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Originally Posted by cellurdur
I would imagine that Dior was given a choice as well. The reason being that no definitive ruling had been made about the nature of the Half-elven. When Earendil reaches Valinor both Ulmo and Mandos question whether he is an elf or man. This implies that no ruling had yet been made on the nature of Dior and his sons. I like to think and imagine the Valar be fair would give Dior a choice, but we have no way of knowing.
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Since Dior was slain in Middle-earth, his spirit would have come to Mandos, I believe. Since the Valar act in Eärendil's case as if the question of the kindred of the half-elven hadn't occurred to them, I would think Dior was counted among the Elves by default, and he also had a greater portion of the Maia from his grandmother, which might bolster that.