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Default   #18   Suzerain of Sheol Suzerain of Sheol is offline
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Well, for one thing, there's Prince Imrahil and his household who are vassals of Gondor, the Knights of the Silver Swan. They all have elvish blood in their ancestry and it really shows in the book at the siege of Minas Tirith. They outdo themselves again and again.

About Faramir, though, keep in mind, the men of Numenor, from whom their civilization is descended, all had very thick elven blood. This is a bit confusing for someone who hasn't read the Silm. so I'll spell it out.

Okay, Earendil the Mariner is a half-elf and the one who redeems the elvish race in the sight of the Valar. He's a bit of a messiah.

Now, Earendil marries Elwing, daughter of Dior, who is daughter of Beren and Luthien, who has not only human and elven blood, but also a faint trace of Maiar blood in her as well.

Now, they have two children, Elrond and Elros. These children, like all half-elves, are given a choice: to embrace their elvish blood, or their human blood. Elrond chose to live as an elf, and his brother, Elros, chose mankind.

So, Elros became the father of the men of Numenor, meaning that, through this lineage, Faramir and Aragorn both have the blood of Earendial, Elwing, Dior, Luthien, Beren, Tuor, Melian, Thingol, and all the rest still flowing to some degree through their veins.

Unfortunately, the men of Middle-Earth were not so blessed, and when the Numenorians were exiled from their island, they began to interbreed with the locals, diluting this godly bloodline. So, when they say that guys like Aragorn and Faramir are throwbacks to Westernesse, it's actually sort of a recessive gene, if you want to think about it that way.

Sorry that was so long-winded.
Cold silence has a tendency
to atrophy any sense of compassion
between supposed lovers.
Between supposed brothers.
Old Posted 05-20-2011, 01:47 AM Reply With Quote