" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend." She says gravely, in the tones of someone quoting.

"So it has been said, in Middle-earth, or so the stories say. To stand back while evil prevails, is that not also a sin?" Nerdanel did not go to war at the end of the First Age. She was forbidden, for the Valar could not trust that Feanaro's wife would not act recklessly for the sake of her surviving kin. And it was never stated so, but Nerdanel knows it to be punishment, also, for her outspokeness on how long it took them to move.