Character of the Month: Maedhros

Banner shows fortress on a hill against a golden sunset and reads Character of the Month - Maedhros by Oshun

Maedhros is the most popular character on the SWG archive. As of this writing, there are 774 fanworks about Maedhros, a number that grows by the day. More than fourteen years after we began our Character of the Month column, Maedhros finally gets his own biography as part of the collection.

This month's article is the first of a two-part biography by Oshun and considers Maedhros's early life: his time in Aman, his father's rebellion and disastrous oath, and his short stint in Beleriand before his captivity by Melkor. Even in these early years, we see Maedhros making the kinds of choices that make him so complex, enigmatic, and popular with fans.

You can read Part One of Oshuns' two-part biography on Maedhros here.

Banner image credit to Siggy Nowak.

Posted on 8 April 2022 (updated 6 May 2022) by Dawn Felagund