Of Gondolin

Gondolin is a hidden city in the mountains, near the Pass of Anach and Dorthonion. It is just above Beleriand (the main country in The Silmarillion). Towards the end of Morgoth's reign, it is discovered, and Morgoth attacks and destroys the city. Tuor, a man, goes to Gondolin during the fall and saves as many of the people as he can. So Gondolin, though a magnificent city, the story ends in a sad way, which is the end of one of the most magnificent cities in the history of Middle Earth.

The Sons of Feanor

The sons of Feanor are as follows:
Maedhros
Maglor
Celegorm
Caranthir
Curufin
Amrod
Amras

These are the elves this entire book is about. The Silmarillion covers more stories, but it is really about the Oath of Feanor, which was an oath saying he would recover the Silmarils.

Huan

Huan is a dog from the Silmarillion, who can only be killed by the biggest wolf to ever live. He also gets to talk three times in his life. So he understands what people say, and he has amazing senses (i.e. smell, sight, etc.). He is Beren and Luthien's companion. He goes with them on their adventures, and his life ends after fighting a wolf fed by Morgoth himself, not just fed with food, but he is fed with malace and the like. The two have a tremendous battle, but Huan ends up dying, because it was the biggest wolf who ever lived. He uses his last time talking while he is dying. His story may not be a happy story, but it is a story of love and loyalty.

Stuff

The sons of Feanor from the Silmarillion, are the ones who are after Melchor (aka. Morgoth) because he stole the Silmarils, the brightest jewels in Middle Earth, they were made by Feanor, and his sons want them back, so they can hold the worlds light, and so it will get back in the right hands. Beren, a man, steals one, and it ends up with a king, the other drives Maedhros to his death, and the death of the Silmaril, and the other, his brother throws another in the ocean, and so in time they all get lost, and their legend lived on, but never are the Silmarils found, or even seen by another man or elf or dwarf again.

Finrod Felegund

My favorite character in the Silmarillion is Finrod Felegund, he is a powerful king, who ends up fighting Melchor hand to hand. He gets killed in doing so, but he also chops of Melchor's foot, and cripples him for life.

Haldir

In the Silmarillion, an elf named Haldir dies, as a rule the elves don't use the same name twice, but there is a Haldir in the Lord of the Rings books. It is just an interesting fact, and it may have been a mess up by J.R.R Tolkien, or Christopher Tolkien.