russandolly:“Yet he yielded at last to the will of Maedhros, and they took counsel together how th
russandolly: “Yet he yielded at last to the will of Maedhros, and they took counsel together how they should lay hands on the Silmarils. And they disguised themselves, and came in the night to the camp of Eönwë, and crept into the place where the Silmarils were guarded; and they slew the guards, and laid hands on the jewels. Then all the camp was raised against them, and they prepared to die, defending themselves until the last. But Eönwë would not permit the slaying of the sons of Fëanor; and departing unfought they fled far away.“ OF THE VOYAGE OF EÄRENDIL AND THE WAR OF WRATH THE SILMARILLION, J. R. R. TOLKIEN -- source link