As the Noldor approach Helcaraxë, the Grinding Ice in the north, Fëanor weighs his options for getting the host across the sea. He decides to take his closest kin on the ships and leave behind Fingolfin’s host. Once they reach Middle-Earth, Fëanor makes a fateful decision.
Three friends read and react to the greatest story you've never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
01:33 Cameron reads pages 89-90 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition
07:38 Recap
08:27 Discussion
"Therefore Fëanor halted and the Noldor debated what course they should now take. But they began to suffer anguish from the cold, and the clinging mists through which no gleam of star could pierce; and many repented of the road and began to murmur, especially those that followed Fingolfin, cursing Fëanor, and naming him as the cause of all the woes of the Eldar. But Fëanor, knowing all that was said, took counsel with his sons; and two courses only they saw to escape from Araman and come into Endor: by the straits or by ship. But the Helcaraxë they deemed impassable, whereas the ships were too few."
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