The Dior Dilemma

[Belegorn]

Originally Posted by cellurdur

On such a great matter as the fate of one of the Children of Illuvatar Mandos is not able to make the call.

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Further more Dior's marriage is never counted as marriage between an Elf and a mortal.

I don't think Mandos was necessarily deciding their fates here, rather than stating two facts in his interaction with Ulmo. Half-elves are mortals.

If one believes in the rumor in Dol Amroth, than Galador too was a half-Elf. The only difference between him and the others who were granted it, he was not given a choice to choose his Doom. Galador was mortal.

Dior was indeed referred to as an Elf in his title, but if one were to take The Laws and Customs of the Eldar as true than he certainly did not grow up like an Elf.