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The Fall of Gondolin

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The Fall of Gondolin	comment	The Fall of Gondolin is a Dark Fantasy tale by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of the three "Great Tales" of the First Age (the other two being Beren and LÃºthien and The Children of HÃºrin), and one of the main tales of the Tolkien's Legendarium, which Tolkien started writing during sick leave in 1916. Published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien, the book includes the first — and complete — version, the different drafts and sketches composed by Tolkien throughout four decades, and the last and most elaborate (albeit incomplete) version.Morgoth has won the Battle of the Unnumbered Tears and has crushed nearly all his enemies. His rule over the subcontinent of Beleriand is nearly uncontested, but some Elven realms remain free. Chief among them is Gondolin, the hidden city ruled by Turgon, his most hated and feared enemy. Morgoth has spent four centuries searching for Gondolin, but his only hint so far is that the hidden city lies somewhere in the Encircling Mountains.Morgoth nearly destroyed Gondolin's army during the Unnumbered Tears, but the Mannish Tribe of Hador, led by Hurin and Huor, covered Turgon and his army's retreat. Nonetheless, most of the tribe was slaughtered, and the survivors were enslaved by Morgoth's minions. One of those slaves, Tuor, son of Huor, manages to escape from his master when he is nearly twenty and becomes an outlaw. His wanderings lead him to the Western coast of Beleriand, where Ulmo, the Lord of Waters, appears before him. Ulmo asks Tuor to warn Turgon that he must evacuate Gondolin because Morgoth will find the city before long.But even if his warning is disregarded and Gondolin falls, Ulmo is putting a subtler scheme in motion to ensure Morgoth's final defeat and the salvation of the Free Peoples.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_10d386ea	comment	Master Archer: Duilin of Gondolin is referred to as the "swiftest of all men to run and leap and surest of archers at a mark".
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
The Fall of Gondolin / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: Salgant, lord of the House of the Harp, fawned upon and worked for the king's nephew Maeglin, even though he knew Maeglin was a traitor who had betrayed the hidden city's location to Morgoth. When Morgoth finally attacks Gondolin, Maeglin tasks Salgant with delaying Tuor as he kidnaps his wife. However, Salgant completely loses his nerve when the siege begins, so he rushes to his home, crawls under his bed's covers and is never seen again. It is believed his house was probably consumed by flames and Salgant burned to his death.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_170cf4b6	type	Heroes Love Dogs
The Fall of Gondolin / int_170cf4b6	comment	Heroes Love Dogs: At one point, Tuor is captured and enslaved by the Easterlings. When Tuor eventually runs away, his master Lorgan sends his soldiers and his hunting dogs after him...to no avail because Tuor had befriended Lorgan's dogs, so they wouldn't bother him even if they found him.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_1c4adce1	type	The Siege
The Fall of Gondolin / int_1c4adce1	comment	The Siege: Morgoth's forces besiege Gondolin and succeed in taking the city, with only a remnant of its population escaping.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_1df37537	type	Mutual Kill
The Fall of Gondolin / int_1df37537	comment	Mutual Kill: After driving his spike's helmet into Gothmog's chest, Echthelion wraps his arms and legs around the Balrog, causing him to fall into the Fountain of the King. Both drowned. Glorfindel slays a Balrog by throwing himself and the demon off a mountainside.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
The Fall of Gondolin / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: When Tuor finds his family and sees Maeglin attempting to murder his son, he literally roars loud enough to scare the Orcs laying siege to the city. Maeglin then tries to stab Ã‹arendil, but Tuor breaks Maeglin's arm, lifts him and hurls him off the battlements.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_1e679bd0	type	The Quisling
The Fall of Gondolin / int_1e679bd0	comment	The Quisling: Maeglin is captured by orcs and dragged to Angband, and Morgoth tortures him to try and extract the location of Gondolin from him. Maeglin gives in when Morgoth offers or agrees to make him ruler of the city after its conquest, and to deliver Idril into his hands.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_1ec3eb0a	type	Take Our Word for It
The Fall of Gondolin / int_1ec3eb0a	comment	Take Our Word for It: Morgoth captures Maeglin and threatens with torturing him if he does not reveal the Hidden City's location. It is unknown what torment Maeglin was menaced with, but the story assures that Maeglin was not weak or cowardly... and even so, he completely gave in.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_2854b56d	type	Uncertain Doom
The Fall of Gondolin / int_2854b56d	comment	Uncertain Doom: Salgant is last seen bunkering in his home when the battle begins. As the refugees are fleeing towards the hills, Ã‹arendil asks where Salgant is, since the man used to play with him and even tell him tales. But nobody knows what happened to him: Maybe he was burned to death inside his own home, maybe he was captured and made a slave.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_2cf5eb14	type	Endless Winter
