Elena Tiriel
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40115
12 Apr 05 5:00 PM
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40113
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So am I correct when I assume that we have no cannonical idea how old Grima is?
Yes, that's correct. The only genealogical information we have for him is that he is the son of Gálmód, whom we also know nothing about.
We do know that he maneuvered himself into an influential position with Théoden in 3014, possibly beginning even before then. (See the Resource Library entries:
Théoden's health begins to fail and
Gríma Wormtongue gains evil influence as Théoden's counsellor for details.)
I myself would put him younger than Theoden, but older than Theodred. Does that sound logical?
Seems reasonable to me. To gain credibility, a counselor is likely to be older than the son of the counselee. And if Gríma were as old as Théoden, I believe that he would have been less vulnerable to being corrupted by Saruman (purely speculation, of course...)
- Barbara
