The Doom of Mandos

[Potatothan]

“…and your houseless spirits shall come then to Mandos. There long shall ye abide and yearn for your bodies, and find little pity though all whom ye have slain should entreat you. And those that endure in Middle earth and come not to Mandos shall grow weary of the world as with a great burden, and shall wand, and become shadows of regret before the younger race that cometh after. The Valar have spoken.”


The doom of mandos kinda comes down that they will be sorrow for ever. If they die, they will come to the hall's of mandos and would forever wish to have a body back in middle-earth for they will find no merci from their kin due to the kinslaying.

If they stay alive they will yearn for Valinor due to it's bliss and the sadness which will happen in middle-earth as Mandos had already seen. For mandos had foresight and he saw that their deeds would turn against them and that they would regret them forever and wanted to go to valinor for foregiving. But as stated above, they would receive none for their deeds were to be considered cruel. So the curse was heavy and it would affect them greatly as to be read in the silmarillion.

Or is it that all who desire the Silmarils and are part of its battle fall under the curse?

The doom was placed on those who aided the sons of Feanor or come within their doom. And denying them the silmaril, Thingol got ensnared in their doom as is stated in your quote.

My final question is how far down the line did the curse abide?
Did it still burden the hearts of those who lived after the Silmarils were gone? Such as Galadriel, or Thingol’s people who then lived in Mirkwood.

No it won't. For when the sons of Feanor died and the silmaril's vanished from middle-earth, the curse was forfilled. Galadriel went with Feanor at first, but had nothing to do in the kinslaying and had to take the long route over the ice. The doom did not take her. And thingol's followers never got in touch with the doom of mandos, only Thingol himself and his wife.

I wonder if there were still elves, great descendants of the Noldor (in the third age) who still pursued the Silmarils, or were the Noldor all spent away?
It’s interesting to imagine maybe a small band of elves that searched the corners of the world for the jewels of their long dead leader.
What are your thoughts?

The ones that searched for the silmaril's and desired them where only the son's of Feanor (jeez those guys are busy) and the ones that have seen the silmaril. But it is common knowledge that the silmaril's passed away in water, fire and sky. One only remains on the forehead of Earendil. The others were lost and most likely destroyed.

I hope this helps you out.

~Potatothan