The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Sparing No Pains
by thegildedmagpie
Not every elf who left Valinor would have cared much for the Silmarils, been impressed by Fëanor or Fingolfin, or held any reasonable ambition of ruling a kingdom. What would motivate such an elf to leave? A scholar from Finwë's court explains how he came to be disenchanted by the Valar's motives, even as he participated in glorious lengths to which a Noldo might take their worship. No, I don't like first person either. It's okay. (Views about the Valar expressed by the speaker in this story do not necessarily reflect those of the author.)