Oath of Feanor

"They swore an oath which none shall break, and none should take, by the name even of Iluvatar, calling the Everlasting Dark upon them if they kept it not; and Manwe they named as witness, and Varda, and the hallowed mountian of Tanquetil, vowing to persue vith vengeance and hatered to the ends of the World Vala, Demon, Elf or Man as yet unborn... whoso should hold or take aor keep a Silmaril from their possession."
"Thus spoke Maedhros and Maglor and Celegorm, Curufin and Caranthir, Amrod and Amras, princes of the Noldor... for so sworn..., an oath may not be broken." (JRR Tokien; Silmarillion; 83)

This is a theme I keep returning to, making it better each time my skill progressess. The oath sworn by father, and the sons' loyalty in following unquestioningly. Here is shown the oath of the Feanorions, the dreadful oath that would be their doom, and yet without it so many things would have been lost...

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