Elladan and Elrohir
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| QueenLothirielcc wrote: | | I know that Tolkien hinted in the Appendice A that the twin sons of Elrond did not sail into the West with their father at the end of the Third Age. Tolkien never explained what happened to them outside of a passage that they remained at Rivendell.Was Rivendell eventually abandoned and did the twins ever marry? |
The Letters of Tolkien clearly stated that they delayed their choice and remained for a while on Middle Earth. Actually, that's all the quote from the letters says, so that doesn't necessicarily mean that they lived at Rivendell. So all is game what made them delay their choice as long as possible.
His children – with a renewed Elvish strain, since their mother was Celebrían dtr. of Galadriel – have to make their choices. Arwen is not a 're-incarnation' of Lúthien (that in the view of this mythical history would be impossible, since Lúthien has died like a mortal and left the world of time) but a descendant very like her in looks, character, and fate. When she weds Aragorn (whose love-story elsewhere recounted is not here central and only occasionally referred to) she 'makes the choice of Lúthien', so the grief at her parting from Elrond is specially poignant. Elrond passes Over Sea. The end of his sons, Elladan and Elrohir, is not told: they delay their choice, and remain for a while.
Letter 153. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
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