: She was a mover and shaker in the Second and Third centuries and she was responsible for forming the White Council (in the book, not this board).

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You sure about her not creating this board, Michael?;)

Otherwise good points. I'm getting a bit tired to hear about how protected and fragile the elf-women should be (i.e. why Arwen shouldn't ride and fight). Beren was lucky to have Luthien (as you've mentioned). She was as far from soft-hearted and weak as one can get. As was Galadriel.

Goodgulf also made a couple of good points farther down this board about "purists", Arwens role and the Appendix. I think he's right about the strangeness in not showing the audience what motivates Aragorn to travel in the wilderness, thus motivating PJ to show us more of Arwen.

My 2 kronor

Mjolnir