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Old 02-15-2006, 12:29 PM   #2
Raynor
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Would that Elrond were here, for he is the eldest of all OUR RACE, and has the greater power
I think that the whole half-elven condition blurred the distinction between races; Aragorn, Arwen and Gilraen all acknowledge the fact that there is kinship between Aragorn and Elrond.

Even after Elrond makes his choice, he is still called the Half-Elven; moreover, he is called an "elf-friend" in the Hobbit, chapter III, a label more suitable for a Man (for an elf, the label should be "man-friend" imo). In the history of Akallabeth, HoME XII, Elrond is said to have "descended from the Three Houses of the Edain" (or alternatively, "descended from the lines of both Hador and Beor"), which further blurs his condition.
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