I think it also emphasized how great and mighty Maeglin was before his fall, which made said fall even more grievous. I think it can be comparable to Fëanor's, since both of them were such beautiful people, and both fell (leading to widespread ruin).
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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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