Posted: April 27, 2000 at 19:34:24: by Durin Deathless
: I was reading in The Silm. that the elves Didn't diminish in strength because of age. That means that all of the people who have been saying that
: elves got weaker in the TA are wrong. Just thought I'd bring it to your attention.
: -ThentaranTrue, the elves didn't diminish in actual physical size or wisdom (which may have actually grown during the Second and Third Ages). Rather the elves' power and "magical" abilities decreased due to complacency and boredom. Tolkien mentions that the elves "...tried nothing new..." after a time. This I can understand. Try living in the same city doing the same job every day for thousands of years. I would get bored too (unless I were married to Ashley Judd or Natalie Portman):)
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