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The White CouncilRe: Come off itTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Jim Gregors on April 08, 2000 at 20:55:02 In Reply to: Re: Come off it posted by Dave aka Don Quixote on April 08, 2000 at 07:43:38:
: Olorin asked me to expand on point 2 for relevance - well the relevance is that the remaining and fading elves needed protection form the dominance of men who were overunning the continent - elven alchemy and creation of artefacts like Silmarils and Rings and Elf-Stones was all they could turn to, so they would naturally hunt for the lost lore.... : Don Q The Silmarils and Palantiri where creations of Feanor. The Elven Rings and the Elessar were creations of Celebrimbor. Together with Enerdhil (if we allow references from UT), and probably Curufin, these were the greatest of all the Noldorin smiths. However, they were all dead long before the Fourth Age, and, with the exception of Galadriel (who possessed sufficient lore to create her 'Mirror'), their knowledge had probably been lost. I believe it unlikely that the remaining Sindar and Silvan elves of Middle-earth would have possessed the lore, the talent, or the power to create such items in the Fourth Age. The remaining elves protected themselves by simply retreating to geographically isolated areas and avoiding the affairs of men.
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