The Third Kinslaying was the third, final, and cruelest of the slayings of Elf by Elf by the Sons of Fëanor.[1]
History
Prelude
When Maedhros and Maglor heard that Elwing had survived the fall of Doriath and was keeping the Silmaril at the Havens of Sirion, they prepared an army to attack the Havens and take the Silmaril by force.[1]
The battle
Maedhros and Maglor find Elros and Elrond, by Catherine Karina Chmiel
In FA 538,[2] the Sons of Fëanor attacked the Havens. Amrod and Amras both died in the battle, but the Havens were destroyed and practically all who had survived the prior ruin of Doriath were slain. The only survivors of the battle among the defenders were Elwing and her two sons, Elros and Elrond. With the help of Ulmo, Elwing was able to escape with the Silmaril and reach her husband Eärendil, who was out at sea on his ship, the Vingilotë. The brothers spared the lives of the two boys, Elros and Elrond, and Maglor grew fond of them and treated them almost as if they were his own.[1]
Consequences
With the death of Amrod and Amras, Maedhros and Maglor were the only remaining sons of Fëanor left alive in Middle-earth, nor did they seem to have any followers left. Eönwë, the herald of Manwë, declared that because of their evil deeds the remaining Sons of Fëanor had lost all right to the Silmarils.[1]
Other versions of the legendarium
The earlier dates for the Third Kinslaying had been FA 532 and FA 534.[2]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Bosnian | Treće Obiteljska ubojstva |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 第三次親族相殘 |
| Czech | Třetí Zabíjení rodných |
| Danish | Elvernes Tredje Frændemord |
| Finnish | Kolmas sukusurma |
| French | Troisième Fratricide |
| German | Dritter Sippenmord |
| Italian | Terzo Fratricidio |
| Korean | 제3차 동족살상 / 3차 동족살해 |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Трето Кин-убиство |
| Portuguese | Terceiro Kin assassinato |
| Russian | Третья Братоубийственная Резня |
| Slovak | Tretích Rodina-zabitie |
| Slovenian | Tretje Kin-pobiti |
| Spanish | Tercera Matanza de los Hermanos |
| Uzbek | Учинчи қирғин (Cyrillic) Uchinchi qirg'in (Latin) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, V. The Tale of Years
