#Gondolin

[xximmortalkissxx]

Just when I think I'm done with my Silmarillion crashouts...

I find myself watching the Hobbit. In tears. All because Thorin poo poo's Orcrist and Glamdring.

He doesn't know the elves who weilded those blades lived in Gondolin. That the elves in Goldolin shared his greatest pain. They watched their beloved city burn. They were forced to flee. But they were never able to return.

...Why does it hurt so much??? 🥺

[mfelewzi]

Eöl tries to kill Maeglin. Art by Giovanni Calore

Then Eöl looked into the eyes of King Turgon, and he was not daunted, but stood long without word or movement while a still silence fell upon the hall; and Aredhel was afraid, knowing that he was perilous. Suddenly, swift as serpent, he seized a javelin that he held hid beneath his cloak and cast it at Maeglin, crying:

'The second choice I take and for my son also! You shall not hold what is mine!'

But Aredhel sprang before the dart, and it smote her in the shoulder; and Eöl was overborne by many and set in bonds, and led away, while others tended Aredhel. But Maeglin looking upon his father was silent.

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#Tolkien #Silmarillion #Art

[glorthelionweek]

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Hello everyone and welcome to the first year of Glorthelion week! An entire week dedicated to Glorfindel and Ecthelion relationship.

The event will run on Tumblr from November 10th to November 17th. All creations are welcome, as long as it is created by you. Don't forget to tag #glorthelionweek and mention the blog (to make sure I can see your creation in case tags don't work).

Prompts are not mandatory! You can follow them, be inspired by them or let your imagination go wild and create whatever you want! Event rules can be found here.

Prompts 2025:

↳ Day one: Valinor | Under the Light of the Trees | First Meeting

↳ Day two: The Exile of the Ñoldor | Helcaraxë

↳ Day three: Gondolin | A Moment of Peace

↳ Day four: War | Mourning | Grief

↳ Day five: Unsent Letters | Yearning

↳ Day six: Reunion | Nostalgia

↳ Day seven: Freeform | AU

Happy creating!

[my-deer-legolas]

Too soon?

[sakasakiii]

an attempt at drawing almost every named character in the silmarillion (minus a bunch of Men characters bc i didnt have designs for them, as well as assorted minor elves like salgant or elenmire + the valar and most maiar cuz im still redesigning them) 😙

been really busy these past months but i worked on this on and off in-between (you can see a process gif here!!). since ive got a bit of free time for now, ill try to get back to being more active :D sorry for disappearing out of the blue again but happy almost half a year... wait wdym we're almost halfway through 2025 already...?!?! ToT

edit: just in case there is trouble viewing the picture in high resolution (idk if tumblr is compressing the quality or anything haha), here is a link to it uploaded on pixiv where (i hope!!!) there should be no problem 🤞

[thesummerestsolstice]

Broke: Gondolin was a serious, conservative, prudish city.

Woke: The Gondolindrim were stuck in one city for 400-ish years with no Morgoth threatening them and basically nothing do to. If anyone in Middle-Earth was entertaining themselves with festivals and ragers, it was them. We're talking drunken moshpits, people getting thrown into fountains, endless romantic intrigue between most of the Lords, the whole nine yards.

Bespoke: The Gondolindrim were party animals but they all agreed that what happens in Gondolin stays in Gondolin and never talked about the parties after the fall; which is why Gondolin gets a reputation for being so serious and boring. Most of the Gondolindrim, and especially Turgon, think this is hilarious.

[virgil-upinthestars]

the landing of the host of the west, f.a. 545, colorized

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

My favourite thing about Turgon are the seven increasingly spectacular gates he built along the entrance to his city that no one’s supposed to find anyway.

[charri-fish]

Idril meeting Tuor for the first time xD

Idril is having a full shoujo manga experience, while Tuor is trying to navigate a political drama loll

[arlenianchronicles]

Here's a little eldritch doodle dump featuring the Gondolin crowd! Something tempted me to draw Hurin and Huor with Turgon, which turned into a whole thing of their first meeting with the king to their last meeting at the Nirnaeth :''') The beautiful Glorthelion designs are by @ecthelioffd! <333

This was my first time designing eldritch Idril and Maeglin; Idril incorporates some Vanyar fashion into her layers, which I imagine are very frilly loll So when I finally get around to designing the Vanyar, they'll have lots of pretty frills and lace! hahaa

Hurin's kiss is also inspired by last year's Scribbles & Drabbles, where @misst1ff wrote a lovely fic of Hurin and Turgon based on Sir Gawain! They mentioned in the comments how it'd be nice for Turgon to get a final kiss before Huor dies andHurin is captured, and I really wanted to draw it, so here it is T_T

[draftsandchains]

ecthelion

[neldeathstar]

✨SLAYFINDEL✨

[irithyllians]

turgon, king of gondolin.

POV: you’re celebrimbor explaining why you’d be a wonderful asset to the city the king would rather chew his own arm off than let you reside in.

[nulelirie]

Turgon of Gondolin.

[asinoeiv]

For the Silm asks: Turgon or more Eol. Wouldn’t say no to any of the Feanorians either.

Turgon was fun. dressing him totally in white distinguishes him nicely from Fingon. (although if i were him I'd be insulted to never get called 'The white Lord of the Noldor')

I also have a Eöl and teenaged Maeglin pic in the works that I thought was finished but really needs some reworks. so you may see some eöl in the future.

[balrogballs]

Only realised it was @gondolinweek midway through dinner so have a sketchy little monochrome Glorfindel! Shirt open for fan service in order to make up for the lateness 🫶🏽🥹