Elrond - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 02-29-2004, 03:07 PM

Read my previous post.

Titles like that of "High King" or "King" as a matter of fact, could not be passed down through the female line or through the line of a younger son, unless all other candidates were removed, and that was only if they were male. Elrond was descended from Finwë through the female line, so he didn't really count. Galadriel definitely couldn't take up the title because she was female and because she was of the house of Finarfin, the youngest House. Even if she had been male, she still wouldn't have been able to take up the throne, because Elrond was alive (Elrond being a descendant of Fingolfin's House). Since Elrond chose not to become High King, there simply wasn't one.

BTW, I know some people might think "sexism!" but that's just the way things were done. Females did not have the right to the throne and could not pass it on to their children, unless under extenuating circumstances or unless a specific provision existed in the extant Laws of Succession for that people, like in Numenor.

02-29-2004, 03:07 PM	#12
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Read my previous post. Titles like that of "High King" or "King" as a matter of fact, could not be passed down through the female line or through the line of a younger son, unless all other candidates were removed, and that was only if they were male. Elrond was descended from Finwë through the female line, so he didn't really count. Galadriel definitely couldn't take up the title because she was female and because she was of the house of Finarfin, the youngest House. Even if she had been male, she still wouldn't have been able to take up the throne, because Elrond was alive (Elrond being a descendant of Fingolfin's House). Since Elrond chose not to become High King, there simply wasn't one. BTW, I know some people might think "sexism!" but that's just the way things were done. Females did not have the right to the throne and could not pass it on to their children, unless under extenuating circumstances or unless a specific provision existed in the extant Laws of Succession for that people, like in Numenor. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.