Did Arwen have to give up her immortality? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

*Varda* · 07-21-2002, 05:22 PM

I just finished reading RotK for the 3rd time. I don't really see WHY Arwen couldn't go to Valinor after Aragorn died. Couldn't she just have remained an elf and stayed till Aragorn died and then passed into the West? Was it really necessary for her to give up her immortality? Maybe I'm just in denial.

One more question - Did Elrond's children have to go into the West at the same time as him? In the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen it seemed so.

07-21-2002, 05:22 PM	#1
Varda Maiden of Tears Join Date: May 2002 Location: Valinor. Posts: 571	Did Arwen have to give up her immortality? I just finished reading RotK for the 3rd time. I don't really see WHY Arwen couldn't go to Valinor after Aragorn died. Couldn't she just have remained an elf and stayed till Aragorn died and then passed into the West? Was it really necessary for her to give up her immortality? Maybe I'm just in denial. One more question - Did Elrond's children have to go into the West at the same time as him? In the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen it seemed so. __________________ 'It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them' ~Frodo "Life is hard. After all, it kills you." - Katharine Hepburn