#gorlim

by Zdenka

Gorlim searches for Eilinel.

Teen, Major Character Death

Beren is the only real source there is for the deaths of Barahir and the outlaws, or at least for any details of how it all went down. There's no-one else who would've known what happened, not really. So Beren is the one who got to choose how that tale is told. And Beren- Beren who lost his father, his cousins, his friends, all he had left, in one night. Who spent years alone, hunted, seeking vengeance and death, fearing only capture and thraldom, who survived horrors like few other men ever went through...

Beren chooses to forgive Gorlim. To call us to pity him. Gorlim the Unhappy, grieving, desperate, tricked with false hope, falling for a trap because he loved. Not Gorlim the Traitor, not Gorlim the Faithless, not one to be regarded with scorn and dishonor, but Gorlim the Unhappy, to be remembered with pity and grief for his fate.

(lyrics under the cut)

1 - "On a time of autumn he came in the dusk of evening, and drawing near he saw as he thought a light at the window; and coming warily he looked within."

2 - "But there arose one who seemed to all to be Amlach son of Imlach, speaking fell words that shook the hearts of all who heard him."

Gorlim is a bit like Silmarillion Peter Pettigrew

like he betrayed *a* protagonist’s father (if we count Beren among the protagonists (if there are any anyway)) leading to said father’s death, he’s kind of forgotten, and it’s that betrayal that lead to his death because of a dark lord

Beren's dream

"Cold 'tis with Sauron's wraiths to wed..."

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Cheers! <3

Haha, oh... *hides face in hands* Despite my ganking that awesome line from the Lay, this one is absolute garbage-tier. X'D

The notion was this: Sauron entraps Gorlim by creating a phantom-illusion-thingy of Eilinel to lure him in, okay. But we also know that Sauron himself is a consummate shapeshifter, so what iiiiif he himself takes Eilinel's shape in the ruins of the house? And in this version, poor old Gorlim does more than simply see through her through the window. He actually makes it into the house, where he has (what he thinks is) a passionate reunion with his beloved wife. Only after that is the trap sprung.

And yes, Gorlim will realise exactly who he just had sex with. There's no way Sauron would let that one pass...

"He is SO SAD okay so his home was conquered by Sauron's boss Morgoth, and he was one of a small group of warriors who stayed behind to fight back rather than flee. Sauron captured him, convinced him to give up his companions' location by pretending he had Gorlim's wife captive, then revealed that Gorlim's wife was dead and killed Gorlim as well.

But - even though as a human he really wasn't supposed to return after death, and it would have been harmful to him! - Gorlim still tried to save his friends' lives. As a ghost he appeared in a dream to Beren, the only member of the group who was away on his own at the time, and warned him of his betrayal. Yet he was too late: even though Beren rushed back to the rest of the group, all of them had been killed by the time he reached them.

And here, have the scene where Gorlim appears to Beren:

"He shuddered, struggling thence to crawl

through winding weeds, when far away

he saw a shadow faint and grey

gliding across the weary lake.

Slowly it came, and softly spake:

'Gorlim I was, but now a wraith

of will defeated, broken faith,

traitor betrayed. Go! Stay not here!

Awaken, son of Barahir,

and haste! For Morgoth's fingers close

upon thy father's throat; he knows

your trysts, your paths, your secret lair.'

Then he revealed the devil's snare

in which he fell, and failed; and last

begging forgiveness, wept, and passed