I still prefer the story we worked out in the last session, with Aegnor. And I would prefer the sword to be used in the First Age, not just an unused mantle-piece.
The reason I suggested for Maedhros giving something to Aegnor is as a gesture as part of trying to reconcile with the House of Finarfin, in addition to the House of Fingolfin.
@cellardur , the suggestion is that a Balrog kills Aegnor, and
maybe he kills it in return.
Corey's suggestion of giving it to Andreth doesn't make sense for a couple reasons. Firstly,
Aegnor made a point to ignore Andreth and convince her that he didn't love her. I can't see why he would give her any gifts, when he wouldn't even tell her he loved her. The larger question is how it gets from Andreth to anyone, especially if we use Ange1's suggestion that Aegnor witnesses Andreth's death before he goes into battle. I like Ange1's suggested story and want to use it.
Marie suggested that Emeldir recovers it from Aegnor's death site in a brave deed, and carries it to Dor-Lomin (which is where she canonically ended up). Or she could give it to a relative who goes to Brethil. In D0r-Lomin it could be either hidden in a very secret place to protect it from Easterlings, or else wielded by one of the Edain who hide in the hills as outlaws after the Nirnaeth, and later follow Hurin south. Those guys presumably ended up at the Havens of Sirion. But, sending it to Brethil has the advantage of making it easier to keep it from ending up in the Haudh-en-Dengin, where I'd expect a sword of Dor-Lomin to end up.
I don't like having it be a sword owned by Gil-galad that he gave to Elendil, because if that was its history, it
would have been mentioned in the LotR. It wasn't mentioned in the LotR, so I think we can't have that happen. I also strongly want Gil-galad to be Orodreth's son, not Fingon's son. On the other hand, I already suggested Gil-galad should tell Elendil the sword was his great-uncle's.