#second kinslaying

[maironsmaid]

Sing, oh world, of the wrath of Macalaurë, Feanaro's son, murderous, kinslayer, oath breaker.

(Edit: maglor and ig honorary mention @ Dior for....hanging in there)

[thescrapwitch]

“We could say that we lost them,” suggested Laegnis.

“Lord Maedhros will not believe that,” argued Taethor. “Two tiny half-elves could not escape from Fëanorian soldiers, even if they do have Maia blood. He will know it is a lie immediately.”

“Then we’ll say we did it on purpose. That we left them in a foul part of the woods to die.”

“And if he goes to look for them?”

“We’ll give him the wrong direction. That should buy them some time to escape.” Laegnis met Taethor’s eyes, more afraid now than he’d been during the battle. “What else can we do?”

The question haunted them as they walked back to camp. What would they say to their lord when they returned? Not the truth: that they’d found Dior’s sons, silver-haired and dark-eyed, guarded by an elf-maiden. She’d looked at them like they were orcs, all but fell to her knees and begged them for mercy.

“Please,” she had said. “Do not harm us. Let us run away. I know these woods well, we will not die from the cold or beasts. Please, if there is any goodness left in you at all, let the three of us escape this bloodshed.”

“Nellas,” one of the little twins had whimpered, clutching her skirt.

“Please,” the elf-maiden had said again, her body a shield in front of the children. “Please, none of us have what you seek. They are only children. I have kin over the mountains. Let me take them there, let them grow up far away where your lord will never hear of them and not fear vengeance. Please.”

Laegnis and Taethor let them go. Of course they let her and the children go. What else could they do?

“Do you really think Lord Maedhros would kill them if we told him the truth?” asked Taethor.

“I think,” Laegnis said carefully, “that Lord Maedhros has been very different ever since King Fingon died. All of the Sons of Fëanor have. Do you?”

Taethor sighed. Blood stained his hands, just as it had centuries ago in a different land, and this time there was no sea to wash them clean in. “I do not think any of us are like we once were.”

When they finally reached the camp, they were sent immediately to the general’s tent. “You two are Celegorm’s servants,” said Lord Maedhros, a tower of steel, his eyes burning with a fire so terrible it hurt to stare at. Gore was still splattered across his armour. “He sent you after Dior’s sons, Eluréd and Elurín. Where are they?”

Laegnis and Taethor thought of the tiny twins clutching the elf-maiden's skirt. Of deep, dark woods with many places to hide if one knew the right paths. Of how relentless and ruthless the Sons of Fëanor were. Taethor reached out and squeezed Laegnis’ hand. Both of them still had blood beneath their fingernails.

There would be consequences for lying. Grave ones. But what else could they do?

“My lord,” said Laegnis, voice steady, “we left them in the woods to die.”

[thelien-art]

Death of Celegorm

We are not going to talk about how long this took... anyway I´m actually surprisingly happy about it :)

[starillion]

Celumë carnë [red streams]

am i allowed to submit one(1) lament for maglor & all the c-brothers for @feanorianweek day 2, 3, 4 and 5? i swear this is maglor lamenting the second kinslaying, not some random elf on elf crime

Ma telumi nyénar fëar vanwannar Do skies mourn of passing souls

hya i limbar níri poicë nár or are the droplets unsullied tears

Nienno, oialë nainala of Nienna, as she ever weeps

atar fëar i lelyar númenna? o'er lives that utter Westwards pass?

Celumë carnë síra ve *miru As streams of red flow like wine

rávar *quilini síla the banks of Esgalduin twinkling shine,

luitëa nóri nyérënen overflooding lands with sorrow

ar lelya nu arda. that traverse to the Earth below.

Lan hlarinye ulo Yet even as I hear the rains

lantëa lassi limbessen fall down upon the thousand leaves

þoryan mo sondarya I fear that none of what I hear

úvaltë nítainë are let to fall for whom I hold dear.

Nai sercelta úva vanwa May never their blood be washed away

cotumo teldo macilennar upon the swords of the last enemy

rúnya lantala ve samin rich redness that like silken falls

luitala i talami singollo solmaron that dampened the floors of Thingol's halls!

Nai anarórë carnë nyénuva ten May a red dawn mourn for them

quenso erya nu lanerya as a minstrel lone neath her hem

ómanen, ractala ambostiryannar whose voice that may reach her bosom

nairea, nainienen. in deep woe, in lamentation.

extras under cut :)

ink introductions! 'the great sage heaven's equal(齊天大聖)' and '칠색 바다' from wearingeul(글입다).

the last six lines are absent in the script because i did not plan beforehand and ran out of space but shhh we do not talk about that.

also my hands died in the process i swear this is all ink and i didn't commit any kinslaying on my part

[cilil]

The more I dig into the lore around the Second Kinslaying for my current project, the more I'm fascinated by the detail that it was specifically Dior who killed Celegorm. That's one of the main details we get, we aren't even explicitly told who killed Dior, Nimloth, Curufin and Caranthir, just that they were slain.

Celegorm meets his end at the hands of the son of the woman he tried to marry, the son of the couple he fought against and I just love it when narrative threads come full circle (or parallel one another).

