10/8 Blog Post

 In the trial, I was assigned to the prosecution. As soon as I was aware of my role, I felt pleased and excited, as I truly believe the children of feanor are guilty, and once the jury was given the full picture they would easily come to this conclusion. As a prosector, I had to change the narrative of the children of feanor being victims of something they couldn’t control, to them being the perpetrators of their destruction. The defense loved to use the oath as somewhat of a shield. They hid behind the fact they were “forced” to chase the silmarils. My fellow prosectors were smart to call out the invalidity of the oath. An oath is not something that forces you to act, but a personal choice. The defense failed to realize that they were choosing to kill their bredren, over a personal mission. At the end of the day, feanor was the one who decided to follow the oath, and his sons did the same. This is why I ultimately agree with the verdict. The fact that they are found guilty makes sense, because they ultimately caused real harm. None of their bredren asked to die. Just because they “Swore” to protect and obliterate anyone who threatened the silmarils, does not absolve them from the damage and pain they caused. My only reservation is the fact that this was truly a tragic case, but they are still guilty. It is a tragedy that the sons had to chose between honoring and respecting the words of their father or disobeying him and causing him eternal pain. It is a wicked thing feanor gave his children this task. The guilty verdict ensures that the slain has received some form of justice, but no verdict could factor in the tragedy of it all.

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