The Fall of Gondolin / int_2cf5eb14	comment	Endless Winter: The Fell Winter summoned by Morgoth lasted five months, covered North Beleriand in snow and ice and nearly killed Tuor and VonronwÃ« before they reached Gondolin (which would have doomed Middle-Earth). It is said that people remembered that brutal winter for a long time.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
The Fall of Gondolin / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins: Morgoth finally finds and wipes out the last Elven Kingdom who posed a threat to him. Ameliorated because one of the survivors will finally bring the wrath of the Valar on his head.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_30c15c8f	type	Watching Troy Burn
The Fall of Gondolin / int_30c15c8f	comment	Watching Troy Burn: As Gondolin is being burned to the ground, Tuor manages to lead several hundred survivors towards the mountains. Before climbing up the mountain pass, the crowd turn around to watch their city for the last time. As the sun sets in the west, they see the last standing tower going up in flames and crumbling down before darkness covers the valley.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_322426f8	type	Not Good with Rejection
The Fall of Gondolin / int_322426f8	comment	Not Good with Rejection: Maeglin grows bitter and resentful after being rejected by Idril (on grounds of him being her incredibly creepy cousin) and seeing her happily married to someone else. Hence, Maeglin betrays the location of the hidden city to Morgoth in hopes of exploiting the chaos of the battle to kidnap Idril and murder her family.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_32976084	type	Destination Defenestration
The Fall of Gondolin / int_32976084	comment	Destination Defenestration: While looking for his family during the battle, Tuor discovers that Maeglin is trying to take advantage of the chaos to kidnap his wife and murder his son. Mad with rage, Tuor seizes and hurls Maeglin off the battlement, and his body hits the rocks below before falling into the flames burning the hill.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_32bf17e0	type	Weaponized Headgear
The Fall of Gondolin / int_32bf17e0	comment	Weaponized Headgear: Ecthelion stabs Gothmog with the spike on his helmet. He doesn't live to tell the tale, but neither does the Balrog.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_35884ee7	type	Villainous Incest
The Fall of Gondolin / int_35884ee7	comment	Villainous Incest: Maeglin lusts after his cousin Idril. His feelings are unreciprocated, partly due to the Noldorin incest taboo, partly because she marries someone else. Later, Maeglin betrays the location of the formerly hidden city to Morgoth in exchange for lordship and possession of Idril.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_36135fb0	type	Official Couple
The Fall of Gondolin / int_36135fb0	comment	Official Couple: Tuor meets Idril when he arrives in the hidden city and falls in love with her. After three years, they get married and have a son.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_3ae51e0	type	Resigned to the Call
The Fall of Gondolin / int_3ae51e0	comment	Resigned to the Call: Ulmo tells Tuor that he needs him to send a message to Turgon, the king of Gondolin, and Tuor will soon find someone who will guide him to the hidden city. Upon meeting VonronwÃ«, Tuor repeats Ulmo's words, and VoronwÃ« tiredly says he doesn't wish to return to Gondolin ever again; if he survived his sea voyage, he intended to travel southwards, far from Morgoth and the war. Nonetheless, he reluctantly agrees that he must return if evil is again growing and threatening his city.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_3aec9e5e	type	Properly Paranoid
The Fall of Gondolin / int_3aec9e5e	comment	Properly Paranoid: Even though the hidden city has remained safe for four centuries, Idril is convinced that Morgoth will find and destroy Gondolin before long; and since her father will not listen to her misgivings, she builds a secret escape tunnel leading towards the mountains. Idril is also certain that her cousin Maeglin, the King's most favored advisor, will sell them out to Morgoth out of jealousy and spite, so she commissions tailor-made chain mail for her and her son Ã‹arendil. Her foresight eventually saves many lives, including her family's.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
The Fall of Gondolin / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Morgoth invents tanks to bring down the walls of a city defended by people armed with swords, axes and bows. No matter how hard the Gondolindrim battle, their fields are burned by metallic flaming snakes, their gates are brought down by mechanical dragons, their towers are smashed down by living drakes, their streets are overrun with orcs and balrogs, and the survivors must flee as their beautiful city is razed to the ground and their kingdom ceases to exist.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
The Fall of Gondolin / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: Rian left her baby son Tuor in the Grey Elves' care before dying. Their leader, Annael, took care of Tuor until his ward was sixteen, when they were separated by an Orc attack as travelling towards the South.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_414a1901	type	Untrusting Community
The Fall of Gondolin / int_414a1901	comment	Untrusting Community: As Tuor finds out, the people of the hidden city are paranoid and suspicious, and they meet strangers with hostility, at best. Elemmakil, one of the guards of the Gates, justifies their weariness stating that "If our law were less stern, long ago guile and hatred would have entered and destroyed us."
