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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Aberton" data-source="post: 633381" data-attributes="member: 1518">Arwen is not &quot;an average elf,&quot; though.She is the Evenstar of her people.&nbsp; She has all the power of her ancestor, Luthien, who actually sung the Dark Lord to sleep .Now, she may not be as skilled as, say, Aragorn in battle.&nbsp; She may not be as skilled in magic as Galadriel.But she is, to all intents and purposes, on par with Luthien.&nbsp; Thus, she has the strength of will and the, for lack of a better phrase, radiance of character, of one of the greatest elves of the Second Age (or was it First? Hmm...).So no, she's not an &quot;average&quot; elf.And Elrond may protect her like a Victorian father, but Arwen WENT AGAINST HIS WISHES and went (or so we assume) to the Paths of the Dead to be with Aragorn.He didn't say, &quot;Okay, Arwen, you can go with Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead and the Battle of Pelennor Field, I don't mind.&quot;He said &quot;Don't go to be with Aragorn.&nbsp; Go to Valinor, and forget Aragorn.&quot;&nbsp; But she (probably) instead of going to the Havens with the other lantern-bearing elves, instead took a sharp right turn and went to the Paths of the Dead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Aberton, post: 633381, member: 1518"] Arwen is not "an average elf," though. She is the Evenstar of her people. She has all the power of her ancestor, Luthien, who actually [I]sung the Dark Lord to sleep[/I] . Now, she may not be as skilled as, say, Aragorn in battle. She may not be as skilled in magic as Galadriel. But she is, to all intents and purposes, on par with Luthien. Thus, she has the strength of will and the, for lack of a better phrase, radiance of character, of one of the greatest elves of the Second Age (or was it First? Hmm...). So no, she's not an "average" elf. And Elrond may protect her like a Victorian father, but Arwen WENT AGAINST HIS WISHES and went (or so we assume) to the Paths of the Dead to be with Aragorn. He didn't say, "Okay, Arwen, you can go with Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead and the Battle of Pelennor Field, I don't mind." He said "Don't go to be with Aragorn. Go to Valinor, and forget Aragorn." But she (probably) instead of going to the Havens with the other lantern-bearing elves, instead took a sharp right turn and went to the Paths of the Dead. [/QUOTE]

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