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11-29-2003, 05:20 PM | #1 |
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What would Arwen's baby look like?
Can Arwen have Aragorn's child, since they are both 2 different species of humanoid? Would the baby have pointed ears? Would his/her hair be pretty like Arwen's, or would it need constant combing all the time like Aragorn's hair?
If it is in the appendix or something that they did/didn't reproduce, let me know.
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11-29-2003, 05:31 PM | #2 |
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In answer to the question "Is it possible?" Yes. Elrond is actually half-elven, so obviously elves and humans can crossbreed. As to what the baby would look like, that is a harder question.
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11-29-2003, 05:43 PM | #3 |
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They had one son (Eldarion, see appendices) and a couple of unnamed daughters.
As for what they looked like, I'd like to reiterate the point that the Quendi don't really have 'pointed ears' -- unless, in Middle-earth, Men had them too, since they are physically the same. But that is another matter... the search function should help. Aragorn was, if at all, described as very fair and noble, so I doubt he had 'bad hair'. |
11-29-2003, 10:30 PM | #4 |
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Thank you very much for answering my question. I thought I had posted it in Middle Earth Mirth, but I am pleased it ended up in this category, for I have received a serious answer and not a farcical one! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] And to think I thought I had the knack for this forum! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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11-30-2003, 07:40 AM | #5 |
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Believe me, you wouldn't want to have seen the answers to the question what Arwen's and Aragorn's baby would look like had the thread remained in Mirth.
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11-30-2003, 12:49 PM | #6 |
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There is a character called Eldarion on the ROTK cast list. It has yet to be seen if this character is actually going to be Aragorn's and Arwen's son in the movie but in my opinion the chances are good that he will be. So we will soon find out what Eldarion looks like according to PJ, maybe.
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12-02-2003, 01:58 AM | #7 |
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If anything, I imagine it's an infant.
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12-02-2003, 10:58 AM | #8 |
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i was wondering since the choise of kindreds was given to Elronds daughter will it be given to his grandchildren(ie Arwen and Aragorn's son and daughters)
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12-02-2003, 11:31 AM | #9 |
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No. This has been covered multiple times as well as being addressed in a Middle-earth FAQ entry on this site.
Arwen was given the choice because with her mother being wholly elven, she received a new Elvish strain. The case of Aragorn and Arwen is the case of a mortal marrying another mortal. Their children would not have a choice just as the children of Elros did not have a choice.
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12-02-2003, 11:33 AM | #10 |
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I don't believe the choice of the kindreds passed down to the third generation. Elrond had a choice. Arwen did not have a choice to be mortal she had a choice to remain with the mortals. She was an elf as were Elronds sons. Another point is that nowhere did it say that Elros's offspring had a choice. I belive that it was only Elrond and Elros that were given the choice and nowhere does it state to my knowledge that Elronds offspring were given the choice to be men or elves, there is debate as to what became of his sons wether or not they passed to the undying lands or not but not as to wether or not they were given a choice.
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12-02-2003, 12:27 PM | #11 |
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Since you appear to be arguing against the FAQ article Legolas mentioned (and wrote), Lord Elrond, I would like to warn you that you are going up against a heap of source material from the author (such as Letters and he Appendices).
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12-03-2003, 02:54 AM | #12 |
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I thought someone said that in one of the Letters Tolkien stated that Elves have leaf-shaped ears...if that's true, I'm assuming he wasn't thinking of maple leaves. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
As for the baby...I don't know...would it be something to do with dominant and recessive alleles?
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12-03-2003, 03:39 PM | #13 |
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No, because Arwen wasn't an elf.
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12-07-2003, 10:55 AM | #14 |
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I don't know why I am getting into this conversation but here is what I think and I really don't care if it is contradictory to some research for it is how I interperated the story. Elrond and Elros were given a choice. Since Elrond chose to stay with the elves his children were immortal because of his choice. I think I have read some place that the children of Elrond also had the choice but if they didn't Arwen really didn't make the choice to become mortal she just chose to marry one so she became mortal anyway. I think any elf would become mortal if they married one even if they had Elrond's choice or not.
