Camiadus
The Lion in The Sky
- Location
- The Holy Land
Okay, a number of issues with this that I'll try to address succinctly, with the first being that the entirety of Nirnaeth Arnoediad was a feint by Morgoth and nothing else. It wasn't. Morgoth learned from his spies that Maedhros was attempting to rally the forces of the Noldor and their allies to reclaim the lands of Northern Beleriand that they lost in the aftermath of Dagor Bragollach. He attempted to either destroy or drive back the two hosts before they could meet, and when he failed to do that he had to rely on every single trump card he had at the exact right moment in order to prove victorious. Had the Union of Maedhros stopped at the Gates of Angband and penned him back up, Morgoth would have likely been forced back under siege until Ancalagon and the dragons were ready.
As for the Noldor fighting an "entire pantheon of Evil Gods", well that's just rubbish. Morgoth was the only Valar among all the evil of Angband and even the greatest of it's inhabitants, including the Maiar could, each and every one, of them be matched by heroes of the First Age.
The quote I believe that you're referencing is here:
Now Fingolfin, King of the North, and High King of the Noldor, seeing that his people were become numerous and strong, and that the Men allied to them were many and valiant, pondered once more an assault upon Angband; for he knew that they lived in danger while the circle of the siege was incomplete, and Morgoth was free to labour in his deep mines, devising what evils none could foretell ere he should reveal them. This counsel was wise according to the measure of his knowledge; for the Noldor did not yet comprehend the fullness of the power of Morgoth, nor understand that their unaided war upon him was without final hope, whether they hasted or delayed. But because the land was fair and their kingdoms wide, most of the Noldor were content with things as they were, trusting them to last, and slow to begin an assault in which many must surely perish were it in victory or in defeat Therefore they were little disposed to hearken to Fingolfin, and the sons of Fëanor at that time least of all. Among the chieftains of the Noldor Angrod and Aegnor alone were of like mind with the King; for they dwelt in regions whence Thangorodrim could be descried, and the threat of Morgoth was present to their thought. Thus the designs of Fingolfin came to naught, and the land had peace yet for a while.
Tolkien specifically mentions their unaided war upon Morgoth being without hope, but this could mean a number of different things. Morgoth rightly feared the Noldor and the Elves of the First Age for a reason, and it was not just because they were a major nuisance. Fingolfin alone managed to wound Morgoth until the end of time, I struggle to imagine that he could not be over come should all his forces be wrought asunder and his gates thrown down.
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