Prosecution Recap

        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 get regarding actions of Melkor was the doom of his people, as in chasing the Silmarills (stolen by Melkor) he doomed his people and their future. That was almost impossible for the defense to convince the jury against, especially considering the evidence of the Doom of Mandos, quite literally telling Feanor and his sons that terrible things would occur should they do these things. Overall, this was a relatively easy win for the prosecution and proved to be a fun project the exercise my understanding of the oath.