Sons of Tuor

[monkey10120]

In the last part of chapter 12: of Men, the last paragraph speaks about Tuor's 3 sons. But however i looked them up on Tolkien's Gateway, and their birth isn't till 500 years after the rising of the sun.

Why are these people mentioned so early in the book?

[Varnafindë]

This is a paragraph which looks forward into the future, before the story goes back to the normal narrative - that's probably why characters who will become prominent in the future are named in it.

Not sure who you mean by Tuor's three sons - he didn't have three sons, just one, and I don't see him mentioned in that paragraph either.

His son, daughter-in-law and grandchild are mentioned, though.

[monkey10120]

oh i didn't look at the family tree but i thought it was his sons.
thanks tho

[DARKastheRAIN]

lol. I was about to say, 'Tour had three sons! That's news to me!"

[Belwen_of_nargothrond]

Since when did Tuor have 3 sons? Him and Idril only had the one and that was Earendil, the father of Elrond and Elros at least to my knowledge.

[Varnafindë]

Yes, we told the thread-starter that. You're quite right about his only son being Eärendil.