Silmarillion Re-Read

[Valandil]

Had a couple trips that kept me away from it - and still reading slowly in odd moments. But comments here on two things that happen really fast:

1. After Morgoth returns to Middle Earth with the silmarils - he very quickly re-builds Angband, gathers the Orcs, and sends them off in two large detachments to attack Beleriand. All this before the Noldor begin to arrive! It seems awfully quick - especially with how slowly everything else seems to take in these ancient days.

2. I took note of this my first time reading the book - but Feanor dies RIGHT AWAY, after leading the Noldor from Aman and into Middle Earth. It seems so strange that he's gone so soon. And yet - all that he did (and how he did it) has such an influence on events throughout the rest of the First Age.