Oh, and Tauriel's hair colour?
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tehta's hair dye theory, but for those convinced elves do not die dye I think the simplest answer is that she's one of the Avari and descended from the Second Clan, aka the proto-Noldor. Possibly one of her ancestors was a close relative of Mahtan. Possibly not. 'Rare' does not have to mean 'confined to one
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Nobody seems to have mentioned that PJ probably gave Tauriel a distinctive colouring because she and Legolas are in action scenes together and he wants viewers to be able to tell them apart when they do their crazy stunts. Maybe it is too obvious to mention...
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I think Tauriel's a Noldo, possibly born in Beleriand, who moved to Mirkwood after the death of Gil-Galad. She was at the Dagorlad, and just never returned to Lindon.
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