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The Silmarils (Quenya plural: Silmarilli ) are the most significant artifacts in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, specifically chronicled in The Silmarillion

What are the Silmarils?

The Oath of Doom: The Curse of the Jewels

• Created by Fëanor, the greatest of the Noldorin craftsmen.
• Contained the pure, holy light of the Two Trees before their destruction by Melkor (Morgoth) and Ungoliant.
• Could not be altered, contaminated, or replicated; they resisted being touched or defiled by anything impure.
• Blessed by Varda so that any who looked upon them saw only what was good and true; they burned those with evil intent.

Quotes (In-World)

“For the Silmarils, the fairest of all things, they swore an oath terrible and eternal.” — The Doom of Mandos silmaril

• One was taken by Beren and Lúthien and later buried in the earth; in some accounts it was set in the sky as a star (variations exist across Tolkien’s writings).
• One was cast into the sea by Maedhros’s brother Maglor after Maedhros’s suicide; Maglor wandered until he cast his voice into the sea and was last seen walking the shores.
• One was thrown into the fiery chasm of Thangorodrim by Maedhros (accounts vary as to which brother did what); in final published canon after the War of Wrath, one ended up in the earth, one in the sea, and one in the sky.

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