Descendents of Finwë Part 17: Aegnor

[fanged-geranium.livejournal.com]

There is so little in the Silm about Aegnor that I decided to post his piece today as well, for a sons of Finarfin double-bill.


Aegnor

Potted History
*Also known as Aikanáro, Ambaráto and Angamaitë (HoME Vol. 12)
*He fell in love with a mortal woman named Andreth, but did not marry her (HoME Vol. 10)

In Valinor
with Fingon stood as they ever did Angrod and Aegnor, sons of Finarfin. But these held their peace and spoke not against their fathers

Ard-galen
From the northern slopes of Dorthonion Angrod and Aegnor, sons of Finarfin, looked out over the fields of Ard-galen, and were the vassals of their brother Finrod, lord of Nargothrond; their people were few, for the land was barren, and the great highlands behind were deemed to be a bulwark that Morgoth would not lightly seek to cross

Fingolfin wants a war
Among the chieftains of the Noldor Angrod and Aegnor alone were of like mind with the King; for they dwelt in regions whence Thangorodrim could be descried, and the threat of Morgoth was present to their thought

Battle of Sudden Flame
The sons of Finarfin bore most heavily the brunt of the assault, and Angrod and Aegnor were slain

Comments

Aegnor

[digdigil.livejournal.com]

You never hear too much about Aegnor, so it was interesting to read this piece.

Re: Aegnor

[fanged-geranium.livejournal.com]

The fandom needs more Aegnor fangurls.

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[ellfine.livejournal.com]

I agree. We need for Aegnor stories, too.

Re: Aegnor

[digdigil.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. Now you've got me going on another idea. Rats! It's too bad I've committed to this NaNoWriMo thing, but I think I can continue to write "Bliss" and do NaNo at the same time. Now I want to put Aegnor and Angrod into "Bliss".

[jilba.livejournal.com]

I reckon Aegnor's seriously unwriten. Sure, in the Silm we don't hear about his tragic ill-fated love for a mortal, but to me any elf who can appreciate a mortal girl that much needs lots of love from we writers.

Maybe we should start a fan club?

[dawn_felagund]

Now you've gone and hooked the bunny even tighter to my leg.... ;)

I've been wanting to write about Aegnor and Andreth for some time now!

*lines up to join fan club*

[jilba.livejournal.com]

I have a couple of fics about them part done, they are a fascinating couple more so probably because they didn't marry.

I've always thought while Finrod told Andreth the truth, she didn't find out everything and I've stuck to a theory that part of Aegnor's problem was panic. That he was the first elf to fall for a mortal and what the heck happens now? Panic, and being male. I'll just go away and so will this problem! *grins*

[dawn_felagund]

Lol! Sadly, though, being as she was mortal, this is pretty much what happened.... :-/

I've always wished that this story was developed in The Silmarillion. You have all of these beautiful Elven women falling for scruffy mortal men, willing to forsake their immortality for them and all that, and the one instance of a male Elf becoming similarly overcome gets bumped out of the story.

[jilba.livejournal.com]

It does seem unfair, that their story was glossed over. I mean, I think too, that their tragic story affected so many later. Finrod had made an oath to Beren's Dad, sure, but perhaps he was trying to help out his kinswoman Luthien in her romance too having seen that Aegnor was wrong to stay away from Andreth? That it simply caused even more pain? And Galadriel interfering in the Aragorn/Arwen romance. She knew what happened to little bro, as well as Luthien and she probably figured there's worse things than becoming mortal or loosing your mortal spouse. Elvish memory is more real than mortal, and had Aegnor married Andreth, he would at least have had some wonderful memories. Plus, I have a sneaky thought their kid/s could have been very important characters.

Oh well, I guess we just have to put it down to one of those wonderful plot holes Tolkein left us to fill in!

[fanged-geranium.livejournal.com]

Perhaps we should!

[jilba.livejournal.com]

Yeah, why not. Hands up who'll join?

[dawn_felagund]

Me me me!!!

:D

[aramel-calawen.livejournal.com]

I so totally swoon for the Athrabeth. Totally. I cried while reading it, and I didn't even cry in LOTR, and only once in the Sil, when I was reading up on all the Feanorians for research purposes and suddenly realised how tragic the whole lot of them were.

*fangirls*

[fanged-geranium.livejournal.com]

Yes, It's all so sad - and there really wasn't anything (except Elven philosophy) to stop Aegnor and Andreth from getting married anyway!