That depends on what you consider common, I suppose. [ he says slowly ]
There are cycles, I suppose, of war and peace... it seems they run slower, of late, but that may be because I spend little time with Men, these days. Certainly, when we came to Middle-earth in the First Age, we came for war, and war we had, e'en with long stretches of quiet in between - the Long Peace lasted near 195 years. The Second Age too, had much conflict, but I would say the periods of quiet were longer. This Third Age has had few great battles to span across all of Middle-earth, so in that sense, there is more peace, but if Men are skirmishing amongst themselves I know not.
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That depends on what you consider common, I suppose. [ he says slowly ]
There are cycles, I suppose, of war and peace... it seems they run slower, of late, but that may be because I spend little time with Men, these days. Certainly, when we came to Middle-earth in the First Age, we came for war, and war we had, e'en with long stretches of quiet in between - the Long Peace lasted near 195 years. The Second Age too, had much conflict, but I would say the periods of quiet were longer. This Third Age has had few great battles to span across all of Middle-earth, so in that sense, there is more peace, but if Men are skirmishing amongst themselves I know not.