By the time of the War of the Ring, many of the Eldar had already exited Middle-earth and returned to Valinor. There were obviously still some left, but the population had been quickly reducing since the Valar began calling the Eldar home, and the few that remained seemed to either be biding their time for various reasons, or willing to accept their fates by staying many of the wood elves, for example, never took the ships to the Blessed Realm.
It could also be said that the elves felt pretty crappy about the current situation in Middle-earth, since in a lot of ways they were responsible for it, having been the creators of the rings to begin with. This seems to be a motivator for teaming up for the Last Alliance of Elves and Men when the Ring was ultimately taken by Isildur , rather than just abandoning their handiwork and going home.
After that, some, like Elrond, seemed to remain as a result of that guilt and the desire to assist and see the situation through to conclusion. Others probably left in sorrow of their deeds. So when it is said that the Age of Elves is over, this is largely what is meant; that the elves had their time in Middle-earth for three ages, longer probably than they had any business having, and now it is time to return to Valinor to live as the Valar intended.
Middle-earth was always intended to be the dwelling-place of Men, and now it was time to let them govern it. Arwen would have fallen under the same situation as her kin, but her specific situation is also unique.
She can thank her grandparents for this. Elwing, a half-elven a descendant of Luthien , married Earendil, from the race of men. Elwing came into the possession of a Silmaril that was passed down through her parents. The recovery of the Silmaril was but a small victory, as Morgoth continued to increase the terribleness of his campaign against the peoples of Middle-earth. The penalty for anyone with human blood stepping on the shores of Valinor was death, but the Valar were moved by their efforts and instead decided to help them, and they put together an army to enter Middle-earth and take down Morgoth.
Due to their bravery, the Valar gave Elwing and Earendil the choice of kindreds: they could both remain mortal, or join the immortal elves. They chose immortality. Although there were other examples of mixed blood and half-elven, it was only these two who were given the choice to choose a side. That choice also extended to their direct descendants. They had two sons, Elrond and Elros. Elrond made the choice to remain immortal among the elves. Elros, however, chose to become mortal instead.
He and his people were gifted with longer life-spans, and he became the first King of the Numenoreans thus, Aragorn is a descendant of Elros, and going back further still, Beren and Luthien as well, and even Thingol.
Of course, we are talking about MANY generations. As children of Elrond, Arwen and her brothers Elladan and Elrohir also are given this choice. Arwen, however makes her choice to become mortal, in order to stay and be with Aragorn.
Arwen's father was Elrond. Elrond has only Half-Elf, and he was once given the choice to be counted among Man or Elves. When he chose to be counted as Elven kind, he was then given immortality.
Because Arwen is Elrond's daughter and also Half-Elf, she too has the choice to be a mortal woman or an immortal Elf. In Arwen's mind, there is nothing that can separate her from Aragorn, as she would rather die happy with him than regret her decision to leave him for all of eternity. This is especially so when she has a vision of the child they would have together if she stayed. When Arwen chose to stay in Middle Earth because of the hope she had for a brighter future, she also chose to be counted among the race of Man.
Arwen isn't necessarily dying because of the Ring , but now that she is mortal, she is dying through the slow decaying of time. Arwen also faces the same fate as all those in Middle Earth should the Ring Bearer fail his mission. So in that way, her fate is tied to the Ring. Elrond believed the world of Men would soon fall and that there was no hope, so he chose not to fight in their battle.
It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I understand how Arwen gave up an immortal life for Aragorn but I don't understand why she was dying because of the evil from Mordor.
Can anyone explain? In the book, she wasn't dying. She made the choice to be mortal, but 'It was not her lot to die until she lost all that she had gained', as written in the story of Arwen and Aragon in ROTK appendices. My guess is that Peter Jackson decided to make that into the trigger for Aragorn to claim his birthright.
The logic is that Arwen chose to be mortal but she was not tied to Aragorn yet cos of the War. So since she had nothing to keep her alive, she was dying. It was maybe the only thing that would've spurred Aragorn to claim his birthright and take the Dimholt road.
Again, this does not tie with the events of the book. In the book, Aragorn was already willing to claim his kingship.
He was just waiting for the right time. Thus, Arwen merely had to wait for Aragorn to claim his kingship and marry her.
But in the movie, he was reluctant to be king. It was Elrond's plea because Arwen was dying that drove him. In movieverse, the 'evil that spreads from Mordor' was in some way affecting the Elves.
They were becoming weaker and they felt threatened. But all the Elves had 'the life of the Eldar', so they were protected. Once Arwen renounced her immortality, 'the life of the Eldar left her' as Elrond said. So she was affected even more. And began to die.
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