Dior the Half-Elven: Gift of Men or Fate of Elves

***Earniel*** · 03-13-2013, 05:33 PM

That reminds me of another good reason DÃ*or might indeed have been mortal. And one that makes me wonder why I didn't think of it before. (I don't think it has been mentioned here so far.)

After Beren slew Carcharoth and died, did LÃºthien before Mandos not choose to be mortal herself so she could be with Beren? Regardless of whether she herself was an part Elf and part Maian and how much percentage of that DÃ*or would have inherited, if DÃ*or was (as I think I recall) born after the final retrieval of the Silmaril, he was born of a mortal father and a mortal mother. Considering all the things Tolkien wrote about the Half-Elven, it would be rather unlikely for two mortal beings (one of which chose to be so) to conceive a son that is not.

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03-13-2013, 05:33 PM	#6
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	That reminds me of another good reason DÃor might indeed have been mortal. And one that makes me wonder why I didn't think of it before. (I don't think it has been mentioned here so far.) After Beren slew Carcharoth and died, did LÃºthien before Mandos not choose to be mortal herself so she could be with Beren? Regardless of whether she herself was an part Elf and part Maian and how much percentage of that DÃor would have inherited, if DÃor was (as I think I recall) born after the final retrieval of the Silmaril, he was born of a mortal father and a mortal* mother. Considering all the things Tolkien wrote about the Half-Elven, it would be rather unlikely for two mortal beings (one of which chose to be so) to conceive a son that is not.