They would get SO into it. Entire dedicated 'urban' style arena built for it with followed teams/players intense. A whole section of rules added to the city laws for when and where it's appropriate to play games kind of intense! Maeglin and Rog making prizes for the tournament level games that eventually get organized! Gondolin has found it's national sport! XDDD
The Doriathrim would probably get really into it too based on the point and shoot and sneaking aspect, but with more of a foresty outdoorsy approach, of course. Probably less intense with looser rules too. They need less active enrichment than noldor (perish the thought if you compare the two!) but they still need some! And paint/chalk is less icky to wash off than blood and gore that hunting results in!
I feel like the Iathrim probably invented that game in Doriath in the First Age, with cheese-cloth/chalk tipped arrows. Beleg has to referee now, after the time he won fifteen seasons in a row and Mablung disqualified him.
Poor Beleg no one lets him have ANY fun. Maybe in this new world, with this modern version, he can find some equally skilled players to play with? I'm sure Turin would quickly end up in a league of his own too!
Gwindor suggests Beleg play against the Gondolindhrim, which Beleg is game for. The cityscape playing field takes some getting used to, but he's perfectly willing to wreck their shit just like he wrecked the wardens. Ecthel might be a little bit in love. Coruneth honestly can't blame him. She's never seen anyone so methodically destroy every single one of the Gondolindhrim in so short a time. Glaur thinks the roof-walking was probably illegal, but Salgant (who didn't play) says he's just a sore loser.
I think they would take it less as a defeat and more of an excuse to get BETTER. He cheerfully beat them, they're gonna cheerfully do their best to get good enough to at least be a challenging take down!
Beleg: *kicks all their asses* :D but also :/ *is a bit worried this means they'll ban him from playing here too*
Glaur: Okay, give us a bit to up our game, same time next month? *turns to holler at Erestor* Hey, d'you think Elladan would let us borrow Legolas?
The Gondolindhrim attack each other as hello. This is practically a proposal! He defeated ALL of them! This is a peace treaty, right? Turgon, we get to be friends with Doriath now, right???? Quick, how do we welcome him back? Get better? Let's get better so he won't get bored. (They probably invite Elladan AND Legolas. Elrohir and Paen come to spectate; Beleg brings Turin and they Wreck Everyone's Shit again and the Gondolindhrim want to keep Turin, who is more than slightly bewildered by the whole process. Legolas generously explains to Beleg and Turin that this is how these weirdos make friends).
Oh man that's fun to picture! It makes me think of some of those videos you see where a cat is just getting MAULED (gently!) with LOVE from several dogs and you can tell the cat has resigned itself to how these weird creatures express affection!
Gondolindrim: CAN WE KEEP HIM?
Turin: *faintly alarmed confusion*
Legolas: Don't worry, they won't actually carry you off except maybe to the steakhouse and bar down the street. This is a form of affection. They'll back off if you say no.
Elladan and Legolas come to play, Elrohir and Paen sit in the spectator seats with Lomion (who, in difference to who he thinks is going to win, made some LOVELY arrow heads as the winning prize) and Salgant sipping interesting drinks (wow did mortals create some fun drinks after elves left!) and cheerfully discussing particularly NICE take downs and agreeing that this really IS a nice play date for the lot of them. Maybe Arwen and Aragorn would like to play some time?
There is a No Changing Skins rule on the field probably. Too much of a chance small skinchangers would get run over, and too much of an unfair advantage for ones that can fly or move more sneakily in their other skin. Or ones that get big enough to run over other players.
Somewhere else, unrelated to the wargames shenanigans, Beleg and Mablung are wandering, and Ecthel just like, out of the blue, tackles Beleg to say hello and Mablung is so Confused and Mad and Beleg is just laughing, because Mablung, didn't you know the Gondolindhrim were super weird, Even For Noldor?
XD Especially to an insular culture like the Doriathrim who probably like, have official greeting ceremonies that rival japanese tea ceremonies for intricacy and formality. Gondolin ALSO got some insular culture oddities, but more the 'sneak attacks are FUN! Keeps you on your toes!' and 'these are Rules for inter House Prank Wars, pay special attention to the specific areas pranks are allowed in, bc Rog will be very angry if someone accidentally sets off fireworks in his forge again.' variety of structure.
Mablung, the first time he joins Beleg and Turin on one of their Gondolin visits: O_O *culture shock*
EDIT: I forgot to add before, but Gondolin would also have an avid Skijoring community.
I mean, Turgon is in charge of them. I'm sure they ALSO have super weird, insular FORMAL traditions. Those are just for very specific instances, and we tackle each other the rest of the time. And Rog's revenge for the fireworks was a nuclear solution, and the prank war ended for like two whole years until Duilen and Galdor accidentally kicked it off again (Turgon may have caused the accident. For reasons. Mostly being that he was bored).
Well sure, but the formal stuff is probably recognizable as having derived from the usual Noldor formal traditions, just a little to the left. The tackling thing is UNIQUE.
Oh yeah, bet that was a decisive and scorched earth end that left no one untouched and untraumatized (lightly!). Turgon had REGRETS. Very very quietly tho bc Rog still has no certain idea who did it and no one has ever claimed responsibility.
Dunno if it went thru before bc i added it after, but Gondolindrim Skijoring (equestrian not dog probably). Absolutely a thing, yes?
Glaur and Ecthel invented it accidentally (All they would say on the matter when asked later is that Ecthel's horse spooked. Glaur's shoulder was dislocated, and Ecthel was just *slightly* concussed, and they were grinning like maniacs and everyone wanted to try the next snowfall) but yes, it became their primary winter entertainment in Gondolin. New Gondolin doesn't get *quite* enough snow, to their sorrow.
Thought it would be something like that XD It just seemed like their brand of insane. Bet at least a few of the less crazy of them (Coruneth and Erestor at least) are absolutely FINE with New Gondolin not getting enough snow for that particular "sport"!
Glaur: *sad eyes*
Erestor: ah yes. such a shame. you'll have to find all new ways to risk a concussion. pity.
There ends up some unholy abomination combo of parkour, rollerblading, and tag pretty quickly I'm sure!
Well, the local healers are kept on their toes at least. Never a dull day in New Gondolin! OR a day without some kind of property damage probably.
Lovely and artfully etched sign hung on the (inside of) gates of New Gondolin: IT HAS BEEN ZERO DAYS SINCE (space for several names) CAUSED AN INCIDENT.
the 0 is just part of the sign, it's not one of those where you can erase the number. The area where you can add names is chalkboard, and big enough for all of Gondolin's lords.
He doesn't even have to know what it IS (even odds he does/doesn't really), those keywords, plus THAT look on Ecthelion's face.... It is a HARD NO and he is TELLING CORUNETH!
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