The touch of the Silmaril

"Then quickly and in fear Mablung took it and set it in Beren's living hand; and Beren was roused by the touch of the Silmaril, and held it aloft, and bade Thingol receive it. 'Now is the Quest achieved,' he said, 'and my doom full-wrought'; and he spoke no more."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
(Illustrated!)

[ 09 June 2006 7:39 pm submitted by Unknown ]