There are two places in all of Tolkien's works that "hold" me the most. I love both Gondolin and Imladris. Perhaps it's because the Elves, my favorite race, lived there, or perhaps it is because so many heroes lived there. Both the places have this compelling, yet hidden, beauty about them that continues to attract me.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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