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Re: Tuor and Idril
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It does not say certainly that he became an elf or that he and Idril reached Eldamar.<hr></blockquote>
No it does not say he became an Elf; only that he as a MAN was granted an 'Elvish immortality'. Essentially an immortal man (his fate was changed by an act of Eru) and stated as being the only exception.
Eldamar is stated in another text, as this letter does not involve every detail of the narrative.
As for petition; I don't recall him sailing west for that purpose at all, but simply due to sea longing. It would take Earendil and the Silmaril to fulfill the prophecy forseen by Cirdan and the Valar before the Valar would grant aid to a representative of both Children by intermarriage and blood.
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