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Such an interesting moment that touches on some canon I rarely see explored or talked about! I especially liked the bit about Finrod intervening for them when they didn't even know about it and how Hathol reacts. 

Thank you! 

There is no evidence at all that Finrod did this, as far as I know, but when I considered where Magor's settlement was supposed to have been, it  just seemed very likely, given what else we know about him! 

I agree it doesn't come up all that often but at the time of the Silmarillion Re-read, I remember, we discussed some of this, meaning Dor-lomin and Ladros. Depending on how you look at it,  it can look rather like a multi-culturalism fail and retreat into imposed segregation, with the Noldor to blame.

There is certainly some intercultural tension here! I guess I am suggesting that these developments might have been a bit messier, more organic and less planned than they look at first glance. And if you dig around in HoME, you can  come up with the usual amount of contradictory material.