The Fall of Gondolin: Tolkien's First Epic | Silmarillion
What made Gondolin fall after nearly four hundred years as the greatest city of the Elves? King Turgon's hidden stronghold—with its white towers, seven gates, and singing fountains—was said to rival Valinor itself. It stood as the last great bastion against Morgoth while other Elven kingdoms crumbled.
But pride breeds blindness. When Turgon refused Ulmo's warning to flee, when Maeglin's unrequited love turned to betrayal, when dragons and balrogs descended on the night of festival—the Hidden Rock fell. Yet from utter destruction came salvation: Eärendil the Star of Hope.Written by Tolkien in…
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