Striders Age - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nilwen · 02-12-2003, 08:24 PM

I was wandering if any one knows how old Strider is when he meets the hobbits in Bree?
From what I understand he is a decendant of the men of Numenor how, as I take it, live hundred of years.Am I totely scewd up here or what.Any thought on the subject? Thank you. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
P.S.
Please disregad the spelling.

Legolas · 02-12-2003, 08:37 PM

He lived longer than most men, but not quite as long as his Numenorean ancestors (such as Elros, who lived about 500 years).

He was born March 1, 2931 of the Third Age, and the hobbits spent the night in Bree in the September of 3018. He was 87 at their meeting in Bree, and lived on to be 210, dying in 120 of the Fourth Age.

Tar-Palantir · 02-12-2003, 08:39 PM

It's all in the Appendices at the end of RotK. You should take the time to read through them, it is quite good reading.

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Nilwen · 02-12-2003, 08:47 PM

Thank you for your help. I've never been big on Appendices, maybe I should start reading them. Maybe I wouldn't ask such stuiped questions them.I was reading "Unfinished Tales" when the question popped into my head.Thanks again.

Ultimatejoe · 02-12-2003, 10:58 PM

There is another thread about the Numenoreans which explains all this.

Peri · 02-13-2003, 12:34 PM

Ah! Thank you for that post. All this time I've been wondering the same thing but never thought to bring it up. Thanks for the clarification. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

GaladrieloftheOlden · 02-24-2003, 06:09 PM

Well...if he was 87...it said something like "he had dark hair, streaked with white"...did his hair also get an extra- long life from his Numonorean ancestors?

02-12-2003, 08:24 PM	#1
Nilwen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fangorn Posts: 82	Striders Age I was wandering if any one knows how old Strider is when he meets the hobbits in Bree? From what I understand he is a decendant of the men of Numenor how, as I take it, live hundred of years.Am I totely scewd up here or what.Any thought on the subject? Thank you. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] P.S. Please disregad the spelling. __________________ "It's a shortcut, it's supposed to be hard... if it was easy it would be 'the way'."

02-12-2003, 08:37 PM	#2
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	He lived longer than most men, but not quite as long as his Numenorean ancestors (such as Elros, who lived about 500 years). He was born March 1, 2931 of the Third Age, and the hobbits spent the night in Bree in the September of 3018. He was 87 at their meeting in Bree, and lived on to be 210, dying in 120 of the Fourth Age. __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

02-12-2003, 08:39 PM	#3
Tar-Palantir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: napa valley, ca Posts: 496	It's all in the Appendices at the end of RotK. You should take the time to read through them, it is quite good reading. By the way, you can always go back and edit your post for spelling errors, if you were so inclined. Just click on this ---> image at the top of your post. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ February 12, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ] __________________ History shows again and again How nature points up the folly of men Go, go, Godzilla!

02-12-2003, 08:47 PM	#4
Nilwen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fangorn Posts: 82	Thank you for your help. I've never been big on Appendices, maybe I should start reading them. Maybe I wouldn't ask such stuiped questions them.I was reading "Unfinished Tales" when the question popped into my head.Thanks again. __________________ "It's a shortcut, it's supposed to be hard... if it was easy it would be 'the way'."

02-12-2003, 10:58 PM	#5
Ultimatejoe Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Posts: 125	There is another thread about the Numenoreans which explains all this. __________________ Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. -Leonardo Da Vinci

02-13-2003, 12:34 PM	#6
Peri Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 124	Ah! Thank you for that post. All this time I've been wondering the same thing but never thought to bring it up. Thanks for the clarification. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Ah, but I'll begowk ye there!" cried the gentleman. "Play me false, and I'll play you cunning."

02-24-2003, 06:09 PM	#7
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	Well...if he was 87...it said something like "he had dark hair, streaked with white"...did his hair also get an extra- long life from his Numonorean ancestors? __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."