"Bad Guy" Trivia

[Galadriel55]

Alright then, he died of a broken heart.

Have no idea who he is, other than he does not sound Third Age to me, so it's hard to answer your questions about him without looking up the name.

[Urwen]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Alright then, he died of a broken heart.

Have no idea who he is, other than he does not sound Third Age to me, so it's hard to answer your questions about him without looking up the name.

Well, I guess you could say he did, but the answer is factually incorrect.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Well, I guess you could say he did, but the answer is factually incorrect.

If so, did he die after a wrench? Specifically, this wrench? And a topple off the cliff that followed?

[Urwen]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

If so, did he die after a wrench? Specifically, this wrench? And a topple off the cliff that followed?

Yes and no.

[Huinesoron]

I am intrigued to see that the standalone Fall of Gondolin indexes 'Moeleg' as the Sindarin form of 'Melkor'. Could be the same name in a different reading, which I think means that, per the Second Prophecy of Mandos, he dies from an overdose of Turin.

hS

[Urwen]

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

I am intrigued to see that the standalone Fall of Gondolin indexes 'Moeleg' as the Sindarin form of 'Melkor'. Could be the same name in a different reading, which I think means that, per the Second Prophecy of Mandos, he dies from an overdose of Turin.

hS

Wrong. I didn't say 'Moeleg', but 'Morleg'. Check you War of the Jewels copy, yo.

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Wrong. I didn't say 'Moeleg', but 'Morleg'. Check you War of the Jewels copy, yo.

I just figured Tolkien's writing was tricky enough that the one name might have been a misreading by CT of the other.

(cue another trip to the bookshelf)

Okay, so since G55's answer is deemed incorrect, I'm going to go with 'he died a traitor, and his name has gone out in shame from among Eldar and Noldoli'.

hS