Tolkien’s Songs: Silmaril and Turin

I never did wish to part from the comfort of Melian’s domain, only granting the halls of Menegroth my presence as a matter of necessity. However, those halls are not exempt of bringing their presence to me, as I found when a boy entered Doriath and piqued my interest. With the permit of Melian I approached him, and “Nellas” is what my tongue spoke. He knew nothing of Doriath, nor Sindarin so I sought to teach him of our ways. My appearance in age was like his, so he took well to my approach, and we grew fond of each others’ presences, him often returning with a joy to learn and indulge in the comfort of the woods. Then, the seasons change. As the boy’s and my likenesses grew apart so did we, and he turned to Menegroth with his new knowledge to seek activity in places where I could not follow.             While his wind may have taken him to the halls of Menegroth, I never did leave his side. A fondness entered my heart at the sight...

          I believe the prosecution for this case had a much more defensible position, especially due to my prior dispositions. While there were certainly some difficult to argue points regarding Feanor and his sons’ fealty towards the oath, the kinslayings (particularly the one against the Teleri) proved to be very convincing for the jury. They ended up siding with our side, so it seems that we did a respectable job with this case. The only thing I wished we pinned on Feanor that we didn’t actually desire (asides from adding the punishment of the unmarked grave) was something regarding my character Melkor. Feanor and his sons swearing the oath towards a false lord should have been enough incentive, in my opinion at least, to have dropped the oath but the defense arguing against the oath by arguing the laws of Tolkien’s world was actually pretty convincing so, at least for me, that point was a bit harder to convince the jury of. One thing we did manage to g...