Well, no one knows what the Great End is going to be like, so perhaps the Elven loremasters weren't talking about that. Until the Great End, which would be a very long time, the fates of the departed Elves and Men would remain separate. No one knew how long their world would endure, so it was difficult to pinpoint when the Great End would be, and say, "This is when Elves and Men shall reunite... blah blah blah."
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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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