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Originally Posted by Urwen
Red, black and silver...
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Yep.
Though technically black is an assumption, and red could be more precisely described.
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
The gold one initially reminded me of Aragorn - all that is gold does not glitter - and thus potentially Men of Dunharrow fulfilling their oath before the dawn from the Orodruin cloud, but can't really fit that to the rest of the lines.
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None of those, I'm afraid.
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Kinship's oath renewed sounds like Fingolfin's assurances that he will follow his elder brother, and his unexpected and unsought title of High King (but beneath shadow lost? No idea).
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This, however, is exactly what "kinship's oath" and "crown unsought" refer to (and how did Fingolfin's reign end? "...shadow like a thundercloud / and o'er the the gleaming king it bowed...")
hS