Subject: Thanks for the info...
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Posted on: 2014-05-21 15:56:00 UTC

...especially the full explanation of why it mattered so much that the Oath was in the name of Iluvatar. (That was never really very clear in the published Silm.)

I agree that M&M were the least worst of a very bad bunch, at the start of the story anyway. OTOH that's really saying very much, is it? (And I'm not sure why you mention Maglor being a harper. Being in the entertainment business doesn't mean he has a licence to commit crimes and get away with it, as the news keeps reminding us these days!)

But anyway you've given me a lot of things to look out for when I return to making my way through HoME. (AIUI most of the important background information about Elves is in MR and PoME, so I've got a long way to go! Maybe I'll have changed my mind by then.)

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