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Old 07-24-2010, 05:39 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Urwen View Post
This question popped up in my head. Why haven't elves under Gil-Galad aided Miriel and the Faithful in owerthrowing her husband? I mean,come on,wouldn't they be happier to have a Faithful queen than a bloodthirsty tyrant and his treacherous Maia counsellor?!

Come on...
Probably but we can see from our current affairs that it is far from simple for an outside country to orchestrate the overthrow of a tyrant even if they have superior power and believe they have the right to intervene.... which is a huge issue in itself. The elves were chary and with good reason of meddling in the affairs of mortals and I doubt that they would have wanted to or feel entitled to play "policeman on the world stage" to use a modern expression.
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