Thus Felagund escaped, and returned to his deep fortress of Nargothrond but he swore an oath of abiding friendship and aid en every need to Barahir and all his kin, and in token of his vow he gave to Barahir his ring." - The Silmarillion, " Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin" History " There King Finrod Felagund, hastening from the south, was cut off from his people and surrounded with small company in the Fen of Serech and he would have been slain or taken, but Barahir came up with the bravest of his men and rescued him, and made a wall of spears about him and they cut their way out of the battle with great loss. The palantíri were the only other items to rival the ring in age, both being made in the Years of the Trees. Lasting through the War of the Ring but having been crafted before the First Age, the Ring of Barahir was thousands of years older than any of the Rings of Power. While the Ring of Barahir was not known to contain any magic or power, it is notable as one of the oldest crafted objects in Middle-earth. Proud are the words, and all there turned
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