If he had, he might have run into Maglor earlier, sitting there in the Eagle and Child with the Inklings, or laughing at his wedding, the quiet guest in his house.
"Mm. I suppose I should see how Christopher has grown. He gave an interview in French, you know. About how heartsick the movies made him. I... am just glad he did not actually make the Arkenstone a Silmaril. It wasn't, you know. I would not be here today if it was."
Because he would have been oath bound to reclaim it, and would have almost certainly died doing so, by dwarven axes or dragon fire, whichever got to him first.
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Date: 2015-03-24 10:32 am (UTC)"Mm. I suppose I should see how Christopher has grown. He gave an interview in French, you know. About how heartsick the movies made him. I... am just glad he did not actually make the Arkenstone a Silmaril. It wasn't, you know. I would not be here today if it was."
Because he would have been oath bound to reclaim it, and would have almost certainly died doing so, by dwarven axes or dragon fire, whichever got to him first.