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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Indeed! Though Hurin arguably had the greater courage, staring down Morgoth and telling him he's a sorry idiot. Beren, if I recall, spent most of the time slinking in the corners or being unconscious. But still, his trip there and back again from Angband is his most famous deed.
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Sure, and courage, heroism, glory, and tuppence will get you a tuppenny sweet.
The Silm is
really down on doing things that get you noticed, isn't it? Like, the #1 combat instruction it gives is "Don't Let The Enemy Notice You".
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Over to you!
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Okay, let's talk inheritance. In general, titles in Middle-earth are passed down father to son - most notably in Aragorn's family, which is pretty much a straight shot back to Silmarien. But sometimes there's a break, and a more distant relative has to take the title.
Treating each title as a separate creation (ie, Elendil is not the heir of Tar-Miriel), and looking only at titles which did not fall into abeyance along the way (ie, Aragorn did not inherit from Isildur),
and ignoring non-inherited titles (ie, Mayor of the Shire),
who is the most genealogically distant confirmed inheritor of a title in the history of Middle-earth?
(I've found a couple of options, but if someone can outdo them I'll be delighted.)
hS