Elven Customs Regarding Marriage and Consent

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An exploration of Elven nature concerning the rejection of forced unions.

Elven Customs Regarding Marriage and Consent

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The Nature of Elven Union

There is no record of Elves taking a daughter by force, as such actions were entirely contrary to their nature. Any individual subjected to such coercion would reject their bodily life and pass on to Mandos.

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 there is no record of any among the Elves that took another’s daughter by force; for this was wholly against their nature, and one so forced would have rejected bodily life and passed to Mandos.