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Old 01-05-2011, 07:09 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 View Post
If Morgoth let them live happily, they'd probably succeed in avenging Hurin
Like the Fëanorians succeeded in avenging Finwë and retrieving the Silmaril?

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Originally Posted by Findegil View Post
And in the end the plan was much more succesful then Morgoth could have been expected when he devised it: Túrins actions let to the destruction of Nargothrond, Hurins embitterment against anyone let him give up his claim for Dor-Lómin, reveal the location of Gondolin as good as he did know, diminished the realm of Brethil and led indirectly to the destruction of Doriath and to a very long lasting enmity between Elves and Dwarves.
Yep. Placing that curse on Húrin's family may well have been the single most effective thing Morgoth did in all the War of the Jewels. Even if he probably couldn't have foreseen just how much havoc it would work, it still was a stroke of genius.
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