Editing The Silmarillion (section)

=Novels=
Three stories in particular were considered by [[Matt Ward|Christopher Tolkien]] to be so important that [[Profit|they deserved their own books]]. Which we finally got, in the 2010s (take THAT, [[George Martin]]!). They are:
:*The Tale of Beren and Lúthien - If you thought Aragorn and Arwen had a whirlwind romance, you ain't seen nothing yet. Lúthien's father King Thingol wouldn't allow her to marry Beren unless he captured one of the Silmarils from Morgoth's crown. Seemingly impossible demands aside, ''both'' of them go on an epic journey deep behind enemy lines to complete the quest. And though it costs them both their lives, they ultimately begat the line of the Half-elves after returning to Middle-Earth. Quite easily the most action-packed love story in high fantasy.
:* The Children of Húrin - Húrin was among the mightiest of mortal men, and he alone defied Morgoth during the siege of Angband. When he was captured, Húrin refused to give up the location of Gondolin. As punishment, Morgoth imprisoned Húrin and laid a curse upon his children. Húrin's emo son Turin is forced to live on the run, and many times those close to him end up getting killed, mostly due to his overwhelming ego. He swings a big black sword that talks. When he meets an amnesic girl alone and naked in the woods, he does the most logical thing and marries her. Except, uh oh, he was tricked by a dragon into [[Incest Smith|fucking and knocking up his sister]] so, of course, both an hero. If too much of this sounds like [[Elric]] that's because both Tolkien and Moorcock independently lifted from the same source, Kullervo (which Tolkien translated/retold alongside Beowulf). Welcome to Finland!
:* The Fall of Gondolin - Gondolin is the last stronghold of the Noldor elves, hidden deep within the mountains, guided there by the Poseidon expy. Same expy sends the human warrior Tuor to warn Gondolin that it's about to fall. The elves don't pay much attention to his warning, but they let him marry the king's hot daughter. This pisses off her cousin, who's been wanting to get in on that incest action, and so he betrays the city and shows Morgoth's army how to sneak in. In the final battle, the city falls, but Tuor and his family escape, but not before shanking her cousin's treasonous ass.

Before they each got their Christopher treatment, an early version of ''Beren'' was had in "The Lay of Lúthien" (phnarr, phnarr) in an ''History of Middle Earth'' volume. The other two were had as ''[[derp|Unfinished Tales]]''.