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Ecthelion and Earendil

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Being inspired by this passage from "The Fall of Gondolin":

"...Then said he to his mother: "Mother Idril, I would we had good Ecthelion of the Fountain here to play to me on his flute, or make me willow-whistles! Perchance he has gone on ahead?" But Idril said nay, and told what she had heard of his end. Then said Eärendil that he cared not ever to see the streets of Gondolin again, and he wept bitterly..."

I've imagined Eärendil's happy childhood in Gondolin with Ecthelion and willow whistles...

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ohhh...:( (Sad) that was such a short paragraph in that chapter but it left me so sad. I'm so glad you took the time to create this window into the closeness between these two. I think what made it so sad is you don't normally see elf children in such grief and Tolkein helped you get attached to characters too quickly.