No it states that he was one of the kings of Numenor who laid down there lives when they grew weary of the world.

That is true, Aule, and in the grand scheme of things I think that lineage is of more importance that their elven blood.

there all the children of the Eru whether Ainur, Elves or Human. It doesn't matter where there blood comes from. The Valar apart from Melkor didn't really live as non of them feared any thing!

They were all created by the Eru's thought, even the Dwarves, Ents, Orcs and such like being that he knows everything that is, has and will happen. All his children were powerful in their own right, however only Melkor and possibly Sauron learned to live because of the fact they learned to fear for them selves, therefore being able to embrace life, or in their cases trying to either conqueor or destroy life in order to keep theirs safe. Otherwise do you think when Sauron was destroyed for the last time he would have gone to Aman to beg for his spirit, do you think Morgorth would have feigned rehabilitation in order to be freed of bondage. No they wouldn't. The fact that the Elves join the Ainur at the end and the fact that they can out preform the Ainur in some areas shows that they are just as equal and this is the reason the Elves did not worship the Ainur as gods. The Humans have a different fate set aside for them, that all the elves and even the ainur fear and envy, making them also just as powertful as the Ainur and Elves, it was only through the corruption of Morgorth towards Humans that they began to fear this blessing and begin to worship the Ainur and to a lesser extent the Elves as gods or holy beings, because they had developed a fear of death!

Yes now that you mentioned it , the elves and the Ainur cosidered death was a gift given to Men by Eru , and elves always envied men for that gift, while men envied elves for their imortality, or so it seemed that they were imortal because they weren't, they aged very slowly together with Arda

Well consider this Loni:

The gift of men makes you wanna live life to the fullest: you get the best out of it. Short, but well lived.
The elves have mortality so basically they see the worlds around them change and even decline.

From the Letters of Tolkien 113:

.. we see a sort of second fall or at least 'error' of the Elves. There was nothing wrong essentially in their lingering against council, still sadly with the mortal lands of their heroic deeds. But they wanted to have their cake without eating it. They wanted the 'peace' and bliss and perfect memory of the West, and yet to remain on the ordinary world where their prestige as the highest people, above wild Elves, dwarves, and Men, was greater at the bottom of the hierarchy of Valinor. They
thus became obsessed with 'fading', the mode in which the changes of time (the law of the world under the sun) was perceived by them. They became sad, and their art (shall we say) antiquarian, and their efforts all really a kind of embalming - even though they also retained the old motive of their kind, the adonment of earth, and the healing of its hurts.

And in letter 144:

But I suppose that the Quendi (other word for Elves S.) are in fact in these hisories very little akin to the Elves and Fairies of Europe; and if I were pressed to rationalize, I should say that they represent really men with greatly enhanced aesthetic and creative functions, greater beauty and long life, and nobility - the Elder children (of Illuvatar S.), doomed to fade before the Followers (Men), and to live ultimately only by the thin line of their blood that was mingled with that of Men, among whom it was the only real claim to 'nobility'.

Nah, I'd rather have the gift of Death then the fate of the Elves. Being an Edain just sounds and feels more fun!

It's funny you say that Amie, not that I disagree with you. I don't want to live forever either. But, I always wondered about those old fashioned bad guys from fantasy tales "Muhahahaha, I'm going to be immortal"!! Sheeesh!!

Mmm the Kings Men at N’menor? Ar-Pharaz’n and his fools errand? They wanted to be Edain and yet claim immortality. Ah no, men have tried, but got punished.

I believe that the strongest message in all of Tolkien's work is that of Death and Man's innate fear of it and where that fear originally came from.  Anyone who knows anything about the Prof's early life knows that Death played a huge part in it.  Whether untimely family misfortune or the hideous 1st World War and then the 2nd, JRRT was surrounded by Death in a way that few of us will ever know.  I see an amazing message in his examples of how Melkor poisoned the minds of Men in many areas, but especially about Death.  One of my favourite lines from the Prof concerns the evils of Melkor (paraphrased) " He who sews lies shall not want of a harvest" And despite Melkor's demise his harvest went on to grow and bloom through Sauron and on and on until modern days.  Most of us are terrified of Death, even in modern times yet hope remains for those who realise that the natural cycle of life goes on and we are all part of it.  So let’s make the most of life with love and understanding of others.

I think that this undeveloped story could have been one of Tolkien's greatest masterpieces, right alongside tales like that of Beren and Luthien.  It's a shame that he never finished it.  As to what happened to Aldarion, I like to think that he eventually reconciled with his wife and they lived happily ever after.  But of course, I suppose that's just wishful thinking, and far too easy of a solution.

I agree, Kyelek. I liked the story of Aldarion and Erendis and I'd love to read the full ending - as detailed as at least some parts of the story. I find this particular story quite fresh - the character of Erendis is unlike any other female characters from Tolkien's universe I read about. And of course the place of the events is unique.