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_437820dc	type	Villainous Crush
The Fall of Gondolin / int_437820dc	comment	Villainous Crush: Maeglin, the only Elf to ever serve Morgoth willingly, has been obsessed with Idril for centuries, despite her despising him and marrying someone else.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
The Fall of Gondolin / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: Maeglin attempts to murder his seven-year-old nephew by throwing him off the walls and into the flames burning below. When he spots Tuor approaching quickly, Maeglin decides to stab Ã‹arendil in the chest instead. Unfortunately for him, Idril foresaw his betrayal, and his knife is blocked by ÃŠarendil's chainmail. Unfortunately for him, too, Tuor objects to his son's attempted murder by flinging Maeglin off the wall.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_47d35854	type	Intergenerational Friendship
The Fall of Gondolin / int_47d35854	comment	Intergenerational Friendship: Tuor and VoronwÃ« (who is at least several centuries older), become close friends after meeting each other in Vinyamar, to the point Tuor trusts him to protect his wife Idril during the battle.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_4873d055	type	Use Your Head
The Fall of Gondolin / int_4873d055	comment	Use Your Head: After losing both of his arms, Ecthelion hurts Gothmog by headbutting him, driving his helmet's long steel spike into the Balrog's chest.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Fall of Gondolin / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: The wild landscapes of Northern Beleriand and the layout of Gondolin, the City of White Stone, are lavishly and detailed described in the original draft.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_4bca5b2e	type	We Have Become Complacent
The Fall of Gondolin / int_4bca5b2e	comment	We Have Become Complacent: In several versions, after moving to their secret valley to hide themselves from Morgoth, the Gondolin Elves become so enamored with their city after several centuries of peace that they stop paying attention to the outside world and watching over the Encircling Mountains, thus ensuring that Morgoth's troops find Gondolin, cross the mountains before being spotted, and reach the city's walls unopposed.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Fall of Gondolin / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: In the original tale, Balrogs were much more numerous and less powerful than they later became. Whereas in the final versions of The Silmarillion killing a Balrog has only been accomplished thrice and each time it was a mutual kill, early drafts had the heroes killing them by the hundreds. The story calls Tuor/Idril the first instance of human/elven intermarriage. Later, when the Tale of TinÃºviel was written down, a great deal was done from Beren and LÃºthien being the first Man and Elf to ever tie the knot. The Gondolin refugees suffered from fevers as travelling through the southern marshlands. Several years later, Tolkien would write Elves cannot get sick.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_4f4bbeff	type	Interspecies Friendship
The Fall of Gondolin / int_4f4bbeff	comment	Interspecies Friendship: Tuor (Man) and VoronwÃ« (Elf) become good friends and brothers-in-arms during their sojourn to Gondolin.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_52600ad6	type	Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu
The Fall of Gondolin / int_52600ad6	comment	Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Ecthelion gets both arms broken when he fights Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs, and loses his life killing him.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
The Fall of Gondolin / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs and High-Captain of Angband, leads the attack which annihilates the last Elven Kingdom in Beleriand.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_581f6468	type	Hero of Another Story
The Fall of Gondolin / int_581f6468	comment	Hero of Another Story: As Tuor and VoronwÃ« are travelling towards Gondolin, they briefly cross paths with "a tall man clothed in black and holding a long black sword then appeared and came towards them, calling out a name as if he were searching for one who was lost. But without any speech he passed them by." Tuor will never know who that person was, as they've never met before and will never meet again, but he is his own first cousin TÃºrin, fleeing from the ruin of Nargothrond as told in The Children of HÃºrin.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_5ad80bf8	type	It's All My Fault
The Fall of Gondolin / int_5ad80bf8	comment	It's All My Fault: As his city is being sacked and burned to the ground by Morgoth's troops, a saddened Turgon admit that he is to blame: Ulmo warned him repeatedly that his people couldn't remain hidden forever because Morgoth would find the hidden city before long. And yet, he refused to listen and evacuate Gondolin.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_5af55436	type	Forced to Watch
The Fall of Gondolin / int_5af55436	comment	Forced to Watch: As Gondolin is being destroyed by Morgoth's army, Maeglin tries to drag the woman who turned him down and her son to the battlements because he wants her to see how he throws her child off the wall and into the fire.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_5bdcc85a	type	Disney Villain Death
The Fall of Gondolin / int_5bdcc85a	comment	Disney Villain Death: Maeglin gets thrown off the Gondolin's walls by Tuor during the battle. Glorfindel and the Balrog fall off a cliff as fighting each other.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_6114a875	type	Lost Technology
The Fall of Gondolin / int_6114a875	comment	Lost Technology: In earliest version, when Morgoth destroyed Gondolin, his army crossed the peaks with metal troop carriers that had fire in their bellies (i.e. engines).
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
The Fall of Gondolin / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: When a Balrog intercepts a group of refugees of Gondolin fleeing from Morgoth's army, Glorfindel engages the demon and kills him by throwing him and himself off a cliff.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_66f69cd4	type	Invisibility Cloak
The Fall of Gondolin / int_66f69cd4	comment	Invisibility Cloak: So that Tuor can make it safely though Morgoth's territory, Ulmo gives him a piece of his misty mantle. It is large enough to cover Tuor plus another person from head to foot, and makes its bearer look like a drifting shadow or a passing mist. Unfortunately, it does not completely mask their scent and Tuor and VoronwÃ« are almost found by an Orc patrol who cannot see them but can smell the presence of intruders.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_6bb40be3	comment	Inner Monologue Conversation: Tuor is being walked through the tunnel leading to the hidden city when he looks back and realizes that most of guards have disappeared. His second guide Elemmakil guesses Tuor's thoughts and tells that guards are not needed beyond the First Gate.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_6e27397	comment	Missed Him by That Much: When Tuor and VoronwÃ« reach the source of the Ivrin, they find the area has been completely defiled and ruined. Alarmed, the Elf deduces Glaurung, the Father of Dragons, has just been here, so they hightail it out of there.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_7188e626	type	Incest-ant Admirer
The Fall of Gondolin / int_7188e626	comment	Incest-ant Admirer: Maeglin lusted after his first cousin Idril, who noticed and was sickened by his obsession. Still, Maeglin's lust was so great that he willingly helped Morgoth to destroy Gondolin.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_74b49e17	type	Price on Their Head
The Fall of Gondolin / int_74b49e17	comment	Price on Their Head: Tuor becomes an outlaw after escaping Lorgan, starting a one-man-army guerrilla war. The Easterlings set a great price upon his head, but they did not dare to approach his hideout because they were afraid of the Elves and places formerly inhabited by Elves.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_74d9d78f	type	Hate at First Sight
The Fall of Gondolin / int_74d9d78f	comment	Hate at First Sight: Idril disliked and distrusted her cousin Maeglin, without really knowing why, almost as soon as she met him, though she didn't hate him. He fell in love with her and being unable to woo her, became so embittered he eventually betrayed their whole city and got it sacked.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_76ebae85	type	Kidnapped by the Call
The Fall of Gondolin / int_76ebae85	comment	Kidnapped by the Call: In the original draft, Ulmo subtly nudges his chosen one onto the path to Gondolin by luring Tuor into a subterranean stream and then cutting off the entrance so he must follow the river until he reaches its mouth; he then uses three swans to guide Tuor towards the mountains. Though when Tuor reaches the banks of the Sirion and considers staying in the region, Ulmo appears before him to tell he is awfully sorry about disturbing his quiet life, but the future of Middle-earth depends on Tuor fulfilling his mission. Tuor does not fully understand Ulmo's explanations, but he nonetheless packs his belongings and leaves towards his destiny.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_77aedc5c	type	Horse of a Different Color
The Fall of Gondolin / int_77aedc5c	comment	Horse of a Different Color: A squad of twenty Orcs riding giant wolves try to hunt down a group of Elves fleeing from the burning city.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_79974fb8	type	Rock Beats Laser
The Fall of Gondolin / int_79974fb8	comment	Rock Beats Laser: Subverted. Morgoth expressly invents tanks and war machines to destroy Gondolin. For their part, the Gondolindrim are still geared with Early Middle Ages-level equipment: swords, axes, bows, shields and chainmail vests. They put up a brave, good fight, but it is clear they have no chance to win, and the survivors end fleeing from the city.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Fall of Gondolin / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Ulmo warns Turgon that he must abandon Gondolin and gather an army to face Morgoth. If he does not want to fight, Ulmo will personally guide him and his followers back to Valinor. If he does not evacuate the hidden city, though, Ulmo will no longer be able to help him, because Gondolin is about to be found and destroyed. Unfortunately, Turgon has grown too fond of his city and chooses to dimiss the Lord of Waters' warning, ensuring that hundreds will die when Morgoth attacks Gondolin.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_8288929a	type	Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves
The Fall of Gondolin / int_8288929a	comment	Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Maeglin betrays the location of the hidden city to Morgoth in exchange for becoming one of Morgoth's captains, the rule of Gondolin, and receiving Idril as his wife. Salgant, Lord of the House of the Harp, helps Maeglin betray the city. When Morgoth finally attacks Gondolin, his army burns the city to the ground, Maeglin himself dies during the attack, and Salgant either is burned to death or he is captured and enslaved.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_8437cb10	type	Made a Slave
The Fall of Gondolin / int_8437cb10	comment	Made a Slave: Tuor is separated from his adoptive family during an Orc ambush, and is captured and brought before Lorgan, chief of the Easterlings ruling Dor-lÃ³min. Lorgan takes Tuor as his slave, intending to break his spirit, but Tuor endures his abuse while waiting for a chance to escape. Three years later, Tuor is sent with other thralls into the woods, and he picks up an axe, kills the guards and flees into the hills.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_8485d41a	type	Interspecies Romance
