[Ardolon]

I'm thinking it was most definately supposed to happen, and worked for the benifit of ME...If nothing else, no Melian, no Doriath, no Thranduil, No legolas. No Celeborn and Galadriel, either. And Elrond and elros wouldn't be quite as special, either. Also, Earendil, assuming he still came to be, wouldn't have had the silmaril, and would never have got through to Valinor... Whoa. If those two hadn't fallen in love, Morgoth would have won. And it might be good if the Numenorean kings weren't quite as high....although I always suspected the later ones at least were stoners.