CuriousG
Half-elven
Mar 8, 6:27am
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Since you bring up the First Age and old/new
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I think Tolkien sets that up as well: Finwe is killed off, then Feanor, then Fingolfin, while Finarfin stays behind, so it's the next generation that really runs the show. And then there's the arrival of Men in Beleriand, the Younger Race. They don't displace the Noldor and Sindar, but they do play important roles: Beren, Hurin, Turin, Tuor, etc. Even with Dwarves: their Beleriand cities are destroyed (or badly damaged? I forget), and many depart to Khazad-dum, "the newer, younger city" when reached a fresh zenith with the influx of talent and energy. With hobbits, the theme feels weaker, but Frodo displaces Bilbo, and his companions all eventually displace their fathers to take on authority. That's the natural succession in noble families anyway, but I felt like Sam, Merry, and Pippin have become cosmopolitan in their adventures and will provide the Shire with a more worldly, sophisticated view than their fathers could have, and they'll need this approach given the wasteland will give way to a renewed Arnor, which will require diplomacy and foreign policy that the Shire never needed before.
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