[onewhitetree]

Another reason for the decline of children is the looming approach of the Fouth Age, the Age of Men. While the Third Age was no place for any youth, the Fourth glorifies the human child and no other. This is very interesting when one considers that Arwen forsakes her Elvish heritage for that of Man and thus keeps her line alive. The offspring of Aragorn and Arwen, especially Eldarion, are rather universal examples for what happens in later times.