A Half-elven mariner of the First Age, son of Tuor and Idril of Gondolin, and father of Elrond and Elros. Earendil sailed to the Undying Lands to plead with the Valar on behalf of the peoples of Middle-earth, leading to their intervention in the War of Wrath. He was set in the sky as a star, bearing a Silmaril upon his brow, and his light is the brightest star visible in Middle-earth - the star captured in the Phial of Galadriel.