Come Dawn by gaydhros
Fanwork Notes
This was written for Nolowfinwëan Week day 1: Turgon, using the SWG Instadrabbling 9/5/2026 prompt sing, hope, word, fall.
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Summary:
Silver lamps hang from the great towers. Twinkling lights adorn the trees. All has been made beautiful; so alike to Tirion of old, the beauty of the West remade in this haven he caused to be built. All is as it should be.
Then the light comes early.
Major Characters: Turgon
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 201 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
Come Dawn
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Come dawn, there will be singing. When the sun rises above the eastern heights, the voices of the Gondolindrim shall burst forth and bring ancient songs to the valley of Tumladen, songs of joy and hope, filling it with the music of choirs. All hearts will know peace.
Yet now, deep in the night of vigil, no voice speaks. Turgon stands with his daughter upon the darkened walls of his hidden city, his lords by his side. Silver lamps hang from the great towers. Twinkling lights adorn the trees. All has been made beautiful; so alike to Tirion of old, the beauty of the West remade in this haven he caused to be built. All is as it should be.
Then the light comes early.
It begins in the North: an orange glow that builds, and builds, growing fiercer until all the sky is stained red as blood. Deep foreboding fills Turgon’s heart. Icy terror trickles down his spine, as frigid as the waters that claimed Elenwë.
He had been wrong. He should have listened to his own heart, to his daughter, to the counsels of Ulmo. He realizes this far, far too late.
Come dawn, there is only screaming.
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oh oh this is making me feel…
oh oh this is making me feel all the feelings. you really capture the doom of it all