While reading [this answer](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/149055/33591), I saw that it says:

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> > Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle Earth: The History of Galadriel and Celeborn
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Yet there is also this quote:

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> > As they came to the gates Círdan the Shipwright came forth to greet them. Very tall he was, and **his beard was long**...  
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> > Return of the King: The Grey Havens
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Emphasis mine

**How did Círdan have a beard**?