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Old 04-28-2011, 01:39 PM   #1
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I wouldn't be any of those. I'd choose the Teleri because I love the sea (but not sailing) and singing and my hair started turning silver when I was seventeen...and silver hair is practically a status symbol with the Teleri. I think Mithlond would be a good place to live and the elves there seem to have more of a purpose - even if it is just to facilitate the departure of those seeking the straight road.

Just for future reference - I don't want to put a damper on your first efforts but this sort of thread really belongs in Novices and Newcomers because it is a personal preference thing rather than something that involves discussion of topics that need to be supported by reference to the texts. Don't worry you will soon get a feel for the place.
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Old 04-28-2011, 01:51 PM   #2
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Okay, Mithalwen. Sorry for the mix-up.
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:05 PM   #3
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Okay, Mithalwen. Sorry for the mix-up.
Oh you don't have to apologise to me and one of the mods will probably move it in due course! Please don't be discouraged - it is great to have new people around and lighter threads are as welcome as the very serious ones. It isn't perhaps clear from the section titles.
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Old 04-28-2011, 03:17 PM   #4
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As appealing as Teleri life is, I'd prefer to be an sinda of Doriath, and after that - of Lorien.
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Old 04-28-2011, 03:57 PM   #5
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Teleri sounds nice, because of the sea, but Wood-Elf sounds equally good. Perhaps Rivendell would be the best, then: if only for one little trouble, and that is again the Sea. Well, as somebody wise had once said:

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"Yes, something of everything, Sam, except the Sea..."
But maybe I could also choose the life of an elf from Edhellond, the Elf-haven near later Dol Amroth, when it still was there... (well, the point is, such an Elf most likely wouldn't be from Edhellond, but only in Edhellond, and probably being one of the Elves from Lórien or Mirkwood originally, or something like that.)
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