O GOSH

JAEGER PILOTS FROM THE SILMARILLION

BEREN AND FELAGUND VS CATEGORY 7 SAURON KAIJU; beren falls first so felagund pilots it himself and SUBDUES SAURON AND DIES IN BEREN’S ARMS help

BEREN AND LUTHIEN SUBDUING A CATEGORY 10 MORGOTH KAIJU

BEREN NEARLY DYING (or actually dying) MANY MANY TIMES FORCES LUTHIEN TO PILOT THE JAEGER ON HER OWN QUITE OFTEN (the main thing driving her forward is that all she wants is to see beren safe so she’s going to endure the scars and the pain and the heat to get him to safety)

thingol likes to pretend he’s marshal but everyone knows it’s really melian

galadriel succeeding melian as marshal; research nerd celeborn advising her

not to mention the sons of feanor o gosh OR MOST OF THE NOLDOR