Let's be honest here; we know next to nothing about Eärendil. The chapter within The Silmarillion was mostly based upon the text of the first Quenta Silmarillion, found in HoMe V. This dates to around the 1930s; a good twenty or so years earlier than the material that Christoper used to write just about the rest of the published Silmarillion. The ( Read more... )

VOYAGE OF EÄRENDIL in a nutshell.

*the Exiles of Gondolin and Doriath come to the Havens*

EÄRENDIL: You're cute.
ELWING: So are you. Even if we're both still kids and shouldn't be starting romances yet.
EÄRENDIL: This is a nutshell. Michael is condensing things.
ELWING: Ah, I see.

*Eärendil and Elwing are wed*

( Go on, keep reading. I dare you. )