High Elves and the Balrogs - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 08-13-2007, 06:49 AM

Balrogs vs. Noldor: it's tragically the case that Tolkien only wrote an account of Gondolin's fall twice: the very early Tale, in fact the first one he ever wrote; and the version which perforce was used in the published Silmarillion, which dates from 1930. He never returned to it. Had he finished the 'Long Tuor' (in UT) we might have had a completely new take on Ecthelion and Glorfindel.

It is perhaps worth noting that Gandalf, like these two, had a Gondolin-made sword.

08-13-2007, 06:49 AM	#30
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	Balrogs vs. Noldor: it's tragically the case that Tolkien only wrote an account of Gondolin's fall twice: the very early Tale, in fact the first one he ever wrote; and the version which perforce was used in the published Silmarillion, which dates from 1930. He never returned to it. Had he finished the 'Long Tuor' (in UT) we might have had a completely new take on Ecthelion and Glorfindel. It is perhaps worth noting that Gandalf, like these two, had a Gondolin-made sword. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it. Last edited by William Cloud Hicklin; 08-13-2007 at 06:57 AM.