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Update: Session delayed until January 4th 2024. This season is our opportunity to see Fingon as High King. He never expected that role, and he will fill the shoes differently than his father did. We last saw Fingon in Episode 1 of Season 6, as a newly-minted High King consulting with...

Update: Tonight's session is delayed until January 4th 2024.

I don't know - they don't have to be related, so what connection would you propose there be between these events?

Are you suggesting that Maedhros proposed the Union at the same time Galdor dies in a skirmish?

The meeting of Eärendil and Elwing could be very much like the meeting of Jen and Kira in the Dark Crystal. There has been a genocide, and the gelflings have all been killed. Jen is raised by the Mystics in a hidden valley isolated from the outside world. He was brought there as a baby and...

No, the half-elven reach maturity and can marry in their 20's, while elves reach maturity at 50-100.

Yes, I propose a scene where an elf guesses or assumes the age of one of their mortal guests, only to be wildly off (too high). It should come as a surprise when they learn how young Húrin, Handir, and Huor are. No, we will not be using that idea. We've already shown too many elven characters...

I think you perhaps misunderstood what I intended. Elwing, being half-elven, will reach adulthood in her young twenties and, when she becomes pregnant, will carry her babies for 9 months. I was referring to the typical mortal nature of the half-elven. I was not commenting on an elven mother...

Obviously this plan is subject to change/renegotiation in the future. But for now, the current plan is: So, we're currently in Season 7, both 8 and 9 will be about Túrin. We will then get to the Fall of Gondolin in Season 10. We have not yet discussed timelines for later seasons, but we...

...there is some deliberate obtuseness on Orual's part.

Yes, Littleheart should be born in Gondolin. We will not be meeting him in Season 7, though, as we will not be introducing his father Voronwë until later. Galdor is a character, and we know him. He may or may not appear in the Gondolin scenes this season. So, next season, when Turgon wants...

We have not yet met Voronwë, so likely not. The sending of mariners will be a plotline in the next season, and perhaps we could introduce him at that time.

Scenes from Gondolin Here are some suggestions for scenes that could happen in Gondolin this season. We could choose something different, but I wanted to start collecting the suggestions now so that they will be available by the time we get to planning those episodes (likely episodes 1 and 2...

Yes, Handir will go to Gondolin in Silm Film. This was one of Tolkien's earlier ideas, and allows us to spend more time with Handir as a character. We will present Handir as Húrin's peer, a leader of his own people. We talked a little about Morwen and Húrin's relationship during the session...

Silm Film Session 7-06, originally scheduled for Thursday November 30th, will instead be held on Thursday December 7th due to a scheduling conflict.

Correct, the eagles work for Manwë, not Turgon. They are not under his command. They do, however, monitor the lands around Gondolin and share news with him, because they are on friendly terms.

Notes This session was all about Húrin and his family. Huor We developed a bit more of Huor's personality. We've said in the past that he needs to be a contrast to Húrin, while having a personality of his own that is not simply in reference to his older brother. So while Húrin is stubborn...

He has friendship with the eagles who live in the Crissaegrim, the same eagles who showed him the location of Gondolin.

Turgon's own plan is to be ready for a purpose. He has created a safe haven and a mini-Valinor. He is in no hurry to get to the purpose of what Gondolin is waiting for. But it's militant, not peaceful - highly vigilant. As for the palantiri, Fëanor and Finwë gifted them to the Teleri of Tol...

No palantiri in Middle-earth during the First Age, due to serious complications. We saw the palantiri in Valinor prior to the Noldor coming to Middle-earth, so it will be no surprise that there are palantiri on Tol Eressëa. The technology we will be developing in Gondolin at this time will...