pointyearedelvishprinceling:The history of Middle-earth ~ 2/3 ElvesMaedhros was one of the princes o
pointyearedelvishprinceling:The history of Middle-earth ~ 2/3 ElvesMaedhros was one of the princes of the Noldor, the eldest of the six other Sons of Fëanor. When Morgoth killed Finwë and stole Fëanor’s beloved Silmarils, Maedhros was the first son to take the terrible Oath of Fëanor to recover the jewels. The Oath took Maedhros, his father and his brothers to Middle-earth during the First Age where they established realms in exile, waged war against the armies of Morgoth, fought their own Elvish kind, and eventually brought ruin upon their House.Driven by the Oath, Maedhros attacked Doriath to reclaim the Silmaril inherited by Elwing. The Noldorin princes killed many Elves and captured Elwing’s sons Elrond and Elros in the sack, but she and her husband Eärendil escaped to the West with the jewel. After the War of Wrath, he and his last surviving brother, Maglor stole the two remaining Silmarils taken by the Valar from Morgoth. But because of the evil deeds committed by the brothers to regain the jewels, they burned in Maglor’s and Maedhros’s hands. Unable to bear the suffering, Maedhros cast himself and the Silmaril he carried into a fiery chasm in the Earth.pictures by (x) (x) (x) -- source link
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