Hi! Great blog! Just wondering: who was captive of Morgoth for the longest time? Maedhros, Hurin, Gwindor, or someone else? Thanks :)

As far as we know, Maedhros wins this competition, as he was held captive for about 30 years (“about” because some of that time was during the Years of the Trees, and the last year before the solar years begin is a little bit of a mystery, length wise.) For future reference, Hurin was held…

Escaped Thralls

Ah, yes. This was one of the saddest outcomes of the Curse of the Noldor, I think, that escaped captives of Morgoth weren’t welcomed as they should have been. It says in The Silmarillion that: Ever the Noldor feared most the treachery of those of their own kin, who had been thralls in Angband; for…