Known to be the son of Tuor (Atani) and Idril, Eärendil was raised as a child in Gondolin. When Eärendil was seven years old, he escaped the sacking of Gondolin with his parents, living afterwards in Arvernien by the mouth of Sirion. Eärendil later became the leader of the people who lived there, and married the beautiful Atani woman Elwing. They had two sons, Elrond and Elros.