On Glamdring, following what @MithLuin has said above, we don't have the sword named, but if Turgon is wielding a sword that has something distinctive about it (eg. hilt or scabbard), then this could help us recognise the Sword of Turgon when it comes up in later seasons, if we want him...
Further to that point. I think SilmFilm is doing a great job of setting up the narrative path to Ëarendil. Some important things were put in place in S7 for this.
I was thinking today how glorious it is that Ep1 this season started with the Gondolin story (Húrin, Huor and Handir's rescue by eagles) and Ep13 essentially ends with the Gondolin story (Turgon and the Noldorin rescue by Húrin and Huor (and Handir played a part too).
I wonder if parts of central Europe would be suitable for Sûdh-Beredin. It's a lot further inland than TA Bree. Somewhere that has some old growth forest + farmlands among rolling hills, but not mountainous.
I'm absolutely loving the locations @MithLuin! Scottish Highlands are among the most beautiful places I've ever visited (NZ South Island is probably a bit ahead). I've realised that I've held a negative bias about Hithlum in general, probably coloured by the sense that the Noldor (and then House...
I've revised the script now after the broadcast discussion. 1) I've moved the encampment to just in the hills south of Anfauglith (I'm thinking somehing like where Angrod is written on the map above). 2) I've tried to make it clearer in the debate among the generals that only Uldor is...
Hmm. The scale would suggest it would have taken longer than overnight to reach the middle of Anfauglith from Ladros. Perhaps the less said the better. lol
@Nicholas Palazzo I was hoping to have time to do some diagramming of the battle scenes, but I won't have time now. I guess we can just talk to the map. It's annoying that there was never a map of the gates of Angband