[Boromir88]

I had used the UT as just a reference to cherry pick extra information or quotes from and fill in the gaps of The Silm and LOTR. But at the urging of one, Mr. Formendacil, when discussing the upcome CbC thread, I decided to go ahead and read this chapter. I feel kind of ashamed now, because it's such a beautiful story and I had gone all these years missing it. I would add more, but it would just get repetitive as I second the "this feels more like reading LOTR than The Silm."

And I can't seem to find a smaller part that stuck out to me. I believe it was Voronwe who commented how the courage of Men, who's fate is to die, would spend their limitted years risking death and fighting Morgoth. It's a pondering question in the difference between Elves and Men.

Men don't view their mortality as a gift, and in this regard they can be reckless with their lives. But it also speaks of their courage to spend their limitted life in defense of the Elves fight against Morgoth. Elves on the other hand, not being able to die from age, are doomed to remember the pains and losses of their world.