No, Galadriel is not half-Elven; she is a full-blooded, High Elf of the Noldorin and Telerin lines, though she did live among and learn from Melian the Maia (a Maia, not an Elf), and is related to Elrond, who is half-Elven, making her a great-aunt figure to his children. She's considered one of the mightiest Elves in Middle-earth, born in Valinor with royal lineage from both Finarfin (Noldor) and Eärwen (Teleri).
Arwen Undómiel, often called Arwen Evenstar, was one of the half-elven, married to Aragorn II. She was the daughter of Elrond and Celebrían. She was considered to be the fairest of the Children of Ilúvatar in the Third Age, resembling Lúthien of the First Age who would never again appear in Ëa.
Galadriel turns "dark" and scary to show what she would become if she claimed the One Ring, a symbolic and not literal transformation.
He is a Sindar Elf of the Woodland Realm and son of its king, Thranduil, becoming one of the nine members of the Fellowship who set out to destroy the One Ring. Though Dwarves and Elves are traditionally rivals, he and the Dwarf Gimli form a close friendship during their travels together.
Just like it had happened with their parents (also Half- Elves), they were given a choice to choose the life of an Elf or the life of a Human. Elrond chose the immortality of Elves, and his brother chose the Humans, the first one to do so. He lived 500 years, which is not too shabby.
It's not the years; it's the mileage. Gandalf isn't a Maia in the same way Sauron is. He was sent to middle earth as an old man, so his body is much more real than Sauron's “raiment”. He can't use his power to the same extent, he can't change his forms at will.
Tolkien's description of Gollum conforms to a Catholic – and Thomistic – account of envy, which is a “sadness of the soul”; and it is Gollum's unbearable sadness and his unquenchable desire for the one Ring that marks his character.
Thranduil is one of the Sindar or Grey Elves who speak Sindarin as opposed to Quenya, the language spoken by Noldorin Elves like Galadriel.
Indeed, it seems Elrond used this The Rings of Power kiss not to admit his true feelings for Galadriel but so that he could slip her a pin from his cloak.
Because the name Aragorn son of Arathorn and Gimli son of Gloin wouldn't necessarily mean anything to them. Thranduil is a King and his name is known to them. At the time, they were unsure if Rohan had fallen under the shadow so he did not name who Leogolas' father was otherwise the would capture him for ransom.
Why was Sauron afraid of Aragorn potentially possessing the Ring? Gandalf explains it in the Return of the King (during the council after the battle of the Pelennor fields) that Sauron would never think somebody would want to destroy the One Ring.
The Ring's effects
Inversely, the hobbits' good-naturedness and lack of ambition makes them less susceptible to the Ring's promises of power, as in Frodo and Samwise Gamgee, who are able to handle the Ring for extended periods of time.
Everyone is going to have a different answer but, for elves, I assume this: The human equivalent is x5 up to 'mid-twenties' bracket. So, a '16yo' is 80 years while a '24yo' is 120 years. After that, the aging process essentially stops.
By lingering behind, she chose mortality so she could rejoin him. She died a year after him of heartbreak if I recall correctly. She chose a mortal life to be with Aragorn, as such she could no longer travel to or set foot upon Valinor. Gimli, Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam were the only mortals ever granted passage to Valinor.
Círdan the Shipwright is estimated to be around 10,000 years old during The Lord of the Rings and around 7,000 years old during The Rings of Power. Círdan was one of the oldest and wisest elves in Middle-earth, and was the Lord of the Falas during the First Age and Lord of Lindon during the Third Age.
But that's actually the answer: Eru Said So . The Undying Lands are a place for immortal beings (Eldar), and mortals are forbidden from entering.
Legolas was the son of Thranduil, the King of the Elves of Northern Mirkwood. His mother is unknown. Legolas came to the Council of Elrond in Rivendell, the great meeting held by the Elf lord Elrond, as a messenger from his father to discuss the escape of Gollum.
Legolas is a Sindarin Elf from the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood. His father, Thranduil, is the King of the Silvan Elves living in that realm, making Legolas the Prince of Mirkwood.
The main clue is the Hobbits' "coming of age" at 33, due to their extended childhood and adolescence. This would compare to a typical Man coming of age at 18 to 21. Thus, a Hobbit at 50 was a young adult, equivalent to being about 30, maybe 27, in human years.
When Tolkien wrote comments about some art that Allen & Unwin had commissioned, he described Gandalf as “shorter than the average of men and now stooped with age.” Thats not even right. Elwe Thingol is the tallest elf to ever live at 8' 11". Beorn is 7' tall.
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Frodo Baggins
J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings accurately portrayed the signs and symptoms of what is currently labeled Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Frodo's condition logically follows his experiences of less than a year in the War of the Ring.
Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, made the decision to cut Tom Bombadil's character from the movies, primarily for narrative reasons. According to Jackson, Bombadil's scenes in the book, while intriguing, did not significantly advance the main plot of the story.
The clearest same-sex relationship in the novel, in the eyes of scholars, is that of the ringbearer Frodo Baggins and his servant, originally his gardener, Sam. Tolkien described their relationship as like that of an officer in the British Army and his military servant or batman.