Eowyn, Eomer.....Their Lifespans? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 08-24-2004, 10:47 AM

I haven't got the exact dates on me but I am pretty sure the Lords of Dol Amroth lived to be about 100. And I think Beregond tells Pippin that in Gondor at that time it was rare to find a man of 80 who was still hale unless he belonged to a purer blooded house. The lords of the Rohirrim might have slightly longer life expectancy than their people due to intermarriage with noble Gondorian families ...

However Faramir has an exceptionally long life even allowing for his "pure" lineage
and, as I have said in another thread, my theory is that may be a little of the Numenorean grace was extended to him for his role in the downfall of Sauron ... maybe this principle could be extended to Eowyn and Eomer ... though if I remember rightly Eomer's life was long but not freakishly so....

08-24-2004, 10:47 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I haven't got the exact dates on me but I am pretty sure the Lords of Dol Amroth lived to be about 100. And I think Beregond tells Pippin that in Gondor at that time it was rare to find a man of 80 who was still hale unless he belonged to a purer blooded house. The lords of the Rohirrim might have slightly longer life expectancy than their people due to intermarriage with noble Gondorian families ... However Faramir has an exceptionally long life even allowing for his "pure" lineage and, as I have said in another thread, my theory is that may be a little of the Numenorean grace was extended to him for his role in the downfall of Sauron ... maybe this principle could be extended to Eowyn and Eomer ... though if I remember rightly Eomer's life was long but not freakishly so.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace