Eä's Redemption by AaronAzrael  

Of the Silmarils and the unrest of the Noldor

The Noldorin discord could not be hidden from the Valar anymore,
yet its seeds had already been sown in the somber darkness.
When Fëanor started talking openly against them and call for
rebellion, they decided it was his pride that had caused the mess.

Alas, airness had already penetrated the hearts of all the Noldor,
Manwë got sad, but he only observed and didn't utter a word.
The Eldar had come freely here, so they were allowed to exit Valinor;
the Valar deemed it madness, yet they would never deter.

Nonetheless, Fëanor's deeds couldn't be undermined,
righteous anger and sorrow clenched the Valar inside.
They summoned him before the gates of Valmar to rewind
all that he had spoken and done; to answer for his pride.

They evoked everyone who'd been showing solidarity,
everyone who knew details of those deeds and events;
Fëanor stood before the Ring of Doom to warrant the
incentives that caused his acts, for his own defense.

It was at that trial the cunningness of Melkor was revealed;
so Tulkas left the council immediately to seize him for a hearing.
Fëanor wasn't found innocent either; brute force he yielded,
he disturbed Valinor's peace and drew a sword to his sibling.

Mandos then uttered: "You speak of slavery;
yet if this is the case, you won't escape from it anywhere.
For Manwë is a ruler not of Aman solely,
but of the entire Arda; your deeds are unjust everywhere.

So either within Aman, so outside of it, it's all the same providence.
Now hear your fate: "Leave Tirion for twelve years,
where you pronounced the threat; seek advice from your own self, hence,
do not forget who you are; after this term expires,

your act will be forgotten and will remain a memory,
this is if the others forgive you truly, from the heart,
then Fingolfin stepped in readily, sincerely:
"I forgive my brother" - with faith in a new start.

Yet Fëanor did not answer, he stood silent before the Valar,
he turned his back to the council and left Valmar at once; with
his seven sons departed in exile in Valinor's northern border,
where they build a fortress and a treasury deeply below it.