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Re: Other Elessar reconstructions
If it is to be accepted that Celebrimbor was in Gondolin when he made the first Elessar, it makes no difference how he came there. But I agree it is unlikely he found it on his own and more likely he was led. To speculate more would be fan fiction.
It would also be possible to place the making of the Elessar in Nargothrond, as has been suggested, and then the giving of it to Idril would occur while Turgon still dwelt at Vinyamar.
Why give it to Indril?
Suddenly (in fan fiction mode) one sees Celebrimbor as doubly unlucky in love. His first love, Idril, vanishes with her father and their people to a hidden city beyond knowledge. And then later Galadriel choses Celeborn. But for each he has created an Elessar.
Another answer would be to include in the main projected
Silmarillion narrative only what is beyond dispute. Here is such a patchwork, using the symbol "/" as a paste mark, and added words in italics, takng the account from
The Elessar as found in
Unfinished Tales:<blockquote>
Quote:<hr> The Elessar /
was / a jewel / green as leaves / within which the clear light of the sun /
was / imprisoned. The Noldor marvelled at it. For it is said that those who looked through this stone saw things that were withered or burned healed again or as they were in the grace of their youth, and that the hands of one who held it brought to all that they touched healing from hurt. / Idril / wore it upon her breast; and so it was saved from the burning of Gondolin.<hr></blockquote>The story then continues exactly as in
Unfinished Tales. It would be broken into two parts, one just after the birth of Elrond and Elros, and he other after the summary of Eärendil's first voyage, or the entire accout could be inserted at that place. This is all that is actually
needed to provide a
Slmarillion account to explain the references in
The Lord of the Rings.
The full account might then appear in an appendices dealing with variant legends and traditions.
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