Turgon the Wise | Sarafinwë Turukáno (turukano) wrote in thedoorway, @ 2013-03-09 14:10:00 |
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Great was the triumph of Morgoth, though all the purposes of his malice were not yet accomplished. One thought troubled him deeply and marred his victory with unquiet; Turgon had escaped his net, of all his foes the one whom he had most desired to take or destroy. For Turgon of the great House of Fingolfin was now by right King of all the Noldor; and Morgoth feared and hated the House of Fingolfin, because they had scorned him in Valinor and had the friendship of Ulmo his foe; and because of the wounds Fingolfin gave him in battle. And most of all Morgoth feared Turgon, for of old in Valinor his eye had lighted on him, and whenever he drew near a dark shadow had fallen on his spirit, foreboding that in some time that yet lay hidden in doom, from Turgon ruin should come to him.
The Children of Húrin, 'The Battle of Unnumbered Tears'
J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien
And indeed, it did. From the light and life of my own grandson, whose Doom should outweigh even that of the Doom of the House of Húrin. Sad tidings indeed that I read of them.
But Eärendil, what would become of the last of the Noldor and Middle-earth without you. I rejoice and morn still at your sacrifice. Though I shall never know you as more than a child in our world, I shall always be proud.
And proud still of my kin. Maedhros for his determination to end the wrath of Morgoth, and to my brother Fingon for his bravery on the battlefield. We lost everything in that fight. Nirnaeth Arnoediad. No tale might tell of all the sorrows we faced in those brief days.
But alas I shouldn't think on those things and I still ought not have read the book. Little has come of it.