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Arwen must choose, as must all the half-Elven, whether she will accept the fate of the Elves or of Men.
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But did the choice follow automatically on being Half-Elven? I thought that it was only bestowed by the will of Eru in recognition of great deeds done for the benefit of Middle-earth? Dior was Half-Elven, but no mention is made of whether he would have had a choice had he not been killed when he was. Earendil and Elwing are given the choice in recognition of their great deeds. And the choice falls to their children and to the children of those of their descendants (ie Elrond) who choose immortality.
But isn't there one example of a union between a Man and an Elf where no choice was given to their children? I thought that Prince Imrahil was descended from such a union, and yet his forbears were, to my knowledge, given no choice between mortality and immortality.