Oath and Oath Fullfillment - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Encaitare · 08-26-2004, 09:06 PM

Aragorn also made the oath to help Frodo ("If by life or death I can protect you, I will.") which he kept at Weathertop, and by drawing Sauron's armies from the plains of Gorgoroth.

If we can expand this to include characters in the Sil, perhaps it could be added that Maedhros was the only one of the brothers to fulfill his oath (although after regaining the Silmaril he cast himself into a fiery chasm with it still in his hand). Maglor obtained one too but then of course cast it into the sea.

(I just noticed this thread never really went anywhere and decided to try and revive it... hopefully it won't be considered too close to the Oaths and Oathbreaking thread.)

08-26-2004, 09:06 PM	#3
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Aragorn also made the oath to help Frodo ("If by life or death I can protect you, I will.") which he kept at Weathertop, and by drawing Sauron's armies from the plains of Gorgoroth. If we can expand this to include characters in the Sil, perhaps it could be added that Maedhros was the only one of the brothers to fulfill his oath (although after regaining the Silmaril he cast himself into a fiery chasm with it still in his hand). Maglor obtained one too but then of course cast it into the sea. (I just noticed this thread never really went anywhere and decided to try and revive it... hopefully it won't be considered too close to the Oaths and Oathbreaking thread.)