Two months by maeglin  

Arafinwë's Lament

On rule-following.

They all abandoned me.  Departed over the Grinding Ice!  Though all but one have now returned to Aman, I cannot see them, for Namo does not allow guests in his fearsome Halls.  And the one who could still come back alive refuses to!  All followed you, brother, though you deserted them bloodyhanded on the shore.  Oh, they would all say they followed our other brother, but they would all be lying.

Feänaro, the Spirit of Fire, who I will never match.  I followed all of the rules.  Ingwë's.  Eru's.  You followed none of them.  Yet they all loved you more - even my own children.

Chapter End Notes

The last sentences, are, of course, lifted from "Legends of the Fall."