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  Posted by Michael Martinez on September 08, 1999 at 03:52:16
In Reply to: Re: Tolkien's views on Elf-women posted by Goodgulf on September 01, 1999 at 14:26:26:



: And was the land between Rivendell and Lorien safe for Arwen to : travel, crossing the Misty Mountains? And which route did she : take to cross over the mountains? When the Fellowship crossed : over they tried to take a way that they hoped would be less : watched and of course ended up going through Moria. I can't : imagine Arwen going by way of a path that was watched by the : enemy unless her entourage was extremely large and powerful. : But all this manpower to merely visit her relations? I can't : prove anything about Arwen's abilities or powers, but something : doesn't seem to make sense here. Not only that, but it says : that Arwen had just recently returned from Lorien when Frodo : sees her the first time in Rivendell. That would mean that : Arwen travelled during a portion of the time that Frodo was : also travelling. It was already known that The Nine were : abroad, and they and their spies were actively seeking Baggins : and watching the road (or roads). Would Galadriel or Elrond : have allowed Arwen to travel at such a time unless it was : extremely important, or there was enough power travelling with : Arwen to dissuade any attack on her person or both?

The "Tale of Years" says Arwen returned to Imladris in 3009, about 9 years before Frodo reached Imladris. I think you may have part of the tale of Aragorn and Arwen in mind, where Aragorn meets her for the first time soon after she has come from Lorien.

Arwen went to Lorien sometime before 2933, presumably, and she returned in 2951. She was again in Lorien in 2980, and returned to Imladris in 3009.

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