Unorthodox Heroes?

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Originally Posted by mormegil

Maedhros would in my opinion be an unorthodox hero. Like Maglor I think he is really a good person at heart and would have been a wonderful being had he not become tangled up in the oath. He committed some evil things but it is different to me than Feanor.

Maedhros is one of my favorite characters and is what I think of as an unorthodox hero.

Quite. And if you think about it, he DID do some amazing deeds. The Union of Maedhros bears his name, and it was a great achievement, and failed only because of Men. Speaking of whom, the Sons of Bor, who served Maedhros and Maglor remained loyal- a testament to their more heroic nature, I say, whereas those who served Caranthir were the ones to be faithless- and Caranthis was known to be haughty.

And then there is his remorse over the sons of Dior, and although it is Maglor who raises Elrond and Elros, it must have been at the tolerance of Maedhros his lord and dominant brother.

A hero, if unorthodox, indeed.