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Old 08-15-2014, 01:24 PM   #1770
Corsair_Caruso
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 View Post
Welcome aboard, Corsair! And I'm glad to see this thread back up on its rails!

My best guess is Maeglin.

Of darkness and light was I born long ago, - Eol the Dark Elf and Aredhel the White Lady
From secret, to hidden, from both friend and foe, - no clue.
From low to exalted and back down again - nobody to high status in Gondolin to traitor
One love saved my life, another brought its end. - as they say, a man loves only 2 women - his mother and his wife. Aredhel took the dagger for him, but his desire for Celebrindal brought about the Fall of Gondolin and indirectly his own death.
Absolutely correct! The second line refers to the his early life secreted away in Eol's household in Nan Elmoth without any of Aredhel's kin knowing her fate or of the existence of Maeglin, fleeing from there to the hidden city of Gondolin.
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