The Greatest of the Eldar - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

obloquy · 06-28-2002, 01:32 PM

It doesn't say he wrote it hastily. It's not just a note jotted in the margins like the AAm Balrog numbers thing. You're right, there is no measuring stick we can lean elves up against to determine their greatness (besides burrahobbit's graph, which I hope is merely the first of a series). But we can trust Tolkien when he says, unequivocally and without contradiction, that Luthien was the greatest of the Eldar.

06-28-2002, 01:32 PM	#11
obloquy Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: WA Posts: 941	It doesn't say he wrote it hastily. It's not just a note jotted in the margins like the AAm Balrog numbers thing. You're right, there is no measuring stick we can lean elves up against to determine their greatness (besides burrahobbit's graph, which I hope is merely the first of a series). But we can trust Tolkien when he says, unequivocally and without contradiction, that Luthien was the greatest of the Eldar.