The Might is on the three-peaked mountain. He has a feeling he’s been here before. When he looks back he sees the lights of the city of Gondolin. But something pulls him forward, some unknown force. He can't resist. He wants to stop but his feet don't obey him. He’s going deeper to the dark. He’s afraid. They are waiting for him, as if summoned by his fear. They feel him approaching, they hear the blood pounding in his ears, they smell his sweat. He’s trying to turn back, but even if he could, it would be too late. There's one behind him, there's one before him. He stops. They come closer. Flame and shadow, shadow and flame, merging into one, parting into two. The Might screams.
~*~
Through a small hole in the roof, the miners could see a piece of sky. When the day dawned a bright star, never seen before, lingered above Gondolin after all the other stars had gone.
Weeping for the innocent little boy, the miners sang a song:
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!”
And two of them wept more than the others (and two less than the others, but another one of them was a very good singer).
~*~
Dead
Thinlómien (mod) - killed by a wingless balrog on Night1
Rikae (ordo) - ate too many cobblers on Day1
Volo (Maeglin the Cobbler Lover) - dropped by a winged balrog on Night2
Lhunardawen (ordo) - committed suicide by smashing her own head on Day2
Macalaure (The Balrog with Swing) - left after being insulted by his low-class fans on Day2
The Might (Eärendil the Seer) - became the miners' shining star on Night3
Living
Brinniel
Gil-Galad
Kath
Legate of Amon Lanc
Mithalwen
Naria
Nerwen
Nogrod
satansaloser2005
Shastanis Althreduin
Day 3 begins. Stop your nightly activities and start talking immediately!
