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Old 08-27-2004, 09:01 AM   #13
Mithalwen
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Osse: Ha bloody Ha...... elvish bodies actually disappeared soon after death ...
(Nice to see you back though )

I meant that Eldarion should have a span on a par with his father's not a lesser one - as Boromir suggested. If Aragorn had married a woman of a lesser line ...even from the pure house of Dol Amroth, Eldarion might have had a lesser span.... I am aware of the limits of the choice - if I remember correctly, I think the immortals' perception that Death was the Gift of Iluvatar and so should not be with held from those with any sort of "entitlement".

Also, wasn't the line of Elros' longevity (even by Numenorean standards) a "perk" of his Elvish descent ....... not an automatic one pehaps .....

I think it is not unreasonable to hope that Eowyn lived at least as long as her brother ...... women usually have a longer life so she might have lmade it to 100....
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