[Moralanqua]

Best Deaths in the Silm? Here are my choices!

Aegnor & Angrod - forget that Glorfindel! He went down with 1 Balrog, the Finarfinion brothers died amongst orcs, multiple Balrogs and a big fookin Dragon!

Finduilas - sista was nailed to a tree with spears by orcs! kewl!

Eol - kills the wife and gets chucked off a cliff... Ow!

Maedhros - got melted in a 'fiery chasm' after getting 3rd degree burns from his daddy's sparkly thing. Poor sod!


What are yours?

[Haleth]

Fingolfin getting crunched under Morgoth's foot after fighting a hopeless battle.

Finrod sacrificing himself to save Beren.

Ecthelion of the Fountain, mortally wounded in the fall of Gondolin, wrestling with Gothmog so that both of them drowned in a fountain.

The nameless elves of Turgon's household guard who battled orcs, balrogs and trolls to hold their attention while Idril, Tuor and the other refugees made good their escape.

The Moles, Maeglin's household. I wonder if any of them switched sides or found a way around their oath to help defend the people of Gondolin? It's a plot bunny that's been nibbling on my ankles for a few months.

The last three are technically from Lost Tales II, the Fall of Gondolin, but they're still my favourites.

[sindohte]

I would have to pick Feanor's death. Nothing like duking it out with a bunch of Balrogs before finally getting buttwhupped by Gothmog and then having his body turn to ash and then blow away in the wind. Now that is freaking cool, even though I thought Feanor was an idiot

Now Fingolfin's death was simply tragic. What a fine example of a leader he was in comparison to his older brother

[BittenBuggy]

Yes, Fingolfin's death was wonderful in a heroic, determined way. But damn, what a way to die. *gets a stupid, dreamy look on her face*

Ahem... *squeezes the bejeebers out of her elfie for being so glorious*

Right then, just ignore me.

[inglor]

Going out with a bang has to be Fingolfin: single combat with a God and giving him a limp, no more Glory than that. That is how a soldier is supposed to die (except for the losing part)

[ellie]

What about Finwe? He stood face to face with Morgoth at Formenos when Morgoth came to steal the silmarils, and didn't run away like everyone else did. If I rememebr correctly, after the assault Maedhros said Finwe's sword was untempored as if it had been struck by lightning. He was the first to face Morgoth in single combat.

What about Gil-galad taking on Sauron and being burned to death by him?

[Andreth]

Turin, because...well, just because he died, dammit!

[slydog]

morwen- tragic way to die. romantic in a way too. but damn nothing is written of her days between her showdown with glaurung and her finding her children's graves.

nienor-jumping from a waterfall dressed in white.... scene stealing biatch.

beren and luthien- somewhere it says she faded and he died but in the silm it says none know where there bodie sleep. or somthing. the sad mystery of their death is grand in itself.

miriel- sad

the son of feanor who died in the burning of losgar- killed by ur own dad.... shame!

huan- beats the sh!t out of old yeller

thingol- what really make it sad is melian silently mournig in the dark

turin- yea

elured elurin- a mystery....... if i were nimloth, maglor and maedhros would have mouths full of bloody chicklets. they probly did.

fingon- went down fightin

azhagal- nearly gutted glaurung