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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne
Maybe not, but the point is still valid. Since before the first age, elves were fighting a bitter war, A war that even had a spin-off, with Sauron cast as the main villain. Granted sometimes there was peace, or at least not open conflict, but it still lasted thousands of years. So yeah, in a world that doesn't seem to have an exclusive warrior class, that would probably result in armed people being a relatively common sight.
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What war were the Elves fighting? The war against Morgoth was fought by the Valar and Maiar, not the Elves. And the
main villain was Morgoth, not Sauron. And unless you count the war between Morgoth and the Valar as beginning with the destuction of the two lamps, I am unaware of any source that says the war between Morgoth and the Valar lasted “thousands of years”.
According to “The Annals of Aman” in
Morgoth’s Ring the final war between Morgoth and the Valar began in the year 1090 and ended with Morgoth’s imprisonment in the year 1100. Thus according to this account the war lasted only ten Valian years, about a hundred years of the Sun, not even close to one thousand years.
Or are you thinking of the later war which the Noldor and Sindar fought against Morgoth? That war was fought after the period that this thread is discussing.
I don’t see that your point is valid.