re: #206 windsagio

also being evil LITERALLY turns you ugly.

Yes. Though that is a re: #214 JasonA

Descendants of the Numenor live longer. Aragorn’s in his 70’s or so during the trilogy.

Ok, so that fits. And Sam is a hero, yes, but what are his greatest qualities? He is very humble and completely loyal to Frodo. Pretty much what you want in a servant. Being a commoner, he is also not very clever. He even is shorter than Frodo, for crying out loud!