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Legolas · 03-20-2006, 05:16 PM

This is a difficult choice/situation. To analyze so simply is to ignore the sort of work it is. It's a history of Middle-earth. How do you pick the main character (or two) of a world's history (that spans many years)?

How would you even pick the two main characters of the history of the United States, a relatively new country?

If I had to pick, Morgoth and Feanor would be my two main characters.

The secondary list would have to be extensive. The Valar; Fingolfin, Feanor's sons, Fingolfin/Finarfin's children; Thingol, Beren, Luthien, Sauron; Turin, Glaurung; Ulmo, Eol, Maeglin; Earendil and Elwing. Each substory (or chapter, essentially) of the history could be divided with main and secondary characters. Many would overlap, obviously.

03-20-2006, 05:16 PM	#22
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	This is a difficult choice/situation. To analyze so simply is to ignore the sort of work it is. It's a history of Middle-earth. How do you pick the main character (or two) of a world's history (that spans many years)? How would you even pick the two main characters of the history of the United States, a relatively new country? If I had to pick, Morgoth and Feanor would be my two main characters. The secondary list would have to be extensive. The Valar; Fingolfin, Feanor's sons, Fingolfin/Finarfin's children; Thingol, Beren, Luthien, Sauron; Turin, Glaurung; Ulmo, Eol, Maeglin; Earendil and Elwing. Each substory (or chapter, essentially) of the history could be divided with main and secondary characters. Many would overlap, obviously. __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.