The Small and Secret Things by Dawn Felagund

The Orphan

The dispute between Fëanor and Fingolfin, from the perspective of Fëanor, in 100 words.

They call me the aggressor but they do not know: He was the thief, and I defended what was mine. All that I had left. Is that not lawful?

He has father and mother, you see. I have but one. And before our father, I heard his words, his attempt to steal Finwë's love and loyalty from me when he thought my back turned. A thief without the courage even to ply his trade in open light.

What I have done, how does it compare? How does it compare to rendering an orphan he who has already lost so much?

Chapter End Notes

Today's Word:

aggress uh-GRES, intransitive verb:

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to make an attack.

Aggress is from French agresser, from Latin aggredi, aggress-, "to approach, to approach aggressively, to attack," from ad-, "to" + gradi, "to step, to walk."