Posted: August 10, 2000 at 07:56:40: by Don Q
: : : : And finally I feel there's a further balance in that in the second Age there exists one Feanorian (Celebrimbor), one Fingolfian (Gil-Galad) and one Finarfian (Galadriel)...: : Says who? Elrond is descended from them as is Celebrian, and Amroth if you take him as Galadriels son. : Elrond is half-elven and doesn't count. Celebrian is Galadriel's child and moreover she was probably born during the Second Age, not the first. Does count as is a direct descendant and ultimately heir to the Royal Line of Fingolfin : And as for Amroth, no I don't take him s Galadriel's son since something as important as that would have been mentioned in LotR... But is mused on in unfinished tales and therefore is another of the profs 'undecideds' : : Maglor, Caranthir and Curufuin were all married, an Chris Tolkein himself reports that his father said 'we never meet the progeny of Feanors sons' whilst debating the parentage of Celebrimbor. : : There could feasibly exist other offspring who do not enter the tales but nonetheless exist : Indeed, nonetheless they didn't enter the tales and thus they don't exist *in* the tales... And I know of no other way to measure their existence. : Aris Katsaris No, but also they COULD exist and therefore, the existence of them would alter your balance, whether in the Authors subconcious, or on the written page Don Quixote
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