The Fall of Gondolin / int_8485d41a	comment	Interspecies Romance: Tuor (Man) and Idril (Elf) end happily married.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_867b1f57	type	By the Hair
The Fall of Gondolin / int_867b1f57	comment	By the Hair: Maeglin grabs Idril by the hair and tries to drag her to the battlements during the battle, so she sees him throwing her son off the wall; he was not counting on her actually fighting back, though.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_89937faf	type	Watching the Sunset
The Fall of Gondolin / int_89937faf	comment	Watching the Sunset: After managing to flee into the hills, the survivors of Gondolin turn around to watch how their city burns in the fading light of dusk. The crowd see the last standing tower burning and collapsing before the sun sinks completely, stressing the fact that the hidden city has ceased to exist.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_8bf8adfa	type	Just Before the End
The Fall of Gondolin / int_8bf8adfa	comment	Just Before the End: Ulmo, the Lord of Waters, sends Tuor personally to warn Turgon that he needs to evacuate Gondolin because his hidden city will be found and destroyed by the Dark Lord before long. Although Turgon and most of his court decide to dismiss Ulmo's warnings, Idril takes the god's warnings seriously; moreover, she has her own visions about the imminent destruction of the city, so she spends seven years preparing for it.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_8ff8d545	type	Kissing Cousins
The Fall of Gondolin / int_8ff8d545	comment	Kissing Cousins: Maeglin is in love with his first cousin Idril Celebrindal, who is squicked by this, for "the Eldar wedded not with kin so near, nor ever before had any desired to do so."
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
The Fall of Gondolin / int_90d44f44	comment	Karmic Death: Maeglin attempts to kill his seven-year-old nephew EÃ¤rendil by throwing him from the walls of Gondolin, and is killed by Ã‹arendil's father Tuor that way.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_95265081	type	Leeroy Jenkins
The Fall of Gondolin / int_95265081	comment	Leeroy Jenkins: Deconstructed. Tuor and VoronwÃ« are on route to Gondolin when they come upon an Orc camp standing in the middle of the road. Tuor wants to attack them immediately, but his Elf friend points out that there are more Orcish posts watching the road. If Tuor makes his reckless attack he will bring a host upon them, and VonronwÃ« refuses to show him the way to the city with an army at their heels.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_97fa0a10	type	Mass "Oh, Crap!"
The Fall of Gondolin / int_97fa0a10	comment	Mass "Oh, Crap!": The people of Gondolin are holding a night festival to celebrate the coming of the spring when they notice a faint red glow crowning the northern mountains. As the glow intensifies, the partygoers' amazement and marvel devolves into terror when they realize Morgoth has found their hidden city and has sent his army to kill all of them.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_a1d4e0a8	type	Genocide Backfire
The Fall of Gondolin / int_a1d4e0a8	comment	Genocide Backfire: Morgoth's troops slaughter hundreds and burn Gondolin to the ground, but they are unable to prevent a group of survivors from escaping beyond the mountains. One of those survivors is Ã‹arendil, who several years later will cause Morgoth's downfall.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_a3c0d670	type	Evil Chancellor
The Fall of Gondolin / int_a3c0d670	comment	Evil Chancellor: Maeglin, one of his uncle King Turgon's trusted advisors, never warns Turgon about the coming invasion even though he knew of it for seven years. Mainly because he's in on the plan.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_a679184b	type	Due to the Dead
The Fall of Gondolin / int_a679184b	comment	Due to the Dead: Glorfindel dies protecting the refugees of Gondolin from a Balrog, and they raise a stone-cairn to remember him and his sacrifice.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_a6be3ad5	type	Rule of Seven
The Fall of Gondolin / int_a6be3ad5	comment	Rule of Seven: Turgon got seven ships built to send one message to Valinor. The entryway to the Elven city of Gondolin is protected by seven gates (wood, stone, bronze, iron, silver, gold, and steel). Gondolin is the City of Seven Names: The Gondolin's archers "might shoot an arrow into heaven seven times as far as could the best bowman among Men" After finally finding out the location of Gondolin, Morgoth waits seven years until his new war machines are built and ready.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_a971e83c	type	Hidden Elf Village
The Fall of Gondolin / int_a971e83c	comment	Hidden Elf Village: Gondolin was built by Turgon in a hidden valley encircled by the Echoriad (the Encircling Mountains), remaining a haven for the Elves for nearly four hundred years until it was finally found and burned to the ground.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_aaece264	type	Rousing Speech
The Fall of Gondolin / int_aaece264	comment	Rousing Speech: During the siege, Rog stirs his troops against Morgoth's army:
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
The Fall of Gondolin / int_ab5eea65	comment	Dramatic Irony: As Tuor is leading a host of survivors towards the hills, his young son Ã‹arendil notices Salgant -the Lord of the House of the Harp, who used to tell him tales and play with him- is missing. Everybody assumes Salgant is dead, and they greatly mourn his loss. And they will never know he was one of the traitors who betrayed his city to Morgoth and was probably killed by his own cowardice (since he rushed to his house and crawled into his bed when the battle began).
