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Nimruzimir, a natural philosopher recently out of his apprenticeship, hardly considers himself very important to anyone, least of all his colleagues. When his strange, prophetic fits bring him to the attention of the High Priest, however, he may find that his existence is less superfluous than…
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
My newly drawn map of Aman, as complete as I could make it.
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He and Diamond were visiting, though Pippin had been disappearing every afternoon, and taking Frodo and Elanor and most other lads and lasses in the neighborhood with him—though why they couldn’t use Pippin’s own pony, Sam couldn’t imagine.
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In my 'verse, Maedhros, too, would be wearing an expression of unutterable relief--and then immediately start worrying ten times as much about what Morgoth is going to do next.
Maedhros mind is racing in about 10 different direction at once here: is it a ruse? would this actually fulfill the oath or does he have to go attack his nephew? is Celebrimbor all right or does he need to be rescued? Is Celebrimbor even there at all? Does Celebrimbor still count as a member of the family given that he renounced his father? Should Maedhros err on the side of trying to get the Silmaril? What will Morgoth do if this is for real? Err... what does Maedhros do with himself and his followers if this is for real?
It's a totally unexpected response that creates a completely different situation for him. There will be more of this story up in the next while, and the question of what Maedhros will do next will be answered.
Ah yes, the curse. I tend to think that holding an object that screams 'steal me!' at anyone who comes near it and 'keep me!' to anyone who owns it is quite curse enough. You'll notice it didn't burn Celebrimbor, though. I think the Silmaril rather likes him, not that this is an unalloyed good thing.
I don't think either Celebrimbor or Enerdhil had any likelihood of not playing with their new toy.
Thingol's Ban: I'd wondered about that, but I kind of see the original form of a name being like one's legal name, to be used in legal documents or binding oaths. Elwing can't really do anything about the language Celebrimbor was named in. So she'll just have to put up with that small deviation for now. But Celebrimbor had better remember to speak Sindarin the rest of the time if he doesn't want trouble.
You might be right about the Feanorians, but eventually they will have to produce some kind of organized response.
And yes, I see Celebrimbor spending the last century or so of the war of the jewels stuck in the middle of a very awkward situation. This story does place him even more in the middle of events, of course.
I love your Celebrimbor's voice with his blend of befuddlement and sheer inquisitiveness. Your sly humor comes through in this chapter, too, as this hare-brained scheme brilliant plan of Círdan, Elwing, and Gil-galad plays out.
I really like writing Celebrimbor. I think a lot of myself ended up in the way I write him, especially the curiosity, idealism and being somewhat socially inept. Oddly enough, the depressive tendencies and pragmatism ended up with Gil-galad, not that you see much of him in this story. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
I'm pretty sure he'll send an army eventually, after he gets used to the idea that the Feanorians really aren't going to attack. He'll probably be hugely disappointed by this development. I'd imagine he enjoyed watching Doriath fall.
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