Re: Elven maturation and population growth
The men of Numenor are longer lived than many. Not quite the biblical thousand years... but still well over 100.
Tolkiens' wearying of life with age is mirrored in many other, later authors' works.
Heather Alexander, based upon CJ Cherryh's Tree of Swords and Jewels, created Arafel's Lament - which would perfectly fit late 3rd/early 4th age Middle Earth elves....
One of my TOR campaigns, players broke out into Arafell's Lament while approaching Rivendell.
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