EDIT: This is very old and here for archival purposes! Snappy enough tho.
Gil-galad, the Star of Radiance... Last High King of the Noldor in Middle-Earth, leader with Elendil of Numenor of the Last Alliance, bearer of Vilya, wielder of the spear Aeglos, slain in combat with Sauron in the siege of Barad-Dur...
... an awesome character who deserved more than a single 0.5 sec shot in the FotR movie prologue!
thus, my rant. Humourous, closely formatted on The Fall of Gil-galad as sung by Sam Gamgee in The Fellowship of the Ring.
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The [Second] Fall of Gil-galad
Gil-galad was an Elven-king,
Of him the purists sadly sing.
For in the prologue of the first movie,
Indistinguishable perished he.
His sword was long, his lance was keen,
But all this was to go unseen;
For in the melee of Weta’s battlefield,
Sole Hugo Weaving was revealed.
From movieverse he rode away,
And where he dwelleth none may say.
For into darkness fell his star,
On disc three where the extras are.
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