The Silmarillion Survivor

[Anguirel]

Allow me to defend poor little Curufin, now the youngest of the sons of Feanor...

Originally Posted by Saucie

I think that there's mileage in my theory on Curufin. It seems that the remaining sons of Feanor are providing a bulwark against Morgoth's armies to the north. Take out one of them and the bulwark's weakened. It won't be too long before those very same armies are encamped right outside Doriath. And that's gotta be bad for Turin's state of well-being.

Tosh for these reasons-

1. As mentioned a bove, Turin likes having lots of Orcs nearby to hunt

2. More importantly-the four Sons of Feanor are bulwarks no more. Himring and Thargelion have been abandoned after the Nirnaeth, and Himlad was destroyed after the Bragollach long ago, when Maglor's Gap also fell. The Sons of Feanor, "scattered like leaves", now wander landless in Ossiriand. They still have military power, but they have no possessions on land and are in no position to stop the advance of Morgoth's armies.

Your "legit" argument thus invalidated, you are left with this-

Originally Posted by Saucie

So, partly for that reason, but mostly because he's Anguirel's favourite

to which I cry mercy with this

Originally Posted by Lalaith

I'm not convinced about Curufin either. It seems a bit pointlessly mean.

I remind you that I have just, at immense spiritual cost, killed Caranthir of my own free will. If Curufin goes now, so undeservedly, I shall probably go stark raving mad and mangle Beleg and Mablung in a terrifying accident with Melian's lawnmower.

For myself, I agree that Thingol should be considered a strong candidate. A palace revolution destabilises childhoods like nothing else. Thingol was essentially kind and paternal to Turin, while Melian may leave with him, depriving Doriath of her Girdle. Dior or Beren might succeed, probably leading to some kind of edginess between the two lines of Men...

++THINGOL