![]() The common misconception is that Valinor is a kind of heaven for everyone in Middle-earth but only elves and a select few are permitted to spend the rest of their lives there. It is a paradise with no pain or suffering. This language is eventually used in Peter Jackson's film version during the song "Into the West." Both Peter Jackson in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the "The Rings of Power" creators reflect Valinor's immaculate beauty in their cinematography of shining, golden hues. Valinor is a mix between Mount Olympus and the Garden of Eden, the home of Middle-earth's godlike beings and the immortal elves. the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise." "Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. Nevertheless, with the defeat of Sauron, most of the Elves have already departed and Galadriel would see no point in remaining when she can leave to be with her people, especially as Middle Earth no longer needs her to protect the lands west of Lórien from Sauron, so Galadriel I think always intended to leave as she knew she could not withstand Sauron and with his defeat she was free to be with her people again in the Undying Lands.In "The Return of the King" novel, Tolkien depicts Frodo's experience in Valinor: ![]() ![]() In fact Frodo himself begins to doubt that he and Sam will survive, and it's only really Sam who has enough faith that they accomplish their task. Hardly any expected Frodo to achieve what he managed even though they had hope, they doubted he would return. You have to appreciate that the task Frodo is sent to do, most of the free peoples believe to be suicide. With that knowledge, I think they planned to leave regardless, but stayed longer than most because they could probably hold off Sauron for a short time while the remainder of their people attempted to escape. Elrond mentions to Gandalf there is no strength left in the Elves to stem the darkness. (The Grey Havens, although having an Elven population, was far smaller in comparison and most would leave before and during the War of the Ring.) Galadriel herself is probably one of the last of the strongest Elven bloodlines and one of the most powerful characters in Middle Earth at that time but, having confronted the Necromancer and barely defeated him, she knows that if Sauron defeated the free peoples then she could not defend the Elves with her magic. Elrond ruled over the last highly populated realm west of the Misty Mountains. With their population significantly lessened and their lack of stemming the slow decay of their influence following the death of Gil Galad would have given most Elves reason to leave.Įregion, the country where the Noldor (Galadriel's people) had concentrated in the Second Age, had by the time of LOTR fallen into decay and been abandoned. The prosperity of the men in the following years, while there was still a High King of those realms, signified to most of the Eldar that their time in Middle Earth would soon be at an end, especially as much of their own realms had been lost even before Sauron came to power, such as Gondolin. At the time of the Lord of the Rings, more and more of the Elven population of Middle Earth have decided to return to the Undying Lands, due in part to the original rise of Sauron from which they endured heavy casualties but could not quite recover as the men of Gondor and Arnor did. ![]()
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