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_af3ea0e3	type	Faceâ€“Heel Turn
The Fall of Gondolin / int_af3ea0e3	comment	Faceâ€“Heel Turn: Maeglin betrays the Free Peoples and serves Morgoth willingly in exchange for being given the woman he lusts after, as well as his own realm to rule over.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_b00115aa	type	Noble Fugitive
The Fall of Gondolin / int_b00115aa	comment	Noble Fugitive: Tuor, son of one of the lords of Dor-lÃ³min, led a fugitive and outlaw's life until he found the hidden elven city of Gondolin and married Princess Idril. Ten years later, Tuor, Idril and their son become refugess when Morgoth finds and sacks Gondolin.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_b1efb7a7	type	Mayflyâ€“December Romance
The Fall of Gondolin / int_b1efb7a7	comment	Mayflyâ€“December Romance: Tuor (mortal Man) and Idril (immortal Elf) fall in love and get married. It is rumored that after their leaving Middle-Earth, Tuor supposedly was granted immortality.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Fall of Gondolin / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: When his forces are ready to assault Gondolin, Morgoth withdraws all his spies prowling around the Encircling Hills to lure the hidden city's inhabitants into a sense of false security. The Gondolindrim swallow the bait utterly, convincing themselves that Morgoth has given up, and Turgon reduces the number of wardens and border patrols. A few months later, Morgoth sends in his legions of orcs and war machines, Gondolin ends destroyed and Turgon and most of its people dead.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
The Fall of Gondolin / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Maeglin lusts after his cousin Idril, who despises him and marries Tuor instead.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_bfad4265	type	I Have You Now, My Pretty
The Fall of Gondolin / int_bfad4265	comment	I Have You Now, My Pretty: As Gondolin is being sacked and burned, Maeglin tries to make off with Idril and bed her, whether she likes it or not. He is encumbered, though, because Idril fights him off fiercely, which Maeglin was not expecting.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_c3286b8e	type	Uptown Girl
The Fall of Gondolin / int_c3286b8e	comment	Uptown Girl: Idril, Princess of Gondolin and daughter of the High King of the Noldor Elves, falls in love with Tuor, a warrior human who has led a live of lonely wandering outlaw during years.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_caf89e54	type	Taking You with Me
The Fall of Gondolin / int_caf89e54	comment	Taking You with Me: Two Balrogs die at the siege of Gondolin, but so do their opponents: Ecthelion dies of his wounds, and Glorfindel kills a Balrog by knocking them both off a cliff.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_cdfe12c3	type	Nothing Is Scarier
The Fall of Gondolin / int_cdfe12c3	comment	Nothing Is Scarier: When Tuor and VoronwÃ« creep into the dark tunnel leading to the hidden city, they cannot see or hear anything, not even the drip of water. VonronwÃ« grows worried about the lack of visible guards, and fears they are being ambushed. And indeed, a few seconds later, a voice commands them to stand still or they will be shot.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_d19f540a	type	Take Care of the Kids
The Fall of Gondolin / int_d19f540a	comment	Take Care of the Kids: Rian asks Annael to look after the newborn Tuor before she goes to die at her husband's grave.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_d2102da0	type	Bad People Abuse Animals
The Fall of Gondolin / int_d2102da0	comment	Bad People Abuse Animals: In the original tale it is mentioned that Morgoth used to hunt, chain and torture eagles; and he then cut their wings off to figure out how to build flying gear for himself. Many millennia later, Thorondor, the Lord of Eagles really hates him because of it.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_d2cddf6	type	Ocean Awe
The Fall of Gondolin / int_d2cddf6	comment	Ocean Awe: Tuor reaches the west coast of Middle-Earth and has to watch the Great Sea for the first sea, becoming in love with it.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
