#elured

Cause like. Listen. Its an absolute tragedy and horrific that Celegorm's servants left Eluréd and Elurín in the woods. Objectively awful and im not saying its not but im thinking very much about how they (and Elwing, though she survives and makes it to the Havens) are the child victims most focused on in the kinslayings but its highly unlikely that they were the only child victims, at the absolute bare minimum children died due to both kinslayings, i mean fuck its the fall of cities. People die when cities fall. Lack of food, water, injuries left untreated, harsh conditions with no shelter and honestly I don't think Eluréd and Elurín were the only children who were murdered/abandoned/lost nor was Elwing the only child to live with the trauma and terror of what happened only to face it again at the Havens. But we hear their stories because (they're narratively important) they're royalty. I cant help but wonder about all the non-royal/noble children and what happened to them. Maedhros searched for Eluréd and Elurín but was there a search for non royal children?