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Originally Posted by Gorthaur the Cruel
And if the loss of Galadriel's influence weighed heavily on them, why would they not follow Celeborn (who would probably rule like Galadriel), and they tranfer over to Amon Lanc and to Thranduil's kingdom (lesser than their culture)? Yet some elves still lived in Rivendell. Did they (those of Rivendell) not feel as much loss after the departure of Elrond? Or was it because Galadriel seemed to use the full powers of her ring, Nenya, that it had some profound effect on the Galadhrim compared to those in Rivendell (Elrond uses Vilya conservatively or that he couldn't tap Vilya's full power like Galadriel can with Nenya)?
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Personally, I see no reason why any of the people of Elrond would have wished to stay after the Third Age ended, unless it was due to an ideal of 'penance' of some sort. Perhaps those who remained still had a feeling of guilt for things they'd done long ago while following Fëanor. Actually, there seems to be some question as to whether or not any of them (not including the sons of Elrond)
did stay behind. I know there is a quote in the
Prologue which says that 'some of the High-elven folk' were still dweliing in Rivendell after Elrond left, but there's also this from
The Silmarillion:
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....the power of the Three Rings also was ended, and to the Firstborn the world grew old and grey. In that time the last of the Noldor set sail from the Havens and left Middle-earth for ever.
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Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
I don't know which is the 'true' version, but I think there's room for debate anyway.
Regardless, I don't think you can put the Noldor and the Lórien elves in the same boat (no pun intended
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When I said the Galdhrim likely went to Mirkwood, I was including Celeborn's East Lórien there. Once he deserted them, why wouldn't they have stayed in Mirkwood? They had kinsfolk who spoke their language, a Sindarin king, and they weren't bound to hang around in Lórien and watch it decay.