The Fall of Gondolin / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: When storming the hidden city, Morgoth's dragons, fire snakes and balrogs burn everything in their path until the whole mountain-encircled valley is covered with dark mists made of burning fumes and steam. It is thanks to their shadowy cover that Tuor and several hundred survivors are able to flee towards the mountains without being spotted.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_da19c62a	type	Leave No Survivors
The Fall of Gondolin / int_da19c62a	comment	Leave No Survivors: A heroic example. Morgoth's troops are burning Gondolin to the ground, but Tuor has managed to lead several hundred people out of the city and towards the hills. He then sees six soldiers have managed to rescue his son and make it out of the city, but are being chased by twenty wolf-riders. Tuor picks up fifty soldiers, surrounds the pack of Orcs and Wolves and orders to kill all of them, lest one of them gets away and informs Morgoth about the refugees.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_daef39ee	type	Elaborate Underground Base
The Fall of Gondolin / int_daef39ee	comment	Elaborate Underground Base: Gondolin is a subversion: a shining city on a hill, but hidden away behind almost impenetrable mountains, so effectively underground as far as concealment and defense are concerned.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_dc9b1fe9	type	Cue the Sun
The Fall of Gondolin / int_dc9b1fe9	comment	Cue the Sun: Both the sun's rising and falling are played for drama. The people of Gondolin are celebrating a night festival as waiting for the sunrise, when they see a red glow coming from the mountains...in the North. The Gondolindrim are wondering about the origin of those lights when they realize that they are caused by the fires of Morgoth's army heading towards their city, and their amazement changes to dread. When the real sun rises in the East, it looks very red and large due to the smoke of the burning city and fields. Some few hours later, the survivors of the battle watch the last remains of their city burning while the sun sets.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_de32cc52	type	Winter of Starvation
The Fall of Gondolin / int_de32cc52	comment	Winter of Starvation: Downplayed. Tuor and VoronwÃ« must traverse Beleriand during the five-month-long Morgoth-summoned Fell Winter despite their scarce supplies. When they run into an Orc camp, close to his destination, Tuor is so hungry that he would not mind eat them, but he doesn't go through with it.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_e0040f41	type	Start of Darkness
The Fall of Gondolin / int_e0040f41	comment	Start of Darkness: Maeglin starts out as someone overly ambitious and maybe disturbingly cold, but not evil, despite his unrequited crush on his cousin Idril. When Idril gets married to Tuor and has a son, though, Maeglin lets his lust, bitterness, jealousy and hatred get the better of him, and he willingly betrays the location of the hidden city to Morgoth (depending on the version, he went to Morgoth and volunteered the information, or he was captured and baited into speaking).
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_e0904aa4	comment	No Party Like a Donner Party: Invoked. After travelling through frozen wastes in the death of winter during nearly one month, Tuor and VonronwÃ« have almost run out of supplies. When they spot an Orc camp, Tuor is ready to attack them, muttering he would not turn Orc meat down right now. However, he gives up attacking them when VoronwÃ« points out they would alert other Orcish posts.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: In the original version, Idril is described as fighting 'like a tigress' to protect her son EÃ¤rendil from Maeglin.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_e70127	type	The Mole
The Fall of Gondolin / int_e70127	comment	The Mole: Having agreed to betray Gondolin to Morgoth, Maeglin went back to the city and pretended everything was just fine, waiting for the invasion to start. He never once warned anybody. In the original tale, his House's symbol is even a black mole, supposedly because he's "great among quarrymen and a chief of the delvers after ore."
