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The White CouncilRe: Angrod and Aegnor (was Re: Gil-Galad, son of Fingon or Orodreth)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: Angrod and Aegnor (was Re: Gil-Galad, son of Fingon or Orodreth)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Michael Martinez on August 14, 1999 at 16:26:01 In Reply to: Re: Angrod and Aegnor (was Re: Gil-Galad, son of Fingon or Orodreth) posted by hmm on August 09, 1999 at 20:50:16:
: But since Finrod himself started out in charge of Minas Tirith, : wouldn't it also make sense that when we went to go live in : Nargothrond, knowing he would be childless, he named his nephew : Orodreth his heir and left him in charge. Otherwise, why would : Aegnor have a kingdom in Dorthonion while his older brother : Angrod is landless? Neither Angrod nor Aegnor had kingdoms. When Finrod was living on Minas Tirith, his brothers were still under his rule. But Nargothrond was founded around the year 52. So Finrod probably dwelt on Tol Eressea for about thirty years. This is hardly enough time for the Elves to have built up all the towers and fortresses they eventually established in the heights of Dorthonion. It actually makes more sense for Angrod to have assumed command of Minas Tirith and thus the gap of Sirion. In this way Aegnor would have been the prince of Dorthonion and lord of all the heights overlooking Ard-galen. Both brothers would therefore have had a key role to play in the siege of Angband. Orodreth would simply be his father's son (and presumably second-in-command), which fits better with the way the Elven lordships were handled elsewhere.
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