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Alda · 06-27-2004, 04:35 PM

I agree with Gorthmog that the life of Gwindor was very tragic. His story was one of the first that came to my mind.

Luthien Tinuvial's parting was sorrowful, facing the unknown at the end. Yet the choice was hers to make. Who can judge if her joy outweighed her pain? Or place the precious days spent with Beren on a scale, and try to balance her immortality against it. Might we not trade a thousand lifetimes for such moments as they shared in Tol Galen, while she wore the Silmaril? Yet Son of Numenor is right. Who suffered more than Luthien? Her suffering moved even Mandos to pity.

The Eldar were aquainted with sorrow, but of the unnumbered tears they would shed, the drowning of Amroth in his love for Nimrodel to me is one of the saddest.

06-27-2004, 04:35 PM	#26
Alda Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 15	I agree with Gorthmog that the life of Gwindor was very tragic. His story was one of the first that came to my mind. Luthien Tinuvial's parting was sorrowful, facing the unknown at the end. Yet the choice was hers to make. Who can judge if her joy outweighed her pain? Or place the precious days spent with Beren on a scale, and try to balance her immortality against it. Might we not trade a thousand lifetimes for such moments as they shared in Tol Galen, while she wore the Silmaril? Yet Son of Numenor is right. Who suffered more than Luthien? Her suffering moved even Mandos to pity. The Eldar were aquainted with sorrow, but of the unnumbered tears they would shed, the drowning of Amroth in his love for Nimrodel to me is one of the saddest. __________________ The wind is part of the process The rain is part of the process -- Ezra Pound, Canto 74 Last edited by Alda; 06-27-2004 at 06:05 PM.