{"id":1687,"date":"2015-11-17T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2016-02-11T13:26:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T13:26:38","slug":"the-fortress-of-tol-in-gaurhoth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=1687","title":{"rendered":"The Fortress of Tol-in-Gaurhoth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An entry into the Forbidden Fortress category of the Colossal Castle Contest. A collab between John and I: John built the landscape, while I built the fortress. The build is based off of the story of Beren and Luthien from the Silmarillion. There&#8217;s a full interior inside, and the drawbridge is functional.<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact: this build used every single one of our trans green 1&#215;1 plates and tiles for the swamp.<\/p>\n<p>Luthien and Huan, the Hound of Valinar, rescue Beren from Sauron&#8217;s fortress of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 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A collab between John and I: John built the landscape, while I built the fortress. 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