Silmarillion: Total War - The Fall of Gondolin [Historical Battle]

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Published on August 7, 2021 2:13:16 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGuQ8Gp-HhI

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Medieval II: Total War (2006)

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The battle starts out a little laggy (because of it's massive scale), but keep watching - it's absolutely worth it!

The Fall of Gondolin was the battle between the forces of Gondolin under King Turgon and Morgoth, after Maeglin had betrayed the city's hidden location to the enemy.

Join us in this recreation of the battle in the Silmarillion: Total War!

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The seeds of Gondolin's fall were set some decades after Nírnaeth Arnoediad, the fifth battle of the War of the Jewels. During this battle, which had been a decisive victory for Morgoth, the greatest human warrior of the age, Húrin, had been captured by Gothmog, the High Captain of Angband.

With the Union of Maedhros destroyed, and the power of the Ñoldor broken, the destruction of Gondolin would complete Morgoth's triumph, to his knowledge. But he did not know its location. However, Húrin had spent several years in Gondolin, which Morgoth knew. He subjected Húrin in Angband to horrific torment, but Húrin laughed in the Dark Lord's face, refusing to give him any information. As punishment, Morgoth cursed his family and placed an enchantment upon Húrin which enabled him to see all the misfortunes that the curse brought upon his family. After decades of this torture, and after his family was all but dead, Morgoth released Húrin, feigning pity to an utterly defeated foe. However, his real hope was that Húrin's release would cause further grief to his foes, for Húrin too was cursed and made bitter after his long and brutal torment.

Morgoth's hope was fulfilled when Húrin attempted to return to Gondolin. He made his way to the forests of the vale of Sirion and cried out to Turgon. However, Turgon took too long in debating whether or not to acknowledge Húrin and sent out his emissaries too late; by the time the Eagles arrived, Húrin was gone. But Morgoth's spies had been following Húrin, and thus the region of Gondolin's location was revealed to him. He drastically increased his patrols and spies in Sirion, hoping to either find the city itself of capture another who did.

Then, in FA 551, Turgon's nephew Maeglin, against the King's orders, had been scouring the land outside the Encircling Mountains in order to find metal deposits. He was captured and brought before Morgoth. Morgoth threatened Maeglin with unimaginable torment if he did not divulge the secrets of Gondolin, and though Maeglin was no coward, the torment with which he was threatened cowed him and he betrayed all he knew about the city. To fully secure Maeglin's loyalty, Morgoth promised him both the rule of the city and the hand of the beautiful Idril, Maeglin's cousin. Maeglin had lusted after her for years, but she hated him and they were considered to be too close in kinship for any sort of romantic relationship, and he had become exceedingly bitter when she was wed to Tuor, a mortal man held in high esteem by the King. This promise secured Maeglin's eager fealty, and Morgoth sent him back to Gondolin to aid the attack from within when the time came.

Morgoth waited many years to initiate his assault, planning the attack with the utmost diligence. The information passed by Maeglin had furbished Morgoth with knowledge of Gondolin's weaknesses, and his armies crept over the Encircling Mountains at the point where the watch was least vigilant and during a time of festival in the city. As such, they were able to position themselves all about the walls of Gondolin without being detected, and by the time the Elves became aware of them, they were beleaguered without hope. For many days the Elves of Gondolin held their ranks and the city. The battles that raged beneath its walls were bloody and terrible - courageous leaders and warriors, most predominantly Ecthelion and Tuor, became legends, and later songs and epic poems would be written about them. Swords such as Orcrist and Glamdring earned their reputations here, and became feared among orcs.

Will Morgoth succeed, or will the elves of Gondolin survive this onslaught?

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