Gondolin or Last Alliance - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 06-27-2003, 10:37 AM

Hmmm... that's a bit of a hard choice.

Well, the way that Tolkien put it was, the might of the Elves decreased from the First Age onwards, because less and less Elves survived, who had seen the light of Aman. Now apparently, that makes them stronger than the normal Elf, and since almost all of the Elf-Lords of Gondolin had come from Aman, I'm assuming that they were much stronger than the warriors of the Last Alliance (no offense to Gil-galad and Cirdan!).

06-27-2003, 10:37 AM	#2
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Hmmm... that's a bit of a hard choice. Well, the way that Tolkien put it was, the might of the Elves decreased from the First Age onwards, because less and less Elves survived, who had seen the light of Aman. Now apparently, that makes them stronger than the normal Elf, and since almost all of the Elf-Lords of Gondolin had come from Aman, I'm assuming that they were much stronger than the warriors of the Last Alliance (no offense to Gil-galad and Cirdan!). __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.