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If this isn't enough, there is an example in the Silmarillion of an Elf who marries a Man and does not become mortal: Idril Celebrindal, the wife of Tuor and mother of Eärendil. She has no choice laid before her because she is of entirely Eldarin descent [not to mention that her family has had no special privilege granted - second edit]. Not being interested in what research may reveal does not, I'm afraid, prevent it from proving your opinion wrong; although I'd hardly call reading the books carefully 'research'. [Second edit: my eccentric capitalisation of 'Half-elven' seems to have caused some confusion, so I've changed it to look more like a title.] <font size=1 color=339966>[ 6:04 PM December 07, 2003: Message edited by: The Squatter of Amon Rûdh ] <font size=1 color=339966>[ 4:36 PM December 09, 2003: Message edited by: The Squatter of Amon Rûdh ]
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12-07-2003, 05:05 PM | #17 |
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Yes I do remember that part and I said in my post that I could have been wrong. I knew I shouldn't have gotten myself into this conversation so I will forget about this completely. I bid you Namarie, I now depart. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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12-07-2003, 05:52 PM | #18 |
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Arwen's baby would like ugly!
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12-07-2003, 11:47 PM | #19 |
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Being someone who has read the books for the story, and did not delve into the appendices much, I am heartily sorry if my foolishness created any animosity. I wish someone would close this down! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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12-08-2003, 01:25 AM | #20 |
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No need to apologize - this is a place for learning as well as discussion. [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]
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But isn't there one example of a union between a Man and an Elf where no choice was given to their children? I thought that Prince Imrahil was descended from such a union, and yet his forbears were, to my knowledge, given no choice between mortality and immortality.
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12-09-2003, 01:53 AM | #22 |
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Right, Saucepan Man. Manwe decreed that all beings with any mortal ancestry would be mortal by said ancestry.
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12-09-2003, 03:13 AM | #23 |
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Ok, now with everyone having said, now i have been wondering.
Would it be possible for an elf (man or woman)to marry a mortal and still remain immortal? What I suppose is do they have to choose at all? The answer im feelibng will have something to do with the building of elven ships, but didnt Legolas build the last one for himself and Gimli after Aragorn died?
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Thanks Legolas. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Can anyone rememeber who the Elf/Man ancestors of Imrahil were, by the way?
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Read Legolas' article linked by Sharkû above. It really helps. [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]
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12-09-2003, 05:05 AM | #25 |
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Yes, it would be perfectly possible for an elf to marry a mortal and remain immortal, and the default case, just like Saucepan said. This was the crux of all elf/man marriages (all two of them). The other side of it, where it doesn't end well in some way would be the case of Andreth the Wisewoman and Aegnor in the First Age. Both were in love with each other, but both feared to make the move (cf. HoME X, 4).
A family tree of Dol Amroth is given in History of Middle-earth XII, 1, vii. The original ancestors of the house were Imrazôr the Númenorean and Mithrellas, a companion of Nimrodel. The elf/mortal marriage and half-elven question as regarding this case is not addressed there, however. Presumably, there was nothing special about this marriage because Mithrellas was of the 'lesser Silvan race', not of the Eldar. I seem to remember this was more or less discussed before, not necessarily satisfyingly. |
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Fortunately Tolkien has resolved this issue as well. In Appendix A to The Lord of the Rings, he clarifies the whole issue. Having explained that "The sons of Eärendil were Elros and Elrond, the Peredhil or half-elven." he tells us: Quote:
My apologies to Sharkû, Legolas and Saucepan, who knew all of this already; but this is the Novices and Newcomers forum, so I thought I'd better clarify my terms a little. Obviously where I said 'half-elven' above I meant it in the sense that Tolkien meant it in his letter, not as a general term for those with parents of either kindred.
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12-10-2003, 04:40 AM | #28 |
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Well, if you must dumb it down... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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