Posted: March 23, 1998 at 10:57:09: by Hugh Toner
A dull day at work, nothing better to do.
We know that Thangorodorim was broken (how? - if the Valar could not uproot its darkest dungeons for fear of the destruction that would be wreaked upon Middle Earth in the days of the awakening of the elves) in 587 and that the Eldar began to sail back to Aman/Valinor/Eressea in 590 when was Beleriand actually drowned - at the moment of the breaking of Thangorodrim? or at some later point. There must have been massive loss of life if it were sudden. If not, why did the Eldar / Edain not go back to Gondolin/Nargothrond/Menegroth etc to reclaim their works?Also, if Maglor threw 'his' silmaril into the seas, surely Ulmo or Osse would know of its location and bring it forth. Similarly for Aule and the jewel that ended up in the fires (O.K a fair amount of breaking/making but surely if they can drown Numenor without fear of drowning maidens/children etc why should they worry about remaking the earth anyway.
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