The drowning of Beleriand - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mithadan*** · 01-08-2001, 02:39 PM

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Re: The drowning of Beleriand

Only because a catastrophic distruction of Beleriand would have killed not only the elves, men and dwarves living there but also some portion of the army of Vanyar who had come to support the War (my recollection is that Noldor were not allowed to go and Teleri declined to do more than provide and man ships). While its unclear what actually happened in the War of Wrath, from the meager information we have, it appears to have been primarily a conflict involving "conventional" weapons, rather than battles of lightning bolts and mountains being hurled through the air. Perhaps Morgoth had strength to cause earthquakes or make faults open to prevent the movement of forces, but otherwise, the War seems to not have been (primarily) "supernatural" in nature. Thus I feel the destruction and submersion of Beleriand was, more or less, "gradual".

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

01-08-2001, 02:39 PM	#9
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,397	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 449</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: The drowning of Beleriand Only because a catastrophic distruction of Beleriand would have killed not only the elves, men and dwarves living there but also some portion of the army of Vanyar who had come to support the War (my recollection is that Noldor were not allowed to go and Teleri declined to do more than provide and man ships). While its unclear what actually happened in the War of Wrath, from the meager information we have, it appears to have been primarily a conflict involving "conventional" weapons, rather than battles of lightning bolts and mountains being hurled through the air. Perhaps Morgoth had strength to cause earthquakes or make faults open to prevent the movement of forces, but otherwise, the War seems to not have been (primarily) "supernatural" in nature. Thus I feel the destruction and submersion of Beleriand was, more or less, "gradual". --Mithadan-- "The Silmarils with living light were kindled clear, and waxing bright shone like stars that in the North above the reek of earth leap forth." </p> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.