Tolkien Take Down

I was born beneath the shadowed eaves of Neldoreth, in the realm of Doriath, where the great forest sings with the memory of stars. My name is Beleg, and I am also known as Cúthalion Strongbow, for my skill with the bow is unmatched among the Sindar. Yet I am more than a hunter or warrior. I am a servant of King Thingol, a warden of the marches, and a friend to the lost and the doomed.  Tall I stand among my kin, with silver-grey eyes that have seen both beauty and sorrow. My hair is dark like the twilight woods, and my raiment is green and brown, woven by the hands of the Noldor and the Sindar alike. I carry Belthronding, my bow of black yew, strung with the sinew of the great beasts of the forest. At my side hangs Anglachel, the sword of strange fate, forged in the depths of Angband and gifted to me by Thingol himself. It is a blade of iron will, and it drinks the blood of those it strikes.  I have walked long roads and watched the stars wheel overhead through many seasons. ...

All of the following blog posts were based off of Tolkien's work in The Silmarillion , moving forward future blog posts will be based off of The Children of Hurin .

             I took on the role of a judge for The Jury’s Out game. I think that being in the shoes of a judge is the best position to be in for this assignment because it was really interesting to have both sides of the argument presented and backed up with evidence. I thought that the opening statement from the prosecution was extremely well presented, and it had me immediately moved to their side of the argument. For The Silmarillion I was assigned the high elf character, and this definitely played a role in some of the questions that we asked as a jury. For example , we asked, “ How could you justify killing elves for the sake of an object, especially ones from the son’s own kin (kin-slaying) ”. When it comes to being a judge you definitely have to remain neutral throughout the trial, but there definitely is a possibility of bias from the jury . For instance, w hen it comes to questions about the elves there were m...