I know opinions differ in regards to the level of sexual or romantic interest Celegorm had in Lúthien, as well as the exact appearance of Dior, but this is why I love having him look like a male copy of his mother. I love the idea that Celegorm, in a way, sees her face one more time, but this time it's Dior's. I love the idea that the opponent he fights to the death looks like Lúthien. I love the idea that Dior's face may have been the last thing he saw.

And yes, I also love the idea that Dior may have wanted revenge for what happened to his mother.

If you then put the Silmaril aside for a moment, you can see a more private, personal conflict at the heart of this tragedy: Dior vs Celegorm, though Dior, true to his name meaning "successor", acts as a sort of stand-in for Beren, Lúthien and Thingol in Celegorm's perception.

It's just... ugh. So very fascinating and emotional and tragic.

[thetiredprometheus]

*where he was completely and irreversibly emotionally destroyed, gave up on trying to be a good person and put the need to fulfil the oath over everything else

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

[tolkien-povs]

Just something about how Maglor composing the Noldotantë and committing three more kinslayings afterwards has the same/ similar vibe as Fëanáro yelling, "Get thee gone from my gate thou jail-crow of Mandos" and him literally trying to follow and enter the gate of said jail-crow.

[joetamy]

I hear the fireworks take off, and with that, I bid everyone a happy new years! ✨🎉 What better way to start the coming year, than absolutely slaying? Close up below~

[serene-faerie]

What I hate the most about Fëanorian apologia is how the onus is always put on the victims who suffered from the Fëanorians. The Fëanorians are never held accountable for their crimes.

It’s always,

“Olwë and the Teleri should’ve just heard out Fëanor and handed over their ships to the Noldor.”

And not,

“Fëanor should’ve respected Olwë’s refusal and found another way to get to Beleriand, instead of slaughtering the Teleri and stealing their ships.”

It’s always,

“Thingol overreacted to the First Kinslaying, and he should’ve just trusted the Fëanorians.”

And not,

“The Fëanorians should’ve shown more respect to Thingol and actually apologized for slaughtering Thingol’s kindred in Alqualondë.”

It’s always,

“Thingol should’ve put aside his grievances and joined the Union of Maedhros.”

And not,

“Maedhros should’ve apologized to Thingol for Celegorm and Curufin trying to abduct Lúthien if he was serious about having an alliance with Doriath.”

It’s always,

“Dior could’ve avoided the Second Kinslaying by handing over the Silmaril.”

And not,

“Regardless of the Silmaril, the Fëanorians were wrong to attack a severely-weakened kingdom and murder innocent people— including leaving six-year-olds in the woods to die.”

Its always,

“Elwing could’ve avoided the Third Kinslaying by giving up the Silmaril.”

And not,

“The Fëanorians should’ve waited for Eärendil to return so that both parties could resolve this civilly, instead of jumping straight to slaughtering a settlement of refugees.”

It’s always,

“The Fëanorians were right to commit mass-murder because property rights are more important than people’s lives.”

Never,

“The Fëanorians were so obsessed with getting the Silmarils back that they prioritized those jewels over innocent people, and their victims have every right to hate and mistrust them.”

Why is there so much victim-blaming??? Why are they being blamed for the choices of Fëanor and his sons???

Regardless of who the Silmaril belongs to, the Sons of Fëanor always had a choice to do what’s right. They were never forced to commit mass-murder, they deliberately made the choice to commit mass-murder. If they’d treated the Sindar with a bit more grace and respect, perhaps they could’ve come to some kind of solution together. If they’d taken responsibility for their crimes and made proper amends, perhaps the Sindar would’ve been a bit more willing to ally with them.

They don’t do any of that. They expect the Sindar to just blindly respect them when they haven’t done anything to earn it. And then they wonder why most of the Sindar hate their guts.

All of the consequences the Fëanorians face are ultimately on them. Not their victims.

So please, let’s just tone down the victim-blaming already.

[maironsmaid]

Sing, oh world, of the wrath of Macalaurë, Feanaro's son, murderous, kinslayer, oath breaker.

@feanorianweek Day 2: Maglor (& Dior)

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Every take about Dior is juicier than the last. He bested all three Cs in single combat before Maglor felled him in a mighty rage? He was sent rabid after seeing Celegorm kill Nimloth and skewered him bloodily? He was more feral than Feanor and there are gratuitous paintings of him facing off with balrog-like feanorians? Don’t mind if I do. 

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

dior violently mauling celegorm caranthir and curufin: pfft i'm the only one serving cunt here. are you three not embarrassed

[mahtariel-of-himring]

Ok, but what if Thranduil hates dwarves so much, not because of the whole betrayal but because the group of elves that primarily got along with and befriended the dwarves were the Fëanorian‘s?

Maedhros and Azaghâl?

Caranthir and Telchar?

Celebrimbor and Narvi?

And Thranduil of course despises the Fëanorian’s because of the second kinslaying and since they’re so known for befriending dwarves he decided that they couldn’t be good.

[grey-gazania]

Anyway I do think Maedhros put the cruel servants of Celegorm to death before he went off in search of Elured and Elurin.