Favorite Chapters of The Sil

[HistoryGuy]

So, what's your Favorite chapters?

Mine: The Darkening of Valinor.

Just something about it, that makes me happy inside. EVIL!

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Of the Ruin of Beleriand or Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin are the best chapters IMO

i can't really say why, i think it is the heroic aspect of it all, or maybe i just like seeing the world's ruin

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Of the Ruin of Beleriand and Ofthe Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad just to pick out two bu I love everything from RoB to VoE.

[Pytt]

I don't remember the lines between everythings that happens, and don't the chapters. But about Tuor and Gondolin is great, also the one about Turin. And offcourse everything Thorondor is part of

[Gulio, Strength of Many]

I can't recall the exact names of the chapters, but I like the stories about Hurin and Turin. Don't ask me why. Maybe I'm just a sucker for tragedy. Or perhaps a sad ending is just refreshing after all the candy-coated cheerful stories you hear today. ^^

[HistoryGuy]

The Kinslaying is awesome!

[Manveru]

i like 'of turin turambar' as well as all the chapters that describe the big battles and stuff leading up to them, like the chapter before the turin one where hurin is captured and the one where fingolfin realizes his people are being overrun and goes to challenge morgoth

[Sister Golden Hair]

Of Beren and Luthien

The Fifth Battle-Nirneath Arnoedad

Of Turin Turambar

[Earniel]

The Ainulindalë and Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin.

[Elemmírë]

Um... this isn't fair.

Of Beren and Luthien

Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin (because of UT )

Of the Voyage of Earendil

Of the Return of the Noldor

...I'll stop there.

[Beor]

Quenta Silmarillion. That was a good one

[Snowdog]

Turin Turambar, but I like the Unfinished Tales writing of this.

[Durin1]

All of them!

[Halbarad of the Dunedain]

Of Aule and Yavanna is one of my favorites... Aule is my favorite Vala so I like reading up on anything Aule! Of Turin Turambar is pretty high on my list as well. Gotta like tragic heros with tragic deaths.

[Durin1]

Of Turin Turambar

Of the Sindar

Of the Fifth Battle

Of Beren and Luthien.

These are probably my favourite chapters, although other than the top one, the rest are not in any particular order. As I said before, most of the chapters are interesting in their own right...

[katya]

I'm surprised so many people like Of Turin Turambar! It's so depressing.

I like Of The Flight of the Noldor because of the focus on Feanor

I like Of Beren and Luthien for obvious reasons

And finally, I like Of Turin Turumbar, don't ask me why. It's almost painful to read though. When I was reading it I had all this emotion I wanted to express but I couldn't make myself cry.

I like the good fights too, but I don't like seeing the Noldor lose or die.

[brownjenkins]

tough call...

it's hard to pick chapters (especially without a book in front of me ), the one's that involve feanor certainly move me the most, him denying melkor at his door and later pleading with the valar to actually take some action upon their kindred spirit

but my favorite is definitely the scene of finrod's death when he tries to protect beren from the wolves of sauron

[littleadanel]

I really love Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin stories of Gondolin are my favourite parts. Beside that I have a favourite paragraph, it's from Of the Sindar... (you won't escape, I'm posting it )

"In Beleriand in those days the Elves walked, and the rivers flowed, and the stars shone, and the night-flowers gave forth their scents; and the beauty of Melian was as the noon, and the beauty of Lúthien was as the dawn in spring. In Beleriand King Thingol upon his throne was as the lords of the Maiar, whose power is at rest, whose joy is as an air that they breathe in all their days, whose thought flows in a tide untroubled from the heights to the deeps. In Beleriand still at times rode Oromë the great, passing like a wind over the mountains, and the sound of his horn came down the leagues of the starlight, and the Elves feared him for the splendour of his countenance and the great noise of the onrush of Nahar; but when the Valaróma echoed in the hills, they knew well that all evil things were fled far away."

Sooo beautiful

[Tar-Surion]

I like the chapter featuring the Dagor Argleb where the hosts of Morgoth were routed and "destroyed to the least and last within sight of Angband's Gates."

For sheer drama though you can't go past "Beren and Luthien". I wonder if Peter Jackson would consider making a movie out of it.

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally Posted by Tar-Surion

For sheer drama though you can't go past "Beren and Luthien". I wonder if Peter Jackson would consider making a movie out of it.

God forbid! The Tolkien estate still holds the rights to the Silmarillion, so, I doubt that will ever happen.