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Tar Elenion · 01-06-2002, 10:34 PM

In Letter 297 JRRT wrote: "The Exiles were allowed to return - save for a few chief actors in the rebellion of whom at the time of L.R. only Galadriel remained."
The variant tradition given in UT is very late (ca. 1972) and not in keeping with the published account. To use it would conflict with RGEO and thus involve a rewriting of 'history'. While JRRT may have intended to do this (though he is noted to have been reluctant to change already published accounts) it is not part of the more established tradition and I tend to accept those things published by JRRT in his own lifetime as more canonical.

01-06-2002, 10:34 PM	#8
Tar Elenion Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 358	In Letter 297 JRRT wrote: "The Exiles were allowed to return - save for a few chief actors in the rebellion of whom at the time of L.R. only Galadriel remained." The variant tradition given in UT is very late (ca. 1972) and not in keeping with the published account. To use it would conflict with RGEO and thus involve a rewriting of 'history'. While JRRT may have intended to do this (though he is noted to have been reluctant to change already published accounts) it is not part of the more established tradition and I tend to accept those things published by JRRT in his own lifetime as more canonical. __________________ Tar-Elenion