Melko, and in this did the evil deeds of the Gnomes at the Haven of the Swans revenge itself." -The Book of Lost Tales 2, page 9.
*shrugs* I don't know, would have to do a good bit of reading to get a good idea of who and why the name Noldol/Gnome applies to.
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