Rimbaud nails it, methinks.
The Noldors 'great achievements' were almost all bound up with what JRRT repeatedly calls their 'Fall'.
The Vanyar never 'fell'.
As for the skill in fighting - it was they that composed the bulk of the army that overthrew Morgoth. So they must have learned something re: fighting before leaving Valinor it would seem.
but what is Yoda's saying?
hmm... a great warrior you are looking for... hmmmm... wars to dot make one great!
Vanyar are the height of Elvish civilization. I will agree that reading their history would not be as tantalizing [initially at least]as that of their cousins.
[ November 14, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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