[Eol]

This is what I had discussed on another thread about Gwindor. Thanks you for your posts, they have been great!


I would have to agree with squatter. Tragic events WILL change people. My brother was in a car wreck, he walked away with mild brain damage to his short term memory.
His personality changed and his relationship with his other brother became astranged. It is still really unknown why, but I think it had to do with the personality change. Before the accident, he was different( it has been so long now I cannot recall) now he is passive, emotional and under heavy stress becomes forgetful.

In conclusion, Gwindor went through a serious transformation and it affected his personality and did affect his relationship with his lady friend. It is your guess how, but I feel it goes far beyond physical appearance.

I attempted to consider what would have happened to Gwindor: abused(physical, mental, sexual), torment. Try to conisder your greatest phobia and lock yourself in a room with it. Then take that emotion and prolong it for years. That is the only way I can even comprehend what happened to his poor fellow.

Later it mentioned that Gwindor had dark thoughts. I suppose this can be viewed in several ways. This could a form of depression or the Post-tramatic syndrome( correct name?) that is commonly suffered by war veterans. He may have also new phobias that he may have suffered from: clastphobia, fear of dark places. Paranoia can also cause problems if it was not there before. He was certainly a whole different being upon his return. A wraith, ghost from the past, but not the same person.

Another thought just occured to me, what if Morgoth had prevented Gwindor from dieing? He would be a verge of passing and He would grabbed ahold and keep him barely alive. Is that within Morgoth's power?

[ August 12, 2002: Message edited by: Eol ]