[Findegil]

As promissed I have worked a bit farther on the textual issues:
First RD-SL-21 and gondowe's idea to introduce the failing of the Girdle by the speak of Melian with the Maid in Menegroth. What about this eiditing:

§308 (§34) RD-EX-56 <TN Now each year about the time of the great wolf-hunt of Beren {Tinwelint}[Thingol] was wont to keep the memory of that day by a hunt in the woods, and it was a very mighty chase and thronged with very many folk, and nights of merriment and feasting were there in the forest. Now Naugladur {learnt of that Elf Narthseg, whose name is bitter to the Eldar yet}[knew], that the king would fare a-hunting at the next high moon but one RD-EX-57 {, and straightway he sent the trysted sign, a bloodstained knife, to Bodruith at Belegost}. Now all that host assembled on the confines of the woods, and no word came yet unto the king.> RD-EX-59 <TN
§309 (§36) Behold now {Tinwelint}[Thingol] the king rode forth a-hunting, and more glorious was his array than ever aforetime, and the helm of gold was above his flowing locks, and with gold were the trappings of his steed adorned; and the sunlight amid the trees fell upon his face, and it seemed to those that beheld it like to the glorious face of the sun at morning; for about his throat was clasped the {Nauglafring}[Nauglamír], the Necklace of the Dwarves.>
§311 (§37b) RD-EX-60b <TN Now {is}when the king was far in the woods with all his company, and the horns {grow}grew faint in the deep forest, {but }{Gwendelin}[Melian] {sits}sat in her bower {and}but foreboding {is}was in her heart and eyes. Then said an Elfmaid{, Nielthi}: ‘Wherefore, O Lady, art thou sorrowful at the hightide of the king?’ And {Gwendelin}[Melian] said: ‘Evil seeks our land, and my heart misgives me that my days in {Artanor}[Doriath] are speeding to their end, yet if I should lose {Tinwelint}[Thingol] then would I wish never to have wandered forth from Valinor.’ But {Nielthi}the Elfmaid said: ‘Nay, O Lady {Gwendelin}[Melian], hast thou not woven great {magic}[enchantment] all about us, so that we fear not?’ But the queen made answer: ‘Yet meseems editorial change{there is a rat that gnaws} the threads[ are riven] and all the web has come unwoven.’>
RD-EX-62b <QS77 Thus it was that the host of the Naugrim crossing over Aros passed unhindered into the woods of Doriath.> RD-SL-21b This had before been impossible, because of the Girdle of Melian, an invisible fence maintained by the power and will through which no one with evil intent could pass. But either this fence had been robbed of its power by the evil within, or Melian had removed it in grief and horror at the deed that had been done. The dwarf-host entered Doriath and {most of Thingol’s warriors perished. His halls were violated and he himself slain.} RD-EX-62b <QS77 {Thus it was that the host of the Naugrim crossing over Aros passed unhindered into the woods of Doriath; and} none withstood them, for they were many and fierce, and the captains of the Grey-elves were cast into doubt and despair, and went hither and thither purposeless. But the Dwarves held on their way.
>RD-EX-60c <TN Even {at that word}when Melain had spoken there was a cry about the doors, and suddenly it grew to a fierce noise{ ...}, strengthened by the clash of steel. RD-EX-63.5b Then went {Gwendelin}[Melian] unafraid forth from her bower, and behold, a sudden multitude of {Orcs and Indrafangs}[Naugrim] held the bridge, and there was war within the cavernous gates; but that place ran with blood, and a great heap of slain lay there, for the onset had been secret and all unknown.

And than the geography of the Dwarf-Road and the fords:

... yet hard is it to say seeing the great loveliness of the {elfin}[elven] folk of yore.>
§317 (§43b) RD-EX-67.1 <Q30 To the north of that region {is}was a ford across the {river Gelion}[Duin Daer], {near to its joining with}RD-EX-67.2 <Maeglin just above the inflow of the River >Ascar that falls in torrents from the mountainsRD-EX-67.3 <Maeglin (the last point where the {River Gelion}[Duin Daer] could be crossed)>; and that ford is named {Sarn-athrad}[Athrad Daer], the [Great ]Ford{ of Stones}.> RD-EX-67.4 <Annals of Beleriand 103 [153] {and the Dwarves trafficked into Beleriand; and they made a}The great Dwarf-road{, which came north, east of the mountains, and thence it passed under the shoulders of Mount Dolm,(17) and} followed thence the course of Ascar, {and crossed Gelion at the ford Sarn-Athrad, and so came unto Aros.}> RD-EX-67.5 <Later Silmarillion; Of the coming of Men … {and taking the Dwarf-road he crossed Gelion at the ford of Sarn-athrad,} and turning south over the upper streams of AscarRD-EX-67.6<moved from above at the ford {Sarn-Athrad}[Sarn Athrod]>, {he}it came into the north of Ossiriand.> RD-EX-67.7<Q30 This ford the Dwarves must past ere they reached the mountain passes that led unto their homes RD-EX-67.8<moved from above {passed}passing under the shoulders of Mount {Dolm}[Dolmed]>{and there Beren fought his last fight, warned of their approach by Melian}.>
Fugitives from Doriath brought news to Beren in Ossiriand, ...

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