Evil Elves? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 10-30-2003, 11:03 PM

I don't think that any of the Elves were truly evil (although Maeglin got pretty damn close!), they just didn't adjust to their surroundings. Almost all of the Noldor that emigrated to Beleriand are characterized as arrogant, haughty, overbearing, etc. Why, you ask? In Valinor, they were at the lowest rungs of the hierarchy, whereas in Beleriand, and in all of Middle-earth, they were the superior race, the Elder Children, the teachers, and the mentors. They enjoyed that newfound power, and power is very hard not to abuse.

10-30-2003, 11:03 PM	#14
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I don't think that any of the Elves were truly evil (although Maeglin got pretty damn close!), they just didn't adjust to their surroundings. Almost all of the Noldor that emigrated to Beleriand are characterized as arrogant, haughty, overbearing, etc. Why, you ask? In Valinor, they were at the lowest rungs of the hierarchy, whereas in Beleriand, and in all of Middle-earth, they were the superior race, the Elder Children, the teachers, and the mentors. They enjoyed that newfound power, and power is very hard not to abuse. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.