This Elf Took on Morgoth, the Biggest Baddie in Lord of the Rings, by Himself — and Damn Near Won

The Lord of the Rings universe is home to many incredible stories, and, while most of them are told in Peter Jackson's trilogy, there are other, lesser-known ones that the general audience is usually unaware of. Some of those stories are even more impressive than those in the book, in a way, because of the stakes and the sheer scale of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium in the ages before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring even begins. One such story is the tale of the Elf Fingolfin, who challenged Morgoth, the ultimate evil power in Middle-earth, to a duel and nearly won. Very, very nearly.