I say that he's already been Fingolfin's, if he didn't die in the Helcaraxe (I don't remember if all the animals with the Fingolfinians died). It could highlight Rochallor's bond with Fingolfin, particularly with Fingolfin's final journey to Angband to challenge Morgoth with Rochallor staying until Fingolfin died, then reaching Hithlum and dying, his heart broken.Should Rochallor be among the horses Maedhros gives to Fingon this episode, or should Fingolfin already have him?
I actually just wrote the scene for this, and I have Fingon going up to Rochallor, being told by Celegorm that Rochallor would be a good horse for him, but declaring that Rochallor should be Fingolfin's horse instead. I kind of like the moment with Fingon and Rochallor because it could foreshadow the moment with Fingon and Rochallor when Rochallor returns to Hithlum after Fingolfin is dead. However, if you feel strongly about having Rochallor already be with Fingolfin, I would be happy to change it.I say that he's already been Fingolfin's, if he didn't die in the Helcaraxe. It could highlight Rochallor's bond with Fingolfin, particularly with Fingolfin's final journey to Angband to challenge Morgoth with Rochallor staying until Fingolfin died, then reaching Hithlum and dying, his heart broken.
I'm not sure either way. You can do as you see fit.I actually just wrote the scene for this, and I have Fingon going up to Rochallor, being told by Celegorm that Rochallor would be a good horse for him, but declaring that Rochallor should be Fingolfin's horse instead. I kind of like the moment with Fingon and Rochallor because it could foreshadow the moment with Fingon and Rochallor when Rochallor returns to Hithlum after Fingolfin is dead. However, if you feel strongly about having Rochallor already be with Fingolfin, I would be happy to change it.
We do have a hound who lives for over 400 years.We decided all animals would die on the Helcaraxe.
Are we really going to have a horse live over 200 years?
Perhaps Rochallor is a descendant of the horse that Fingolfin chooses this episode?...Huan is almost definitely a Maia follower of Orome.
Rochallor is a mearas, sure, but immortal?
It does seem that Tolkien grappled with the nature of Huan, with the earlier versions as a dog-shaped Maia and the later ones a particularly intelligent (and long-lived) animal.We can't have Huan as a Maia if we had him as a puppy, which means he was born to a mother... Faelivrin at an early time pointed out that good Ainur don't do "such things" in animal form
So he's either an animal which was gifted with a sort of soul like the great eagles or he was not born.
Same rules would be for the elf-horses or Nahar...