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
The Fall of Gondolin / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: The survivors of Gondolin are climbing up the Cirith Thoronath ("the Eagles' Cleft") pass when they are assaulted by a band of orcs led by a Balrog. The situation is looking completely hopeless when a flock of eagles show up and push the orcs into the abyss.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_eb88956c	type	Language Drift
The Fall of Gondolin / int_eb88956c	comment	Language Drift: When Tuor meets the Gondolindrim for the first time, he notes they also speak Sindarin, but it sounds really strange. He correctly guesses their language has changed during their four-century-long self-isolation.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_ed2bbf8a	type	You Are in Command Now
The Fall of Gondolin / int_ed2bbf8a	comment	You Are in Command Now: When Gondolin is all but conquered, Turgon declares everybody must follow Tuor now, since he will lead the survivors to safety. Turgon, though, intends to stay in his tower until the bitter end.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_ede2d36b	type	Raised by the Supernatural
The Fall of Gondolin / int_ede2d36b	comment	Raised by the Supernatural: Baby Tuor (Human) is adopted and raised by Annael (Elf) and the Grey Elves of Hitlum until he is separated from his adoptive family by an Orc ambush at the age of sixteen.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_ee2a3bfc	type	Prefers Going Barefoot
The Fall of Gondolin / int_ee2a3bfc	comment	Prefers Going Barefoot: Idril is called "of the Silver Feet" because she goes around barefoot, and she only wears shoes in festivals.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Fall of Gondolin / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: In the first version of the tale, an Elf named Legolas Greenleaf of the House of the Tree is among the Gondothlim refugees, using his especially keen sight to aid in the evacuation—just as the more famous Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord of the Rings is from the forest and is the most sharp-eyed of the Fellowship. They are not the same Legolas, being of different Elven kindreds, but a reader may be forgiven for thinking so. (The name is simply Sindarin for "Greenleaf.") It's likely Legolas would have been renamed if the final version had progressed to his appearance.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_f1d6144a	type	War Is Hell
The Fall of Gondolin / int_f1d6144a	comment	War Is Hell: The first version goes into detail about the destruction of Gondolin. Morgoth's troops and war machines march into the hidden valley, burning fields and forests. Dragons -living or mechanical- and giant fire snakes smash gates and walls down, and legions of orcs and balrogs invade the city. Morgoth's troops demolish and burn everything -buildings, parks, fountains, libraries, art treasures- down, loot anything valuable and slaughter hundreds...or capture them to enslave them. Tuor manages to lead several hundred people out of the city, but they are chased and harassed by Morgoth's troops. Fortunately, the survivors manage to escape from the valley, but they spend one year living like refugees, wandering around unknown lands, suffering from hunger and thirst and putting up with bad weather until they find one place where they can settle down.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_f4edd0ac	type	In Mysterious Ways
The Fall of Gondolin / int_f4edd0ac	comment	In Mysterious Ways: Tuor is following the stream which flows through the Rainbow's Cleft when he notices three great gulls flying overhead. Ulmo the Lord of Waters/the Ainur then put into his heart the desire to climb the ravine's left wall to stare at the strange birds more closely, thus saving him from death in the rising tide and ensuring that he finally escapes from Hitlum.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_f4fd424c	type	All Your Base Are Belong to Us
The Fall of Gondolin / int_f4fd424c	comment	All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Morgoth's army storms the valley of Tumladen and attack Gondolin. Its gates, walls and towers are smashed down and burned by dragons and fire snakes, letting Orcs and Balrogs invade, pillage and burn the city.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_f6624c30	type	Together in Death
The Fall of Gondolin / int_f6624c30	comment	Together in Death: Tuor was a mortal Man and Idril a Noldorin Elf. When Tuor grew old, they headed together toward the west on their ship EÃ¤rrÃ¡mÃ«. It is claimed Tuor alone of all Men has been accounted to the Elder Kindred whom he loved. Played straight with Rian, who after trusting her son to the Grey Elves heads towards her husband Huor's grave to lie there.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_f788b2c5	type	Love Makes You Evil
The Fall of Gondolin / int_f788b2c5	comment	Love Makes You Evil: Maeglin of Gondolin lusts after his cousin, Idril. Since he can't have her, Maeglin ends up willingly betraying Gondolin's position to Morgoth.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_f7cee9b	type	Last Stand
The Fall of Gondolin / int_f7cee9b	comment	Last Stand: Double subversion when the last defenders of Gondolin gather around the King's Tower. Since Gondolin has fallen, and bursting through the enemy lines and fleeing through the burning fields seems impossible, some men suggest standing there and die fighting. However, Tuor is unwilling to let the city's women and children die -never mind his own wife and son- and reveals the existence of a secret escape tunnel. Turgon approves of his plan, but he announces he will not leave, preferring to burn with his city; and their closest retainers gather around the base of the tower, determined to stay and perish there.
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The Fall of Gondolin / int_fe64d5a1	type	Evil Is Petty
The Fall of Gondolin / int_fe64d5a1	comment	Evil Is Petty: When Tuor and VoronwÃ« reach the source of the Ivrin, they discover that Glaurung has uprooted and burned the trees, broken the marges of the stone basin, and turned the beautiful pool into a swamp of foul stagnant water and frozen, poisonous mud. Since there was no strategic reason whatsoever to defile the fountain, and given Glaurung and his master's modus operandi and mindset, it is a reasonable assumption that the Dragon's motives amount to: "It is beautiful, therefore I hate it".
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