Yeah, I keep forgetting that these Elves are not like us! *Elves are not like us, Elves are not like us, keep repeating it to self over and over*! And I've been trying to read HoME Vol 10 whenever I get a chance when I have a spare moment. LOL! I haven't yet come to the part about Finwe and Miriel, although I have looked ahead and skimmed through it a little bit. I can't quite get my head around the concept of fëa yet but I'll keep working on it. I just couldn't understand how Miriel could have left her son of her own free will, but maybe that's what Elves don't really have: free will. Fëanor seemed to have it, but he was also driven by other things. But the fëa that Iluvatar put into Elves: was that something that prevented them from, as humans can do, creating their own destiny?