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Selmo · 12-03-2002, 10:10 AM

The Noldor in the Third Age are described as having a distinctive light in their eyes, though nothing like the power they had during the First Battle against Morgoth.

Is this diminution the most obvious sign of the "fading" of the Elves?

I doubt that it could be re-kindled. The light in their eyes was connected with the light of the Two Trees that are now gone.
Perhaps this is why the returning Exiles settled in Tol Eressea rather than Valinor. They didn't want to live alongside the Vanyar, who had "faded" very little; a constant reminder of what they had lost.

[ December 03, 2002: Message edited by: Selmo ]

12-03-2002, 10:10 AM	#2
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	The Noldor in the Third Age are described as having a distinctive light in their eyes, though nothing like the power they had during the First Battle against Morgoth. Is this diminution the most obvious sign of the "fading" of the Elves? I doubt that it could be re-kindled. The light in their eyes was connected with the light of the Two Trees that are now gone. Perhaps this is why the returning Exiles settled in Tol Eressea rather than Valinor. They didn't want to live alongside the Vanyar, who had "faded" very little; a constant reminder of what they had lost. [ December 03, 2002: Message edited by: Selmo ]