The Decision to Croak. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Firefoot · 01-28-2006, 02:32 PM

She wasn't Numenorean, but she was still part Elvish, and I'm sure that would have contributed to her longevity of life. My guess is that, though she made her decision a while ago, she could still have changed her mind to be Elvish up to the point when the gray ships left at the end of the Third Age. I don't think that the change to mortality was an immediate thing but much more gradual. At first perhaps quickened aging, then maybe becoming more prone to hurts and sicknesses, before eventually dying. But just because she chose mortality wouldn't have meant that she gave up all her Elvish attributes - I highly doubt that she was as vulnerable to sickness as Men, and she still would have lived a fairly long life, I suppose.

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01-28-2006, 02:32 PM	#9
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	She wasn't Numenorean, but she was still part Elvish, and I'm sure that would have contributed to her longevity of life. My guess is that, though she made her decision a while ago, she could still have changed her mind to be Elvish up to the point when the gray ships left at the end of the Third Age. I don't think that the change to mortality was an immediate thing but much more gradual. At first perhaps quickened aging, then maybe becoming more prone to hurts and sicknesses, before eventually dying. But just because she chose mortality wouldn't have meant that she gave up all her Elvish attributes - I highly doubt that she was as vulnerable to sickness as Men, and she still would have lived a fairly long life, I suppose.