[Diamond18]

I don't have anything illumating to add on the subject of Haldir and co., so I won't. Though it is a good question.

I just wanted to remark that though Tolkien does talk in the Silmarillon about changing languages and all that, Middle-earth strikes me as very unchanging in all the countless years that comprised the three ages. Clothes, manners, technology in weapons and architecture, etc. did not change there in eons as much as it changes in decades for us.

I kind of like that, since I'm not a huge fan of change in my own life. I know, silly little hobbit, but anyway... It does seem to be a bit unrealistic, even if the same Elves have been around all this time.

I'm sure this also ties in to how when Saruman figures out machines, Tolkien makes it out to be a very bad thing. But I won't go into that, since it strays too far from your question about Haldir, which far higher minds will be able to answer, I'm sure. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]