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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7260763" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>Actually, no they are not. The concept of a "Dark Elf", or "moriquendi", only appears a few times in the Tolkien legerdemain. It refers to Elves which, upon seeing the Valar, fled or hid, or otherwise refused to begin the Great Journey to Valinor. They were called 'dark' not because of their skin color, but because they had never beheld the light of Aman. While some of these elves were likely captured by Morgoth and corrupted (perhaps by blending with men) to produce Orcs, at least some of those elves escaped and continued to live in the East in solitude. The most famous of these was the dark elf smith, Eöl, who produced the most famous (or infamous) sword in the stories, the intelligent, black bladed sword, Anglachel, that was forged from the heart of a meteor. But Eöl was certainly not an orc, but a kinsman of the Sinda that had began the Great Journey but turned aside when they saw how beautiful the land they were passing through was.</p><p></p><p>Ironically perhaps, the Noldor - or "High Elves" of Tolkien's stories were with the exception of one family noted for their dark hair, so as a Sinda it's entirely possible that Eöl was blond or had light brown hair, while many of the elves of the stories actually had black (Elrond) or dark brown (Legolas) hair. This is not the way that Tolkien's work is usually illustrated. (I should note that Legolas's hair color is one of the most debated points of Tolkien lore there is, since we are not given his hair color explicitly. There are good arguments on both sides, since for example his father was known to be golden haired, but the majority of his people were known to have dark hair.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7260763, member: 4937"] Actually, no they are not. The concept of a "Dark Elf", or "moriquendi", only appears a few times in the Tolkien legerdemain. It refers to Elves which, upon seeing the Valar, fled or hid, or otherwise refused to begin the Great Journey to Valinor. They were called 'dark' not because of their skin color, but because they had never beheld the light of Aman. While some of these elves were likely captured by Morgoth and corrupted (perhaps by blending with men) to produce Orcs, at least some of those elves escaped and continued to live in the East in solitude. The most famous of these was the dark elf smith, Eöl, who produced the most famous (or infamous) sword in the stories, the intelligent, black bladed sword, Anglachel, that was forged from the heart of a meteor. But Eöl was certainly not an orc, but a kinsman of the Sinda that had began the Great Journey but turned aside when they saw how beautiful the land they were passing through was. Ironically perhaps, the Noldor - or "High Elves" of Tolkien's stories were with the exception of one family noted for their dark hair, so as a Sinda it's entirely possible that Eöl was blond or had light brown hair, while many of the elves of the stories actually had black (Elrond) or dark brown (Legolas) hair. This is not the way that Tolkien's work is usually illustrated. (I should note that Legolas's hair color is one of the most debated points of Tolkien lore there is, since we are not given his hair color explicitly. There are good arguments on both sides, since for example his father was known to be golden haired, but the majority of his people were known to have dark hair.) [/QUOTE]
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