Eru the Iluvatar created this fairest race that ever was made and
the
wisest. Eru declared that Elves would have and make more beauty than
any
other creatures and that they would possess the greatest
happiness
and deepest sorrow. Elves would be immortal and ageless at the same
time
so that they would live as long as Middle-Earth lived. Elves
would
never know the pain of sickness and pestilence, but their bodies could
be
destroyed with fire or steel.such as the breath of Smaug or a
cold
Goblin blade. Elves could also die of great grief due to their great
emotional
enlightenment; that is why I think they were such good song writers so
thay
could deal with their grief and sorrow.
Elrond would be of the
same
size as that of men, but Elrond would be stronger in spirit and in limb
and
he would not grow weak with age, only wiser and more fair; thus comes
the
saying from the Fellowship of the Ring: " the power of Elrond
is in
Wisdom not in weapons". Elrond, though far less in stature and
might
than the god-like Valar, shared the nature of those powers more than
the
secondborn race of Men do. It is said that Elrond always walked in a
light
that is like the glow of the moon on a cold autumn night. Elrond's hair
is
like spun gold or woven silver, and starlight glimmers all about him on
his
hair, eyes, silken clothes and jeweled hands. There is always a light
on
Elrond's face and his voice is beautiful and subtle as the river
Anduin.
Elrond excels best in speech song, and poetry, but yet I say he could
be
deadly with an Elven bow as when he came to the aid of the people
of
Eregion. Elrond and his race called themselves the Quendi, the
"speakers",
for they taught the spoken arts to all races on Middle-Earth.
Thank you, Master Elrond, Keeper of Imladris.
References: Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion
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