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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc
Well, if you ask me, I'd think that for example when Melian, as you say, protected Doriath, there was nothing that would need to rejuvenate, because nothing could be harmed.
But most importantly, I think actually in the 1st age the Rings were already not needed. The Firstborn were strong and the world didn't yet start to fade, so there was no need to rejuvenate anything. Remember Treebeard's words and his song about the forests he visited, for example. All the big losses came with the end of the 1st Age, when all of the wonderful lands of Beleriand was lost. And then, the Rings were able to bring back some memory of Doriath, Gondolin... in Laurelindórenan and Rivendell.
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The doom of Mandos was already set in motion, and everything east under the sun must dwindle and decay. So why would you say Doriath couldn't be harmed? Well of course it couldn't be harmed by its adversaries but it never states that it was an ageless land without stain -- just that evil things did not come there while the girlde lasted. Maybe during the starlit years but under the moon and sun, the east was to decay.