: Harsh, but probably fair! Maedhros, I agree, would have had to do quite a bit more than he did, though he did search for the sons of Dior after he had learned that the people of Caranthir (I think) had left them in the wilderness - so he was no a *bad* person and very capable of remorse.

: Maglor is another thing though. His act of saving Elrond and Elros, tho whom he got very close indeed, therefore saving them from a similar fate to the sons of Dior, has to have been one of the most loving acts made in the First Age - proving Maglor's *good* spirit. And besides it was the *People* of Feanor who conducted the Kinslaying, not just his sons. You cannot blame the evils of an entire people on one memeber of those people who was completely reluctant to partake in any of their actions.

: Beside if Tolkien (and this is simply my opinion) had written the battles whcih involved the kinslaying (except perhaps the very first) I am sure Malgor would have played a very, very minor role.

We forgot one thing. Maglor didn't die. I think it was left that he threw his Silmaril into the Sea and wandered its shores singing songs of woe. I don't know if his final fate was ever decided. For all we know, he still hasn't been to Mandos.

Russ