Miriel said that the strength that would have gone into the bearing of many had all gone into bearing Fëanor, and considering that she was a fairly mighty Elf (being in Aman), that must have really weakened her, if she lost that much strength. Another thing that could have "driven" her to "die," was that with the gift of foresight granted to most mothers, she might have seen what Fëanor was destined to do (Slaying at Alqualondë, etc.) and that sickened her. That took away the last of her strength and she knew that she just couldn't go on, knowing that even though her son would be the greatest Elf of all time, he would be known as a murderer. Not many mothers can deal with that. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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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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