Prince Imrahil and his mortality

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by cellurdur

I think more likely than the Princes were close relatives to Elendil and descendants of Silmarien. The Elvish blood would come from Elros and their particularly Elvish lifestyle would explain why they kept the Elvish vigour and appearance longer than close relatives that moved away like Faramir/Boromir.

I've always had trouble with the notion of Imrahil having Elvish blood.

As you say, the Elf/Man unions are presented as being incredibly rare events in Middle-earth, only "allowed" when they are to play a major role in the Maker's designs. It seems that introducing another Peredhel situation would be overly complicated. For instance, was a choice of life-potential involved? How would the choice be explained to those concerned?

I think the thing was more likely a tradition that, unlike some others, had no factual basis.