Pour la case "Fall of Gondolin".

The readalong is over so now comes the time to turn in all the Bing cards that you completed.  Just follow tolkienreadalong's instructions on how to turn in the Bing cards, but if you competed any Gondolin Bingo Cards I need you to either reblog this post or send me a message telling me how many Gondolin Bingo cards you completed.  Each Gondolin Bingo card that is completed brings our team a point, so please let me know.  :)

The Fall(s) of Gondolin

My last art for the readalong bingo *single tear*

I've given up doing Nevrast, since the deadline is friday^^ I'll do a roundup post soon.

Continuing my attempt to finish filling a Gondolin bingo card with various snippets... Here is a description of Tuor written without any adjectives, like, a decade ago, when I was learning to write! (Although I do not seem to have learnt much since.)

Behind a cut because the POV character is not kind, and the description is rather unpleasant.

La nuit précédente, la neige s'était mêlée au sel, recouvrant le sable d'une fine croûte poussiéreuse qui craquait sous ses bottes. L'air du nord ouest, descendant en rafales douces, était humide et froid, comme chargé de neige invisible.

Ici, le monde semblait voilé. L'horizon du Belegaer avait disparu, absorbé par la brume violette.

Breeze by EbonyKitty

In which Turgon builds the Tower of the King for reasons that go beyond creating impressively tall and kingly architecture as compensation.

Uncle by Beleriandings

Maeglin briefly meets Fingon before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Gondoling by Tehta

If I told you that the romantic word "gondola" has its origins in the equally romantic (and tragic) Elven city of Gondolin, would you believe me?

No ? Perhaps this series of vignettes will convince you.

The Scent of a City by Merihobu

The Silmarillion states that in Nan Dungortheb, “the thin waters that spilled from Ered Gorgoroth were defiled, and perilous to drink”. This pollution is attributed to Ungoliant and her offspring, who “[filled] the ravines with [their] deadly gloom”, but: what if it had come from… elsewhere ?

Flawed and fair by Tehta

When Aredhel leaves Gondolin, Ecthelion is part of her escort. During the journey, he will have to deal with Finwe's grandchild, spitting Sindar, orcs, unlight, giant spiders -- and his unnatural feelings for Glorfindel.

Strange fortunes by Tehta

The city of Gondolin is at peace, and yet several of its citizens harbour resentments, ambitions, and unnatural desires : Maeglin longs to assume his rightful position as Turgon's heir and Idril's spouse ; Salgant hopes to avenge himself for past humiliations ; and Ecthelion and Glorfindel indulge in deception even as they devote their lives to duty.

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Le rapprocher de celle qu’il avait perdue, qui aurait cru que c'était là la première raison d'être de Gondolin ?

Leur grand projet de cité idéale en Endor, il l'avait abandonné une première fois en Nevrast, pour s'adapter aux contraintes du littoral et à la culture de la population locale. Puis Ulmo lui avait suggéré l'idée d'un royaume secret - mais il s'était contenté de construire une réplique de Tirion : la ville où il était tombé amoureux.