I just got thinking, after seeing Clamavi De Profundis's Fall of Gil-galad, there's something I found in the last stanza
But long ago he rode away
And where he dwelleth none can say
For in to darkness fell his star
In Mordor where the shadows are.
It struck me last night that the third line may have a different meaning. The name Gil-galad means Star of Radiance, and 'for into darkness fell his star' might not have been his star; it might have been him. He posses no star that I know of, and I think he died in Mordor, I'm not sure. Anyone else have ideas? (I can't believe I didn't notice this before)
Yes, Gil-Galad and Elendil died fighting Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance, specifically the Siege of Barad-dur.
He let fly Aeglos (sp?) which had always found it mark before. tragically not that time.
Consider who they were fighting. Sauron was wounded, but it probably took a combined effort between Gil-galad and Elendil, and it still ended with their deaths. But at least they left Sauron vulnerable enough for Isildur to finish the job, so to speak.
Aiglos or Aeglos? The first one is the version I've normally seen used.
@ShireofMiddleEarth I think Aiglos was the first spelling, while JRRT was still developing the Elvish languages. Aeglos was the final form.