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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man
Possibly, as silqeleni suggested, the onset of fertility is triggered by impending marriage. Does anyone know of Elvish children born out of wedlock?
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Good point, TSM, but not the one you were bringing out. For Elves, the actual marriage ceremony amounted to a hill of beans as to rather two Elves were considered married or not. It was the *ahem* "union" *ahem* (to use the Professer's own word) that legally bound and wed two Elves. In body as well as spirit -- they became unified in a way that humans, by and large, do not. Divorce was not only unheard of, it was unthinkable -- like cutting off your own hand, physically you can do it, but who in their right mind wants to?
So, perhaps the actual "act" triggers female reproduction to kick in? It certainly makes some changes to the modern-day human female body, why not the Elvish one? And, like human females, perhaps Elves only have but so many eggs, and when they're gone they're gone, hence having children early in the marriage, and only having a few. (although, that goes back to the "Elves mensturating" theory).
I can provide links, for anyone whose interested.