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Why did Glorfindel come back?
Glorfindel’s spirit departed to the Halls of Mandos, where he spent years with the spirits of others passed. Due to his noble actions that had saved many Elves in the Fall of Gondolin, he was re-embodied after a short time.
Why did they replace Glorfindel with Arwen?
In movies you want to keep the number of characters small. If several characters are unimportant for the plot then you fuse them into one, instead of splitting them. For that reason, he was replaced by Arwen in the Peter Jackson trilogy and in the in the Ralph Bakshi version he was replaced by Legolas.
What type of ELF is Glorfindel?
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Aliases | Lord of the House of the Golden Flower of Gondolin |
Race | Elves |
Why did the light of the Eldar leave Arwen?
In movieverse, the ‘evil that spreads from Mordor’ was in some way affecting the Elves. They were becoming weaker and they felt threatened. But all the Elves had ‘the life of the Eldar’, so they were protected. Once Arwen renounced her immortality, ‘the life of the Eldar left her’ as Elrond said.
Where was Glorfindel during The Lord of the Rings?
Rivendell
In the present day, Glorfindel can be found in Rivendell just south of the Last Homely House. He is involved in the campaign against Angmar during the main story and also talks to the player after defeating the balrog Thaurlach.
What happened to Glorfindel after the war of the ring?
During the War of the Ring nothing is said of Glorfindel. Whatever his role, he survived and joined Elrond’s company to the Wedding of Elessar. After that no more is said of him. Like Olórin, his task in Middle-earth was done, and the age of the Elves was over.
What happened to Glorfindel in the Second Age of Middle-earth?
After his re-embodiment, he was allowed to come back to Middle-earth in the Second Age, acting as an emissary of the Valar, on a similar mission to the Istari who were to come several years later. Glorfindel was born in Valinor sometime during the Years of the Trees.
Was Glorfindel a follower of Turgon?
This claim is particularly significant because Glorfindel, as a follower of Turgon and a lord of Gondolin, was a leading participant in the rebellion of the Noldor against the Valar; his return to “primitive innocence and grace” is a therefore return to a sort of pre-fall state, a hallmark of the shamanic initiation.
Is Glorfindel in the fall of Gondolin different from the original?
In fact, the Glorfindel who appears in the 1916 or 1917 version of The Fall of Gondolin is not all that different from the Glorfindel of the final version of The Lord of the Rings— and indeed, the latter depends entirely on the former for its coherence.