nolikereally:Nargothrond, I picture as very light but complex like a system of slot canyons with vin
nolikereally:Nargothrond, I picture as very light but complex like a system of slot canyons with vines and plants growing in small oasises and niches, full of breezes and carefully-carved alabaster screens and furniture crafted from knurled, small hardwood trees, with multiple streams that are carefully guided through the cave complex until they descend to open cliffside rooms with pools in the floor (which are slowly drained below the cliff-balconies through “vents” of porous stone), and occasionally rumbling with the thunder and spray of the nearby falls; it is shored up with imported stone and Finrod’s power, valuing placement and far visibility over siege-resistance…The caves of Nargothrond are elegant, beautiful, storied, filled with treasures; and yet, like the friable stone that cradles them, they are not meant to last forever. “Nor shall anything of my realm endure that a son might inherit,” says Finrod, knowing that without his power floods will wash away the delicate screens and the accumulated sand, the stones will continue in their ceaseless erosion, and eventually Nargothrond will slip away into the river whose falls sing through its faceted caverns.EDIT: I am super fucking bad at geology sorrySources: [evanescentlight] [a stock photo] [jasonvines] [amazingplacesonearth] [chrisengland] [kingscanyon] [christies] [roberthclarkphotography] [nickyskye] [liveauctioneers]Time to adjust my headcanon. -- source link
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