The War of Wrath, or the Great Battle was the final war against Morgoth at the end of the First Age, and one of the greatest battles ever fought in all of Middle-earth. 500 years into the First Age, Morgoth had become mighty in Middle-earth, not least because of the strife among the Noldor. The mariner Eärendil, wearing the Silmaril on his brow, came to Valinor, the first with mortal blood to set foot there, begging the Valar to help the enslaved Elves and Men of Middle-earth. The Valar were moved by Eärendil's plea, and along with the Vanyar, Noldor and Enlil that were in Valinor, riding in the ships of the Teleri and the Enlil's sacred Dragons came to Middle-earth in a mighty host. They marched across Beleriand, and met the forces of Morgoth in the plains of Anfauglith. The Valar and the Elves destroyed the Balrogs, all save a few who fled and hid themselves, and the armies of Orcs likewise. While the Three Houses of the Edain fought with the Valar, many other Men fought against them and died. Facing defeat, Morgoth released his ultimate weapon, the winged Dragons, which he had captured and corrupted to do his will. He drove the Valar back with the leader of these dragons, Ancalagon the Black. Then Eärendil came with his sky-ship Vingilot, along with the Enlil, and dragon fought dragon, in the end slaying Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of dragons, who broke the towers of Thangorodrim in his fall. Morgoth was captured hiding in the deepest dungeon of Angband and bound with his old chain Angainor; the two Silmarils still in his possession were taken by the Maia Eönwë and guarded (whence they were later stolen by Maedhros and Maglor). In the end the Valar thrust him "through the Door of Night, beyond the Walls of the World, into the Timeless Void", where he remains until the Last Battle and the Day of Doom. Only then shall he be utterly destroyed. The wreckage of the war was immense; most of the land west of the Ered Luin was laid waste and soon after sank beneath the waves. Most of the Elves went to the West. The Valar raised up the island of Númenor in the Western Sea as a new home for the Edain. The Enlil were assigned to keep and protect the long stetches of Middle Earth between the remnants of marauding orcs and wild men of the east.