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Old 12-14-2003, 03:11 PM   #36
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Compared to the fëar of Men, the fëar of Elves can be rather weak. In some cases, granted, they are a lot stronger (i.e. standing up to Dark Lords), but in cases like love, they are much, much weaker. A Human could probably move on after the death of a spouse/lover, but an Elf would probably fade, die, or be forever scarred, and never love again.
I wouldn't call the weaker, but stronger! They made a decision whith the whole of their fea and stuck to that, as long as life (and Arda!) lasted. Humans make this decision for 'just' a couple of decades, whereas they made this decision for many, many millenia! If that's not strenght of fea, I don't know what is!
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