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Hell Is But A Passage 4Disclaimer : Saint Seiya doesn’t belong to me, nor does any of the characters from it, may they be minor or major, who might be here stated. All mythological characters belong to the Greek culture. Only Claire and the plot of this story are mine.

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                                                    CHAPTER IV
                                               THE TWO VISITORS

   The years passed, and Cora grew to become a very beautiful young woman. Her hair had grown past her waist in long dark curls and her eyes had grown merrier than in the years of her youth. He
Hell Is But A Passage 3Disclaimer : Saint Seiya doesn’t belong to me, nor does any of the characters from it, may they be minor or major, who might be here stated. All mythological characters belong to the Greek culture. Only Claire and other OCs you might find here as well as the plot of this story are mine.

The cities mentioned in this chapter truly exist in the peninsula of Peloponnese, in Greece. Tolo is beautiful and has a micro climate which makes the weather there always rather mild to warm.
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                                                    CHAPTER III
                       
Hell Is But A Passage 2                                                             CHAPTER II
                                                     EVERLASTING SPRING

 The next morning, Cora felt as though she had just woken from a strange dream. Like every other day, the eldest sister came to wake them, starting with her, and continued her morning routine until all children were awake and dressing up. All seemed to be going on like any other day, yet the child felt something different was going on with her. Discarding it, she slowly went out of bed and tidied the sheets, before slipping on her daily clothes. As usual, she came down late but this time, the sist
Hell Is But A Passage 1Disclaimer : Saint Seiya doesn’t belong to me, nor does any of the characters from it, may they be minor or major, who might be here stated. All mythological characters belong to the Greek culture. Only Claire and the plot of this story are mine.
The orphanage of Codgnan, near Nîmes does exist. There was once a Benedictine order of sisters there though it is no longer the case. The fire in Tanneron mentioned in the story also occurred in October 1970.
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                                                        CHAPTER I
           

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"Mother Idril, I would we had good Ecthelion of the Fountain here to play to me on his flute, or make me willow-whistles! Perchance he has gone on ahead?" But Idril said nay, and told what she had heard of his end." Jrr Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin

EDIT: I changed the background like I said I would and thickened his waist which was too skinny. Added some more emphasis on his face and light and shadow in general, and detailed the flowers (at last :D ).


Ecthelion of the Fountain, captain of Gondolin who died killing Gothmog, captain of Morgoth's army. He was said to be the fairest of the Noldoli.
In the story I am currently writing, Ecthelion is half Noldo, half Teleri by his father Elenfin, son of Olwë, thus making him a prince of Alqualondë through his father's descent and explaining why Turgon would chose him amongst many as one of his most trusted captains and advisors (the same goes for Glorfindel, whose lineage I have given in his own picture :p ) Imagining Ecthelion as part Teleri also gave an explanation to his special musical talents. I remember reading that he was said to have one of the fairest of voices, just like Finrod who also had Telerin blood.

A little note on the clothing: like I wrote before, I chose to give each Elven Lineage a different clothing feel, hence a Persian mood to Ecthelion's robes. (The brocade and design of the under shirt is completely Persian in style. The long sleaves of the tunic are of Jordanien inspiration.)
I also added sea shells and pearls to the knot on his hair as a reminder of his Telerin origins.
The Silver Fountain design can be found on the brocade of his under shirt sleaves.

All is hand detailed (thought I would die of such details :XD: ) and you may want to download it to appreciate said details better :) (expecially the carvings on the flute.)

This is my second portrayal of all the lords of Gondolin and I'm thinking of doing a portrait of each of them :p What do you think? :s

Ecthelion of the Fountain ©, J.R.R. Tolkien
Design © Lady Susan CSL

Done with photoshop CS
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~Yasmin661 Jan 23, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
It's great! I love it :D :D
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*Lady-Susan Jan 26, 2013  Hobbyist
thank you very much! :hug:
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Mood: Love ~neral85 May 25, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Great! :-)
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*Lady-Susan May 31, 2012  Hobbyist
Thanks !:D
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~Annathelle26 Nov 3, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Oh my, such a lovely Ecthelion!! :love: I love his hair and the details on his clothes... and the whole picture gives me a sense of serenity; like it was when Gondolin was still standing and everyone shared happy moments:)
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*Lady-Susan Nov 12, 2011  Hobbyist
Thank you very much! :hug:
Yes, I really wanted to convay a moment of piece, like how I would picture him when he was still young and innocent but still knew of the looming dangert of Morgoth and had allready experienced the tragedy of the kinslaying at Alqualondë.
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~Annathelle26 Nov 13, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You're very welcome!
Well said, the picture really does create that feeling to me, you have succeded! :clap:
I know that it's a bit late to say that, but... are you still thinking of doing a portrait of each Gondolin Lord like you say in your description...? It would be truly wonderful if you did:)
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~Snacky8 Apr 23, 2011
Ecthelion is one of my favorites, and I love the flute!
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*Lady-Susan Apr 26, 2011  Hobbyist
:o :glomp: Ecthelion is definitly ne of my favs too! He really doesn't get enough credit :( I mean, he slew a balrog! Gothmog, no less!
And of course, he was aflute player ^^
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!alonceBrain Mar 25, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
This is amazing! I love the shading and the details. It must have costed you a lot of hours.
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