It would be in your best interest to read this post and ignore all of those above it concerning immortality and mortality.<P>Arwen isn't immortal to begin with.<P>She and her family are half-elven - their ancestry is of both man and elf.<P>Eru (God - Creator of Middle-earth) gave the half-elven the choice - they could choose the fate of man or the fate of elves. Mortality or immortality.<P>Her father, Elrond, chose to be immortal, and thus, he would sail across the sea with the elves.<P>Arwen had until Elrond left to decide. When he left, she chose mortal as opposed to immortal, obviously.<P>Elves cannot "give up" their immortality. Nor can a jewel give immortality. Only Eru himself can give or take immortality.<P>He only did this in three instances: Elrond's family/parents, Tuor, and Luthien.<P>If you're interested in hearing more about the specifics, don't understand, or want to see where Tolkien said this stuff, you can check out the article I've written on the matter here:<BR> <A HREF="http://www.barrowdowns.com/faq_halfelves.asp" TARGET=_blank>http://www.barrowdowns.com/faq_halfelves.asp</A><p>[ January 13, 2003: Message edited by: Legalos ]
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