I was friendly with Turgon and the House of Fingolfin. I opposed Fëanor and the Oath when he sought to return to Middle-earth to recover the Silmarils from Morgoth, but chose not to be parted with my friends and so I followed his father and his House and the House of Fingolfin. I did not fight in the Kinslaying of Alqualondë nor was I ever aware of it as and so continued the transit through Araman. While marching up the coast, the host encountered a figure on a rock and heard the Prophecy of the North. Afterwards, Finarfin and many of his followers departed and returned to Tirion, but I alone chose to continue onto Middle-earth with the host of Fingolfin.[3]

It was I who founded the original Minas Tirith in the Pass of Sirion. In around FA 50, me and my friend Turgon, while journeying down the river Sirion, encamped along its banks and were put to sleep by Ulmo. While asleep, Ulmo revealed to us the hidden caves of Nargothrond and the valley of Tumladen. It was then we discovered the system of caves beneath the Taur-en-Faroth, and with the help from the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains Turgon and I started to build the city of Nargothrond and went on to found my own kingdom there in.[4][5] I rewarded the Dwarves with many jewels from Valinor. And in that time my people made for me the Nauglamír and gave me the honorific Felagund meaning "Hewer of Caves".