Elven kings were never really the most amiable of people. Almost all of them were proud, haughty, and self-serving, with the sole exception of Finrod. He alone had the wisdom to see that Men were indeed important, and that sometimes the King is wrong. All the other Elven rulers believed that they alone were right, which, of course, led to utter destruction.
Which goes to show, kings never do learn, do they?
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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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