Proposed FoG Agenda

[Aiwendil]

Maedhros wrote:

I think that before we make that change, we must be absolutely sure that it was Tolkien's last word. The thing about Orodreth's name goes a long way back to the Tale of Turambar.

Exactly. It's one of the only names I can think of that was so well entrenched and then, apparently, altered in just a single note.

I think that your idea for the chapter break is good, not least because we preserve the beginning point of the Tale of Earendil from Q30.

I'm still thinking that there might be a way as to introduce the Lay of Eärendel in the beginning of the next chapter in order to use in the narrative.
As for the Horns of Ylmir, I would hope that there is a way as to salvage it in order to use it in the main narrative

I agree regarding both poems. I can see, perhaps, opening the Earendil chapter with the alliterative fragment.

"The Horns of Ulmo" is trickier. Squatter is quite correct about the damage done by the loss of symmetry. I don't think that it cripples the poem, but it does make it weaker. I will look at the poem when I get time and see if I can think of some way to salvage it.