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littlemanpoet · 03-20-2006, 10:13 PM

I think you could go with two main characters, but in a perhaps strange way:

Main Characters

1. Morgoth.

2. Fëanor; and once he dies, his seven sons as continuations of him, since his oath binds them, and all their deeds flow therefrom.

Minor Characters

- Thingol
- Beren & Lúthien
- Finrod Felagund
- Túrin

I guess that's five, if you count Beren & Luthien as separate characters.

Earendil's role was crucial, but somehow it lacks the depth and scope that these other five exhibit in the Sil.

03-20-2006, 10:13 PM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I think you could go with two main characters, but in a perhaps strange way: Main Characters 1. Morgoth. 2. Fëanor; and once he dies, his seven sons as continuations of him, since his oath binds them, and all their deeds flow therefrom. Minor Characters - Thingol - Beren & Lúthien - Finrod Felagund - Túrin I guess that's five, if you count Beren & Luthien as separate characters. Earendil's role was crucial, but somehow it lacks the depth and scope that these other five exhibit in the Sil.