Tween characters?

[Snaga]

A Tolkien thread!!! Yay!!!:D

So which characters are most tween-like? Which characters make you think 'Periaur'?

Pippin is an actual tween... he hasnt yet come of age as a hobbit. There arent too many other young adult characters... perhaps Eowyn, Merry... maybe Gimli? How old is he in dwarf terms??

[Aulë]

Ages of the Fellowship of the Ring:

Aragorn Elessar was born in the year 2931 of the Third Age;
He was aged 87 at the Council of Elrond;
He died in the year 120 of the Fourth Age, aged 210.

Boromir was born in the year 2978 of the Third Age;
He was aged 40 at the Council of Elrond;
He died in the year 3019 of the Third Age, aged 41.

Frodo Baggins was born in the year 2968 of the Third Age;
He was aged 50 at the Council of Elrond;
He left Middle Earth in the year 3021 of the Third Age, aged 53.

Gandalf: It is unknown how old Gandalf is, but it is presumed that he was
present at the Ainulindalë;
He arrived in Middle Earth about 1000 years into the Third Age;
He left Middle Earth in the year 3021 of the Third Age.

Gimli Elf-friend was born in the year 2879 of the Third Age;
He was aged 139 at the Council of Elrond;
And left Middle Earth with Legolas in the Year 120 of the Fourth Age, aged
262.

Legolas Greenleaf: It is unknown exactly how old Legolas is, but he was
born sometime near the beginning of the Third Age;
He left Middle Earth in the year 120 of the Fourth Age with Gimli
Elf-friend.

Meriadoc Brandybuck was born in the year 2982 of the Third Age;
He was aged 36 at the Council of Elrond;
He died in approximately the year 70 of the Fourth Age, aged about 109.

Peregrin Took was born in the year 2990 of the Third Age;
He was aged 28 at the Council of Elrond;
He died in approximately the year 70 of the Fourth Age, aged about 101.

Samwise Gamgee was born in the year 2980 of the Third Age;
He was aged 38 at the Council of Elrond;
He left Middle Earth in the year 63 of the Fourth Age, aged 104.


So out of the FoN, only Pippin, and maybe Merry and Sam could be considered 'young'.

Eowyn was aged 23 at the time of the Council of Elrond, so she could also be considered young, along with Bergil, son of Beregond, who was aged only 10.

Other Tweens outside the LotR could be:
-Dain II Ironfoot, who slew Azog at the entrance of Moria in the Battle of Nanduhirion. He was only 32 years old at the time.
-Fili and Kili, who went with Bilbo on his journey to Erebor. They were only 82 and 77 years old respectively.
-Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen, the children on Elrond. In terms of Elves, one could consider them to be young. Elladan and Elrohir were 2,889, and Arwen was aged 2,778 at the Downfall of Barad-dûr.


I suppose that there are a few 'young'uns' in The Sil too? I can't think of any off the top of my head, but there must be a few.

[Snaga]

Thanks Aule ... that's a pretty impressive piece of research.:)

I think the First Age would be harder to get 'authorative' ages for characters. Also the tales tend to be more like 'sagas' so for example Turin starts off as a teen, goes to Doriath and spends his tween years there. Then he exiles himself and the story takes further years to progress to his eventual death when he appears to be middle aged.

I think of Beren as being quite young at the time he meets Luthien, but maybe I'm wrong.:confused: