Posted: February 11, 1999 at 18:40:51: by McR
: Maedhros, for said act. If he had kept the High Kingship then I am sure the Noldor would have been spilt for ever, but he didn't. He realised that the House of Feanor had not acted very well at all and selflessly gave up his claim, and therefore the claim of the House of Feanor, to hold the High Kingship.: Maglor. I can't believe this chap got *SUCH* a raw deal. Not only did he want to repudiate his Oath, but he also looked after the two children, Elrond and Elros, who were destined to effect the rest of the history of Middle Earth. The complicity of the surviving sons of Feanor in the destruction of Doriath (including the slaying of Dior and the abandonment of his sons) and the attack on the Havens pretty much sealed their fate to a loooooooooong stay in the Halls of Mandos. In any event, the two reasons you list above don't even make up for the Kinslaying, IMO. Russ
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