September 5, 2003

Of Elves, Men and Their Children
Tindomiel

Here's a thing. Elros and Elrond, the Half-elven children of Earendil and Elwing (who were, incidentally, themselves half-elven) were given the irrevocable choice as to which kindred they would belong. Elros chose to be of Man-kind and therefore so were all his children. Elrond chose to be of Elven-kind -- but *his* children were given the same choice, whereas Elros's definitely weren't. Ummm ... seems to me that the choice was whether to renounce immortality. If you do, you can't get it back, but if you don't, your children can always renounce it later.