クリストファーの苦悩

Hence, Turin’s story becomes too complex and contradictory to reliably include the second prophecy of Mandos in The Silmarillion, at least as Christopher tries to explain its history. Some people have suggested that given the amount of editorial intrusion Christopher exercised (including writing “The Ruin of Doriath” for The Silmarillion) that he could have justified including Turin’s return at the end of the First Age.

But to restore Turin and the Second Prophecy of Mandos would have diminished the story of Eärendil, which was already greatly impacted by a lack of detail for the War of Wrath. The two great tasks of the war were the overthrow of Morgoth and the defeat of the winged dragons. Without a clear outline for the War of Wrath Christopher Tolkien struggled to produce a coherent ending for the story; and he apparently felt that so much editorial decision-making had occurred by this point that a quick exit rather than further fabrication would be more faithful to his father’s memory.