Did the Valar make a huge mistake?

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Re: Did the Valar make a huge mistake?

No, I don't think they did.
The Elves, stuck by the bay of Helcar and hemmed there by Morgoth, were neither enriching Middle-Earth nor acheiving anything. The Valar spread them right accross Middle-Earth when they summoned the Eldar to Valinor, and in so doing allowed the Elves to work their healing powers on the land.

Caliquendi, the elves that reached Valinor, were twice as powerful as Moriquendi, the Elves that never made it (with the exception of the Sindar of Beleriand, who drew close; and even then they would not have without the teaching of the Valar-educated Noldor). Without the Valar, all Elves would be Avari; rustic folk that would have dwindled quickly in the First Age and had no hope of ever defeating Morgoth.

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