The Doom of the Noldor

[Mithadan]

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After the rebellion of the Noldor and the Kinslaying, an emissary of the Valar, probably Mandos, appears before the Noldorin host as it travels North in Valinor and prononces the Doom of the Noldor: that the West will be shut against them, they will weary of the world and be slain by violence or sorrow and that they will suffer from treachery. Is the Doom of the Noldor a curse or prophecy?

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>