#while alqualondë is an understandable grudge you'd have to jump though some hoops to make it primarily about the Silmarils

[waitingforsecretsouls]

Not sure if people honestly forget or just kind of ignore how Dior explicitly took part in the Battle of Sarn Athrad one of whose main objectives (or at the very least RESULTS) was to retrieve the Silmaril. As if a huge part of the irony of the run-up to the Second Kinslaying isn't that Doriath are the ones who killed people specifically in pursuit of the Silmaril (that were longstanding allies of the Fëanorians and contributed in the wars against Morgoth as recently as the Union of Maedhros, even potential friends re: Curufin, and whose craftsmanship Beren has to thank for being able to cut the thing free from Morgoth's crown in the first place). Dior's connection to the Silmaril isn't just having it passed down from his parents, he actively fought for it (which I'll grant wasn't necessarily his chief motivation and more important to his father, but the larger point still stands). That's the context in which he refuses to even negotiate with the Fëanorians claim.

#silm #dior #battle of sarn athrad #second kinslaying #while alqualondë is an understandable grudge you'd have to jump though some hoops to make it primarily about the Silmarils #rather than the Valar-pronounced exile upon Fëanor and going after Morgoth as quickly as possible #it's also lightly frustrating what with how people (understandably) lambast the Fëeanorians as doing Morgoth's work for him #but then completely ignore how Doriath far more egregiously (in the context of picking off actual enemies of Morgoth) does the same prior #most discussion tends to include C&C and B&L as potential factors in Dior's choice and opinions #but almost never the fact that Doriath just killed a LOT of longstanding allies and potential friends of the Fëanorians #but I guess it doesn't count as additional motivator for them since they're not “kin”