That can be hard, when there is a gap. [ Maglor agrees ] Although it is a little different for us, for the Eldar do tend to prefer to wait until their children are almost grown before having the next, for the bearing and rearing of a child is quite wearying on the parents. My family is a little unusual in that respect, but even so, between Maedhros, the eldest, and the Ambarussa, the youngest, lie almost five hundred years.