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Eruanna · 04-08-2003, 01:34 PM

I think it just means that the Elves grew weary of Middle Earth, it had become dull and grey and joyless for them. The rings and their keepers had gone to the Undying Lands and most of the Elves, who had not already left, went too.
Their immortality did not depend on any of the rings, it was a gift from Eru. The Firstborn were meant to live for as long as Arda existed.

Congrats on finishing The Silmarillion, by the way. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Nearly forgot your first point. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

In Unfinished Tales there is a section on the Istari. It says (among many things) that they were emissaries of the Valar, with high powers, sent to M.E. with Eru's permission, in order to resist Sauron. It follows then that they would be more powerful than the early Elves.

[ April 08, 2003: Message edited by: Eruanna ]

04-08-2003, 01:34 PM	#2
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	I think it just means that the Elves grew weary of Middle Earth, it had become dull and grey and joyless for them. The rings and their keepers had gone to the Undying Lands and most of the Elves, who had not already left, went too. Their immortality did not depend on any of the rings, it was a gift from Eru. The Firstborn were meant to live for as long as Arda existed. Congrats on finishing The Silmarillion, by the way. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Nearly forgot your first point. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] In Unfinished Tales there is a section on the Istari. It says (among many things) that they were emissaries of the Valar, with high powers, sent to M.E. with Eru's permission, in order to resist Sauron. It follows then that they would be more powerful than the early Elves. [ April 08, 2003: Message edited by: Eruanna ] __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."