Board Thread:Lore/@comment-26440623-20150710194557/@comment-27718380-20150710214925

No gems glowed with their own light except the Silmarilli, and they only shone with the light of the two trees. No gems have their own light. And Maedhros and the other guy were burnt because they were 'evil' characters, or had become 'evil'. In the same way it burnt Melkor, but not Beren.