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Mithalwen · 09-14-2004, 01:28 PM

Oh that is an interesting point .. and may well explain Faramir's span - Sam (who after all by now had spent more time with elves, including some of the noblest left in ME than most other mortals then alive) discerns an elvish quality about Faramir. Faramir replies that Sam detects, maybe an air of Numenor. Faramir is in body and spirit as well as lineage about as true a Numenorean as Gondor can muster at the end of the Third age and under his lordship, Ithilien will mirror (in a lesser way) Numenor. Here elves (albeit the Silvan elves of Mirkwood not the Eldar of Eressea) share their skills with men and even dwell alongside them for a while. When Sam and Frodo meet Faramir, he and his men are using Elvish as a first language in Ithilien ... I wonder if there are any other indications.

09-14-2004, 01:28 PM	#15
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	Ithilien - a "recreation" of Numenor Oh that is an interesting point .. and may well explain Faramir's span - Sam (who after all by now had spent more time with elves, including some of the noblest left in ME than most other mortals then alive) discerns an elvish quality about Faramir. Faramir replies that Sam detects, maybe an air of Numenor. Faramir is in body and spirit as well as lineage about as true a Numenorean as Gondor can muster at the end of the Third age and under his lordship, Ithilien will mirror (in a lesser way) Numenor. Here elves (albeit the Silvan elves of Mirkwood not the Eldar of Eressea) share their skills with men and even dwell alongside them for a while. When Sam and Frodo meet Faramir, he and his men are using Elvish as a first language in Ithilien ... I wonder if there are any other indications. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 04-16-2007 at 01:34 PM.