Why Do We Know So Little About Tolkien’s Most Impressive Heroes?

Update: 2025-06-09

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I mentioned in a recent video about Earendil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM6enxxfj4c) that there seems to be a pattern of Tolkien writing impressive heroes but not actually giving us details on why they’re impressive. Let’s look at that in a bit more detail.

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