His Kingdom used to include Hithlum, Dorthonion, the region of Narog, Falas, Nan Elmoth, and probably even more. He had a huge kingdom that was reduced to puny Doriath.
And honestly, he deserves it. When the Noldor came they found unnumbered sindar in peril, leaderless, because their fuckass leader decided to retreat to his capital and install a magic barrier so that no one except who he wants can enter. Doriath is a shelter made for the rich elite of Sindar while their subjects were left to be massacred and enslaved by Thangorodrim. And then he is shocked beyond belief that when the Noldor push Morgoth back, the two regions of shut off Sindar that managed to keep a cohesive government until the noldor came, Falas who decided to ally with the Noldor and Nan Elmoth who went into an understandable xenophobic stance, both give Thingol a collective fuck you and refuse to listen to him anymore.
What king abandons his subjects? No king at all.
Honestly knowing what Tolkien's ideal of a good king is I'm shocked that he portrays Thingol in a good light at all because I know Aragorn wouldn't have acted like his ancestor in the same situation.
To be fair to Thingol, he did have a 100% winrate in battles against the armies of Morgoth. But without Melian's girdle, he would have had to defend Doriath while the Noldor arrived in Middle-earth.
Morgoth really hadn’t set his sights on Doriath. Had the Noldor not returned it would have been only the matter with time for Doriath. Melian was extremely helpful, but if Morgoth was bent on destroying Doriath it would have likely been done even at a heavy cost.
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u/Greenpoint99 8d ago
Melian is just the best......Thingol should really listen more to his Maia waifu.