Why do they call Elrond Half Elven?

The Half-elves, or Peredhil, were people of Middle-earth whose name primarily applied to Elrond and Elros in the Second and Third Age, but also to Eärendil and his wife Elwing before them. They were called so because of their mixed Edain (Mannish) and Eldarin (Elven) blood.

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What makes Elrond half-elven?

Elrond Half-elven was born in the Havens of Sirion in Beleriand, late in the First Age. His father was Eärendil, a great half-elven mariner who carried a star across the sky at the end of the First Age. Elrond's mother was Elwing, also known as Elwing the White, also half-elven.

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What does half-elven mean in Lord of the Rings?

Half-elven (Sindarin singular Peredhel, plural Peredhil), are the children of the Union of Elves and Men. Half-elven are not a distinct race per se; rather, they were fertile offspring as the result of a union between Elves and Men. There are four recorded unions of the Eldar with the Edain.

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Why is Elrond not an elf lord?

High King Turgon was Elrond's great-grandfather, but that was through Turgon's daughter Idril. That meant that Elrond could have been King of Gondolin if it still existed, but he couldn't be High King of the Noldor. With that in mind, there were no Elves that fit the parameters of High Kingship.

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Why is Arwen half-elven?

Arwen is one of the half-elven who lived during the Third Age; her father was Elrond half-elven, lord of the Elvish sanctuary of Rivendell, while her mother was the Elf Celebrian, daughter of the Elf-queen Galadriel, ruler of Lothlórien. She marries the Man Aragorn, who becomes King of Arnor and Gondor.

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Why didn t Galadriel tell Elrond about Sauron?

She already feels an outcast after Gil-galad tried to send her back to the Undying Lands, and she fears that if she reveals what she has done, it will be the final nail in the coffin. Instead, when Elrond pulls her from the river Glanduin, and she races back inside to Celebrimbor's forge, she chooses to stay silent.

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Is Galadriel a half-elf?

She was a royal Elf of both the Noldor and the Teleri, being a grandchild of both King Finwë and King Olwë.

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Is Aragorn half Elvish?

Aragorn is not half Elf, although he is a descendant of Elros, who is half Elf (and the brother of Elrond, the half-Elf who raised him), which explains why Aragorn's life span is unusually long.

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Is Galadriel half-elven?

Unlike Elrond, Galadriel is all Elf, and in fact she is a grand-daughter of one of the very first Elves created.

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Can two half elves have an elf child?

Trivia. Half-elves can have children of their own. When they form families with other half-elves, their offspring will be half-elves themselves.

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What type of elf is Legolas?

Who is Legolas? 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.

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How is Galadriel related to Elrond?

During the Second Age, Galadriel and Celeborn have a daughter, Celebrían. She joins them in Imaldris after they leave Eregion. There, Elrond falls in love with her, and during the Third Age, the two of them marry, making Galadriel Elrond's mother-in-law.

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Why is Galadriel more powerful than Elrond?

Though neither is someone you'd wish to annoy, Galadriel is generally considered more powerful than Elrond in Lord of the Rings. Not only is she older than her Rivendell counterpart, but Galadriel witnessed the light from Valinor's Two Trees, giving her a mystic quality.

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Are Aragorn and Arwen related?

Technically, Arwen is Aragorn's aunt, but it's not as weird as it sounds (at least within the context of Middle Earth). The romance and marriage of Arwen and Aragorn are unique in a variety of ways.

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Is Legolas older than Elrond?

No. Elrond was a super-seasoned warrior and leader at the time that Legolas's grandfather Oropher, stupidly went on the attack too early in the big battle at the end of the second age, the years long battle which resulted in Elendil's and Gil-galad's deaths (amongst thousands of others) on the plateau of Gorgoroth.

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Does Frodo have Elvish blood?

Similarly, Frodo Baggins has relatively outlandish Brandybuck blood. Among the Elves of Middle-earth, the highest are those whose ancestors conformed most closely to the divine will, migrating to Aman and seeing the light of the Two Trees of Valinor.

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Is Isildur a Nazgul?

After he was attacked by the orcs, they transported his lifeless body to Mordor at Sauron's behest. Sauron revived Isildur with one of the nine rings, and then tortured him until his spirit was broken and he became a Nazgûl.

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Are Aragorn and Boromir related?

Aragorn and Boromir, unrelated by blood but united in their love of Gondor, were the only two men who set out with the Company from Rivendell.

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Who is the oldest Elf in LOTR?

The oldest Elf in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, as mentioned in "The Lord of the Rings," is Círdan the Shipwright. Círdan is an Elf of the Teleri clan, one of the three main branches of Elves, and he is known for his skill in shipbuilding and navigation.

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Did Sauron respect Galadriel?

Sauron Feared Galadriel

Tolkien also stated that Sauron saw Galadriel as his equal, and therefore, in his rise to power he feared that she would go after that power herself.

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Why did Sauron fear Galadriel?

Sauron feared her

The author said that she was the “last remaining of the Great among the High Elves” in the Third Age, and consequently was the one person Sauron must have feared most among all his enemies in the War of the Ring.

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Did Elrond realize that Halbrand was Sauron?

Though Galadriel doesn't share her news, Elrond is suspicious and wanders out to find the genealogy scroll that leads him to figure out that Halbrand is Sauron. Unfortunately, he finds this news too late, arriving back at the workshop just as the elven rings (the rings of power) are being completed.

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Why can't Gandalf and Galadriel take the Ring?

When, despairing of his ability to destroy the Ring, Frodo offers it to Gandalf, the wizard immediately refuses because he recognizes the danger: "the way of the Ring to my heart is through pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good." Because the Ring is evil, the wizard knows that any attempt to ...

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