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William Cloud Hicklin · 03-27-2009, 06:59 PM

There is IIRC a Tolkien illustration of Gondolin- a circular walled city atop a flattened hill, rather like Carcasonne but more geometric, and with a very tall central watchtower, presumably that of Turgon's palace. (Tolkien liked his tall central towers).

Lake Town in The Hobbit had, if not a drawbridge, then a wooden bridge of sufficiently light construction to be torn down before Smaug arrived.

03-27-2009, 06:59 PM	#2
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	There is IIRC a Tolkien illustration of Gondolin- a circular walled city atop a flattened hill, rather like Carcasonne but more geometric, and with a very tall central watchtower, presumably that of Turgon's palace. (Tolkien liked his tall central towers). Lake Town in The Hobbit had, if not a drawbridge, then a wooden bridge of sufficiently light construction to be torn down before Smaug arrived. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.