Númenor's Legacy

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Ohmygosh! Squatter, how've you been? It's been a while.

Not too bad. I've been quite busy recently, so I haven't been looking in as often as I'd like. It's nice to know I was missed; thanks.

The original source of this knowledge and technology, the Elves, had not entirely vanished by the time of the Downfall of Numenor. I think that if the Elves had been reduced to desperate enough straits they would have aided the lesser men in their development, just as they had the Edain. Of course the fundamental problem with this is lack of time, but I think that some degree of cultural transference would have taken place.

Doesn't sound far-fetched to me. However, Men being Men, information coming from a human is more likely to be heeded, especially if it was written a long time ago.

Of course people do forget lessons in humility, but that doesn't make them any less valuable, just repetitious. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]