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So, I've been watching mom's LOTR special edition DVD with the actors' commentary and I'm wondering something. How old is Legolas? I know Arwen was the last Elf born on middle earth, and she's 3,000, but I'm thinking that Legolas can't be that much older than she is. Like 50 years at the most.
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Tolkien never seems to go into the particulars of Elvish reproduction, though I would imagine it's something that's planned very carefully. Because really, overpopulation could quickly become an enormous problem to a race of people that never die. But I'm also thinking that after the great war with Sauron there must have been some sort of Elvish baby boom in an effort to replenish themselves after losing thousands of people to the war. I would imagine, also, it's probably the most active the Elves have ever been in reproducing. Something else the movies haven't touched on-Arwen isn't Elrond's only child. She's just the youngest and the only girl.
My point-I don't think that Legolas is very old. At least as Elves would reckon.
( Commentary Spoilers )Tolkien never seems to go into the particulars of Elvish reproduction, though I would imagine it's something that's planned very carefully. Because really, overpopulation could quickly become an enormous problem to a race of people that never die. But I'm also thinking that after the great war with Sauron there must have been some sort of Elvish baby boom in an effort to replenish themselves after losing thousands of people to the war. I would imagine, also, it's probably the most active the Elves have ever been in reproducing. Something else the movies haven't touched on-Arwen isn't Elrond's only child. She's just the youngest and the only girl.
My point-I don't think that Legolas is very old. At least as Elves would reckon.
