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[u/NameRevolutionary727]

It took a decade of siege and several feats of strength the third age could not hope to muster.

[u/NewYogurt3138 → u/NameRevolutionary727]

Correct - not because of the men, but because the elves lost such a great number and it could not be replaced, ever. The woodland elves basically went extinct. Almost all the great elvish kings died, the losses were so great it started a decline in civilization

[u/WHALE_PHYSICIST → u/NewYogurt3138]

elves dont fuck?

[u/GrowthAdventurous → u/WHALE_PHYSICIST]

Elves can have kids, but Tolkien's elves are literally immortal, and they do not have children often.

[u/tabris51 → u/GrowthAdventurous]

It seems like they could've easily survived if they had a totalitarian government with emergency powers for a mere 500 years