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Are there any battle speeches given by Elven commanders in Tolkien's legendarium?
I am looking for battle speeches like the one Théoden gave prior to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in The Return of the King:
Arise! Arise, riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall ...
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What happened to the first 3 Elves to wake at Cuiviénen?
Imin, Tata, and Enel were the first Elves to awake in the Cuivienyarna. They were called the 'elf-fathers' as they later awoke all the other Elves at the bay of Cuiviénen.
And so it was that the ...
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In the absence of the Doom of the Noldor, would Feanor and co. have had a chance against Morgoth? [closed]
This is something that just occurred to me recently - I had always assumed not, but I realized the key quote might not mean what I thought it meant.
Vala he is, thou saist. Then thou hast sworn in ...
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What became of Lenwë and the Nandor who stayed with him?
Then one arose in the host of Olwë, which was ever the hindmost on the road; Lenwë he was called. He forsook the westward march, and led away a numerous people, southwards down the great river, and ...
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First contact between Oromë and the Elves
Do we have any information (in The History of Middle-earth or other writings) about the initial encounter of Oromë and the Elves after the Awakening, besides the short-spoken description of The ...
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Could Arwen have married Aragon without giving up her immortality? [duplicate]
I just completed reading the lotr books for the 3rd time a couple of weeks back and this entire issue with Arwen and her immortality is bugging me way more than it should! I feel like I really need to ...
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What happened to the elves who were slain before the end of the Great Journey?
When an elf dies, his "fëa" (soul) leaves the "hröa" (body) and is summoned to Mandos, in Aman. Frome there he may return to life after some time.
It's reasonable to think that before Vanyar and ...
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What are all the ways Elrond and Galadriel are related?
In answering this question, I discovered three relationships between Galadriel and Elrond:
Galadriel was first cousin of Elrond’s great-grandfather (Turgon, King of Gondolin). Thus, they are first ...
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How could Fëanor have hoped to defeat Morgoth?
How could Fëanor have hoped to defeat Morgoth?
Even though Fingolfin managed to hurt Morgoth, he basically had no chance. Also he was just fighting Morgoth in a duel, while Fëanor would have had to ...
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Why did Elwing abandon her children, Elrond and Elros?
When Maedhros and Maglor learned of a Silmaril in Elwing's possesion, they attacked the Mouth of Sirion and killed everyone but Elrond and Elros. Elwing had jumped into the sea and rejoined her ...
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Did Sauron and Finrod Felagund really get into a singing fight?
In The Silmarillion, in the chapter "Of Beren and Lúthien", we read of what can only be called a singing fight, at least if we take the account at face value.
I won't repeat it in its entirety, but ...
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Is there any evidence to support the popular belief that Elves prefer bows to other weapons?
Judging by the LotR movies, and even by Legolas' actions in the books of The Lord of the Rings, it seems that Elves use bows and arrows far more often than any other weapons. But in The Silmarillion, ...
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Are there handicapped Elves?
In The Silmarillion, we read about Maedhros, whose hand was amputated in order to free him from the manacle which had kept him suspended from the mountain called Thangorodrim. The hand never grew ...
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Do the Tolkien elves need to eat to survive?
On the one hand, they are physically very similar to humans, and the only crucial difference is that they don't age or fall ill. This, as well as frequent mention of food being eaten by elves, gives ...
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Why did it take the Valar years to realize that the Elves had awoken?
In The Silmarillion, we are told that Morgoth was the first to realize that the Elves were awake, and that Elves who wandered alone or in small groups occasionally disappeared, and that this went on ...
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