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Gandalfthegreatestwizard- EpicMithrandir wrote: MrHobit1234 wrote: Gandalfthegreatestwizard- EpicMithrandir wrote: I'd hesitate to disagree, but seventeenth is actually altogether too low. Were all the Valar given inherent wisdom? They had differing levels of it. Melkor, if you counted him as one (as he originally was of the same order as those who became the Valar) wasn't really that wise. Wisdom would have been not ever in a trillion aeons doing anything to annoy Eru. Wisdom would have been knowing when to change his ways (permanently) so that he didn't get wrecked by the Valar again. He had a form of evil logic, but not that much wisdom. Now, the Valar were originally the same. Several of them were very wise indeed- mostly the ones whom Gandalf learned from; most likely he learned something from Lorien, whose region he lived in; and Nienna, who taught Olorin pity. Mandos, with his knowledge of the future, was most likely extremely wise; but some of the Valar made rash decisions, like Tulkas with his anger and battle-lust, Aule in making the Dwarves without asking permission, etc, etc. And many of their actions did not show particular wisdom; not guarding the Trees, freeing Melkor, and all of the mistakes they made. Granted, even the very wise cannot see all ends, but they made some downright stupid mistakes cough letting Sauron go cough. Cough they didn't go with the host Cough In Tolkien's universe wisdom=power so the Valar had to be wise, also if the Valar not so wise then why did Gandalf have to learn from them?

Tulkas is wise, he know he can wreck anyone and anything tht dares to rise agianst him, Aule, well just because you are wise does not mean you are perfect.

Ram6 I wrote: Recneps wrote: Elrond was a Half-elf by blood, but by functionality he is a full Elf. When Earendil came to Valinor, they gave all Half-elves the right to decide which species they want to tie their fate to, and practically become. Fun fact.. Elrond is Aragorn's many-greats uncle. Elrond's brother, Elros, was the first king of Numenor, and Aragorn is descended from him. SO it's like: Hey, Elrond, you know you're somewhat my grand grand grand grand (many more grands) uncle right?Yeah?

Well,  wouldn't it be weird for me to marry Arwen then?

eh... Well, they made the marriage vow, which is in elven terms, unbreakable.(Finwe was different) Wisdom doesn't equal power, otherwise Gandalf would have been the mightiest of the Maiar- which he was not. And Aragorn and Arwen were so distantly related that it didn't matter in the slightest (she wasn't really his many-greats aunt, she was just the daughter of his distant uncle, not the same thing). In Anuir terms it does.