yet to none were his eyes more often drawn than to idril the king 's daughter , who sat beside him ; for she was golden as the vanyar , her mother 's kindred , and she seemed to him as the sun from which all the king 's hall drew its light but eol , following after aredhel , found the dry river and the secret path , and so creeping in by stealth he came to the guard , and was taken and questioned .