Session 7-06: The Union of Maedhros

Yes, there will be survivors, and we will be telling stories of refugees in the coming seasons. But it's quite likely that if Morwen does have a plan for her successor, that plan will have to be altered in the aftermath of the Nirnaeth. So, her mentee may not survive the Easterling occupation, and she may have to select someone else to leave in charge when she goes to Doriath. We shall see!
 
Re: Fingon
Fingon must accomplish something with his death. He will fall fighting Gothmog, but he must do so valiantly. So the fatal charge is his decision, and it accomplishes wounding Gothmog in some way (maybe seriously, like severing a limb or blinding an eye). More importantly, he halts Gothmog at a key point that allows Turgon and the troops of Gondolin to begin their escape from the battlefield. In his final moments, Fingon realizes that not all hope is lost. He had thought that his entire role was to succeed where his father had failed to defeat Morgoth. But in that moment, he realizes that hope of success remains even after he is gone. The realization that it does not have to be he himself who accomplishes victory, coupled with his aid in Turgon's escape, points to an understanding that he is Fingolfin's heir, but he is not the only descendent of Fingolfin left alive in this world. His death should feel a bit like he's passing the torch to his brother Turgon, but it should not be identical to Huor's "from you and from me a new star shall arise".
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I could see blinding him. Fingon is mentioned as holding his own with Gothmog before another Balrog comes up and entangles him, to which Gothmog finishes him off by cutting his head open.
 
MithLuin said:
Yes, there will be survivors, and we will be telling stories of refugees in the coming seasons. But it's quite likely that if Morwen does have a plan for her successor, that plan will have to be altered in the aftermath of the Nirnaeth. So, her mentee may not survive the Easterling occupation, and she may have to select someone else to leave in charge when she goes to Doriath. We shall see!
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About that... how does the House of Hador survive culture-wise? From what's described, while the Easterlings have Dor-Lómin under occupation, they're brutally suppressive of the Hadorians (and it gets worse after Túrin's snipe hunt after the Fall of Nargothrond), wrest their lands from them, and take wives from the Hadorian women. And all the while the Hadorians sit on their butts under the Easterling yoke until the War of Wrath. How do they survive as a culture and an ethnic group?
 
Ange1e4e5 said:
About that... how does the House of Hador survive culture-wise? From what's described, while the Easterlings have Dor-Lómin under occupation, they're brutally suppressive of the Hadorians (and it gets worse after Túrin's snipe hunt after the Fall of Nargothrond), wrest their lands from them, and take wives from the Hadorian women. And all the while the Hadorians sit on their butts under the Easterling yoke until the War of Wrath. How do they survive as a culture and an ethnic group?
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Well, when Tuor and Earendil leave Gondolin their are heartily embraced by the House of Hador at the Bay of Balar as their rightful leaders, even if the people only ever met Tuor as a captured teenage slave for a few years and never met any real witness to able to confirm his claim to be the posthumous son of Huor. Somebody is keeping track - and probably even written record - in the House of Hador. Maybe Dírhaval or his father before him? - Somebody who knew and noted down that Rian was with child when she left them. A very pedantic scholar.
 
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