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Míriel Serindë
First wife of Finwë, Mother of Fëanor
Míriel is one of the characters who most gives The Silmarillion its flavor of "Greek tragedy." Apparently happy enough as the queen of the Noldor, after giving birth to one child, Fëanor, she decided she'd had enough of life, died, and refused to ever again leave the Halls of Mandos -- thus setting up all the problems that eventually arose from Finwë's second marriage (that being Fëanor's irrationally intense jealousy of his half-brothers and his invention of things like swords with which to threaten them). Míriel's refusal to leave Mandos even though her husband wanted her back eventually prompted the Valar to set up the specific laws that governed marriage among the Eldar, in particular the law that a person could have only one spouse among the living, and that in order for a widowed Elf to remarry, his or her spouse would have to remain among the dead forever. Since Tolkien never mentioned if any other Elf made Míriel's choice, it's possible she alone did, which would make sense, considering all the problems that arose because of Finwë's second marriage
Given that most of what we see of Míriel in The Silmarillion is rather gloom-and-doom in nature, I couldn't imagine her in bright or pastel colors, and so decided to use primarily dark neutrals. However, since she was also known as Serindë, the broideress, because of her surpassing skill with needle and thread, I wanted there to be some embellishment of that sort on her gown. It was a bit of a challenge to find something appropriate for an Elf who had grown so utterly weary of the world that she decided to essentially leave it, but I think it came off rather well.
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