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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc
And also simply because I believe Eöl is not that good to get into another round; and Carcey has, in my opinion, less chance of winning the next one.
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Hmmm...far be it from me to question your logic, however murky it may be.
But I do think Eol is a formidable candidate to move further on in the combat. He was as complex a character study as any other elf save for Feanor, perhaps. One of the greatest smiths -- AND a spellcaster as well? We get too few instances in the Tolkien's corpus of elvish magic not in tandem with imbued items (like palantiri, silmarils, swords and such). We know of Luthien and Finrod's songs of power, but what shadowy powers lurked in the darkness of Nan Elmoth? Spells of bewilderment, webs of deceit entangling hapless prey. It is certainly something I'd like to hear more about.
Add to that Eol's surly character, his dark visage and black thoughts, it certainly can be argued that the current popular image of a 'Dark Elf' resides almost solely in Tolkien's description of the cunning and cranky maker of galvorn, Anguirel and Anglachel.