But the thing is, how do we know that Imladris had a smaller population? Just because it took up less land doesn't mean that it contained less people. Imladris could have had a very high population density, whereas Lothlorien had a very low population density.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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