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Fingon was the eldest son of Fingolfin and Anairë, born in Valinor probably between Y.T. 1240 and Y.T. 1245. He was the older brother of Turgon, Aredhel[3] and Argon,[4] and was impetuous and a great warrior. While in Valinor he became close to his cousin Maedhros son of Fëanor. After the Darkening of Valinor in Y.T. 1495, his uncle Fëanor returned from Formenos where he had been exiled to Tirion, claiming the High Kingship of the Noldor after his father Finwë's death at the hands of Morgoth and speaking fiery words leading the Noldor to Middle-earth; while Fingon did not love him, he was influenced by his words, though his father Fingolfin and brother Turgon spoke fiercely against Fëanor. Urged on by his son Fingon, Fingolfin chose to follow Fëanor when it became clear that nine-tenths of the people of Tirion would follow him, so as not to abandon his people, and Fingon led the vanguard of those following his father. Fingon and his people arrived at Alqualondë shortly after Fëanor began the First Kinslaying, and assuming that the Valar had ordered the Teleri to stop the Noldor from fleeing to Middle-earth, entered the battle. Fëanor, distrustful of the followers of his half-brothers, secretly left for Middle-earth in the stolen Telerin ships with his most trusted followers, disembarking at Losgar at the mouth of the Firth of Drengist, leaving them behind. His son Maedhros thought that they would sail back for those they had left behind, asking his father who they would sail back for, specifically mentioning Fingon and calling him "the Valiant", but his father burned the ships while Maedhros stood aside. When Fëanor's betrayal was discovered, Fingolfin's determination to reach Middle-earth increased, and he, with Finrod, Galadriel and his son Fingon, who was "bold and fiery of heart, and loath to abandon any task", led his people across the Helcaraxë.[5] Soon after they arrived in Middle-earth in Y.T. 1500, they were assailed by Orcs in the Lammoth; Fingon's youngest brother Argon was slain in this battle.[4]