Timeline for Dark-skinned elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's works
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| Sep 9, 2022 at 16:20 | comment | added | Joshua | @Tristan: Since you're curious, the reason Tolkien never finished the Silmarillion is he couldn't solve the always evil Orc problem. His son had to make do. | |
| Sep 9, 2022 at 15:28 | comment | added | Tristan | yeah, I'm pretty sure the Silmarillion does. From what I remember this is likely a result of Christopher Tolkien harmonising with older notes, as the mention of them being largely descended from humans is only in his latest notes/letters | |
| Sep 9, 2022 at 15:20 | comment | added | Amarth | @Tristan It says elves in Silmarillion though, iirc. | |
| Sep 9, 2022 at 9:46 | comment | added | Tristan | iirc there is evidence Tolkien reworked the origin of the orcs several times and in his later notes and letters seems to have considered them (at least primarily) descended from corrupted humans, rather than the corrupted elves that they are presented as in his earlier works and notes | |
| Sep 8, 2022 at 21:19 | comment | added | Ian Thompson | The men of Lossarnach who fought for Gondor on the Pelennor Fields are also described as swarthy (in Minas Tirith). Also, some of the first age Easterlings fought and died on the elves' side at the Battle of Unnumbered Tears (Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin). | |
| Sep 8, 2022 at 19:32 | history | answered | Amarth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |