[Man-of-the-Wold]

In "The Problem of Ros" Dior is quoted as saying that 'I am the first of the Pereðil,' and in "The Shibboleth of Fëanor" we learn, 'Eärendil was thus the second of the Pereldar (Half-elven), the elder being Dior,' although that might be technically in error if one recalls that Eluréd and Elurín were probably born before Eärendil; later it is noted, 'by the marriage of Eärendil to Elwing daughter of Dior son of Beren the lines of the Pereldar (Pereðil) were united' (The Peoples of Middle-Earth).

In the "The Wanderings of Húrin" (sometimes those that wander are lost), for the year 497 the term "Dior Halfelven" is given (The War of the Great Jewels). Elsewhere in the same volume are geneologies, in which one can assume that Christopher Tolkien, correctly indicates Beren to be the last ruler of the House of Béor, in part because Dior would not really be considered an Edain or Man. (It is also implied at times that the titular claim to Ladros lay with Túrin)

In The Lost Road and Other Writings we have Manwë declaring (something never revisited) that one drop of mortal blood gives that person the life of Man, even if presumably not a very short one.

In effect, the Half-Elven were originally more like mortal elves, even though Eärendil's "heart was rather with the kindred of Men and the people of his father." The term mortal elves essentially best describes Arwen and her breathren, after such time as Elrond would have gone into the West, unless and until they followed him (in at least relatively short order).

Ironically, though mortal, the Half-elven are evidently more fit to be rulers of Elves than of Men, if not High-King, in that Elrond does not succeed Gil-Galad. Only Arwen I believe is ever suggested to be formally recognized as a ruler ("Queen") of both elves and men, but she represented the ultimate reconcilement.

Galador and Gilmith (children of Mithrellas, and conceivably Eldarion and his sisters) could be listed as Pereðil, too, but pursuant to the settlement of issues at the end of the First Age, they might not only have had the life of Men, but also might have been counted more immediately among Men.

What seems true is that Pereðil's offspring are only Pereðil, if the other parent is also a Pereðil or an Elf. It is suggested that had Elrond married a mortal woman; he would have forfeited his choice and any that his children would have otherwise had. Similarly, the children or Elros, Galador, Gilmith, Eldarion and his sister were indisputably Men and Women.