You've got a point there. Baldor could have also gone mad with fear, and tried to hack his way out of the place, also effectively shattering his sword.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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