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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 1294965" data-attributes="member: 5328">You aren't kidding. Aragorn was ninety during the War of the Ring, and lived to two hundred and ten, still hale and vigorous.Don't forget what Legolas said to Prince Imrahil when they met. The "Three Marriages of Elves and Men" seem to count only marriage among the royalty.We are told this of the Peredhil, (ie. Elrond and Elros), not of all peredhil. There is no mention of either Dior or Eärendil having to make this choice: they are both Dior is considered to be an elf despite his father, Eärendil is considered to be a man despite his mother. Perhaps the issue is that Elros and Elrond were half-elvish on both sides.Also, I will point out that there is not reason to believe that Agent "Humans are a Virus" Elrond is half-elven. In fact you'd diagnose some severe denial issues if he were.And besides, though Elros chose to be human, he still lived to the age of five hundred, hale and hearty. That's a fairly convincing half-elf if you ask me.(At the time of the War of the Ring, Elrond was something like 6,518 years old. Galadriel is older than the Sun: she was already an adult seven thousand years ago. But then, the movies don't give the impression that Frodo was fifty, so perhaps the books aren't a reliable guide ifthe movies are taken as canonical.)Not surprising, given what he thinks of his father's race.Indeed. Elrond is Aragorn's [fifty-seven greats] uncle. And Galadriel is Elrond's mother-in-law and Arwen's grandmother.Regards,Agbackedited: coding</blockquote>

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