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The death of Amrod
This chapter also raises a question regarding the editing of the 1977 text, since in it Christopher makes no mention of the later story in which one of Feanor's twin sons is burned to death in his ship at Losgar. Now it is very much the case that much of Tolkien's projected revisions to the legendarium only exist in the form of notes or sketches, and CRT (laudably) confined himself to using existing narratives, and not pulling a Brian Herbert. However, in this case a narrative actually existed, published in HME.X:353ff: and a passage which even more strongly emphasizes Feanor's fey madness at this point. Any speculations as to why this was omitted? Especially since there is no serious 'ripple effect' for the rest of the story: Amrodandamras remain an undifferentiated pair up until their (joint) death.
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