SilmFaccts

100% canon and believable facts about the silmarillion and its characters told to me by jirt himself during our weekly hangouts. Last time we went canoeing!

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Melkor has a sweet tooth while Mairon prefers to eat spicy foods. Both of them enjoy chocolate with chilis.

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Feanor doesn't actually end up in the halls of Mandos or the Void to repent for his sins. He ends up at a coffee shop, having to do customer service.

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The true reason Feanor hated Indis was because he suspected Nerdanel had feelings for her and was jealous. Nerdanel always denied that accusation but moved into the royal palace suspiciously soon after the Flight of the Noldor.

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Sauron spends most of the time in the 3rd age walking the beaches of Middle Earth with a metal detector.

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Curufin is a trans man.

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Turin's favourite animals are frogs. As a child in Doriath he used to sneak away from court to go catch frogs by the nearby pond and sometimes Thingol would come with him.

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Elrond and Elros used to sit on Maedhros' shoulders all the time while living in Amon Ereb.

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Maedhros is happy to see his brother happy because the Valar know it has become a rare sight lately, so he will indulge the peredhil (not at all because they're cute and small what gave you that idea)

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Help, this is the most precious thing ever 🥺❤️

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The reason why there's uncertainty towards Gil-Galad's father is that Gil-Galad is three different people at any given point.

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Elrond and Elros used to sit on Maedhros' shoulders all the time while living in Amon Ereb.

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Maglor drinks black coffee, but only really to understand why people like it.

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Feanor often burns his tongue on hot soup.

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Nienor and Finduilas didn't actually die, they ran away together.

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Tyelco can wiggle his ears.

Of course, it's super useful to locate prey while on the hunt!

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Finwe is actually poly, the Valar just couldn't handle that.

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Mablung is taller than Turgon, Maedhros and Thingol.

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Finrod doesn't know how to do a somersault.

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Of the 3 main human/elven couples (Luthien/Beren, Idril/Tuor and Caranthir/Haleth), Idril is the calmest about her human partner having a cold.