Bookverse Improbabilities
crowdaughter suggested I post these remarks here. So I looked y'all up and now I'm testing the waters!
I've said for a long time that it's never wise to look too closely at the plot details in LotR: Tolkien wasn't writing a character-driven plot, he made it up as he went along, and even when he made major changes, he kept a lot of the original. So ( Read more... )
That the jewel was or could be beneficial to the land and ward off fell creatures when in the right hands was proven by Luthien and Beren. She uses it to enhance Tol Galen. Beren uses it to directly drive off Carcharoth.
The effect on Dior when he dons it the first time is very similar to what it did for Luthien. He is after all their offspring. And Elwing was his surviving child. Look in both chapters "Of Luthien and Beren" and "Of the Ruin of Doriath".
It looks like the jewel works for them the same way the Elessar works for Aragorn. It is powerful for good in the right hands, and corrupted spirits cannot wield its powers.
As an heirloom of their house? Oh yes, of course, it would be treasured for more than its weight and beauty. It is interesting that Maedhros did not think he could wrest it from Luthien, but could from her weaker son. Who by the way seems to have accomplished alot in a few years if the Feanoreans losses in the attack were so severe. ;)
On the subsequent matter of Earendil and Elwing, They were given the choice of mortality or immortality. Earendil left it up to Elwing and she chose immortality for them both.
I think Tolkien left Dior's nature up in the air. And, it would not come into play for the kingship. He was Thingol's by rights through his mother, and there were no others in direct line. Dropping into story-internally mode, it is interesting the he did succeed when there should have been some of Elmo's descendants, such as Celeborn, milling about if Galadhon had unmentioned siblings. But story-externally, Celeborn and Elmo were later additions like Galadriel.
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