Marileangorifurnimaluim,
Still thinking about your post.
If Elrond was vaguely 6500 years old by Ringquest time and (let's say) we compare him to about a 65 year old man, then it's about a hundred years to one. So... I'm willing to spend four years of my life to go to college, say, and major in something.
Elrond's Equivalent is to major in something for Four Hundred Years.
Even without elf-magic, if you do anything for four hundred years, you'd catch on.
Can you imagine being the Legendary Expert Master Ropemaker in Lothlorien??? No wonder they made the best rope to be had anywhere in the world. Or cloaks.
I guess what amazes me is that the dwarves could compete.
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