++Maedhros
Maedhros is one of the most tragic figures in The Silmarillion, with his misguided sense of obligation dominating his natural compassion and goodness. He has all of the doom of Turin without all of the melodrama.
He and Eol are two characters I wish Tolkien had written more about.
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Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression in the world consciousness.
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