Elves and Dwarves: Alliances

It’s not lore-breaking at all! There have been quite a few elves who developed good relations with dwarves in Middle Earth’s history! Sometimes the relationship was purely business, such as: Thingol hiring the dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost to build Menegroth (though the relationship soured in the end.) Finrod hiring the dwarves of Nogrod and…

The Alliances of Caranthir the Dark

Caranthir is interesting. He’s always seemed to me to be the most independent of the sons of Feanor (in that, perhaps even more than Maedhros their leader, he acts as an individual, independent of his brothers.) And, even more interestingly, he kind of shows character growth throughout the Silmarillion, as seen through his involvement with…

Who Originally Owned Narsil?

(Okay, this came up because of a post I wrote yesterday in which I mentioned that Narsil was originally owned by Maglor… and then later realized that we don’t actually know that for sure. As soon as this is posted I’ll edit that first post with a link to this one, which explores who might…