[Thingol]

Not to be tedious, but Beleg, not Turin, was warned about Gurthang [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. When reading the Silmarillion I always got the impression that Eol liked to hear himself talk. He's always telling Aredhel and Maeglin about how the Noldor "stole" the land and brought the wrath of Morgoth down on Beleriand. It pained Eol to restrain his words when confronted by Celegorm and Curufin. Eol was not really evil, per say, he was proud, stubborn, and somewhat misguided, but he wasn't evil. He believed the Noldor stole the land and brought evil into Beleriand. He did after all live near the sons of Feanor, who were responsible for killing his kin at Alqualonde, and weren't exactly apologetic about it. Eol believed that his hatred of the Noldor was justified. On the other hand he imprisoned his family and killed his wife. But Eol still gives reasons for attempting to kill his son, he is not a cold blooded murderer. Turgon's laws are being unjustly enforced on him. Maeglin is his son and Eol believes that he has the right to control his son's fait. Eol's values might be twisted, but he still believes they are just. He is too stubborn to change and abandon his old hatreds. Like Eol, the sword Gurthang is described as hard and unforgiving. I do not see a prolem with Eol wanting to justify killing Turin. I agree that Gurthang probably didn't actually speak with words, just zapped the thought directly to Turin's brain. Lol, nice way of putting it. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ June 16, 2002: Message edited by: Thingol ]