After this failure, Morgoth took to capturing what Elves he could, breaking them with the power of his will and chaining their lives to his. These Elves became his spies among the Ñoldor, and they kept him appraised of the movements and plans of his enemies.
Melkor is renamed "Morgoth" when he destroys the Two Trees of Valinor, murders Finwë, the High King of the Noldor Elves, and steals the Silmarils in the First Age.
Darkening of Valinor was the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor, by Morgoth and Ungoliant in Y.T. 1495. The five Valian Years between the Darkening and the rising of the Sun was known as the Long Night.
What Happens When Elves Leave Middle-earth For Valinor. Once an Elf is granted passage from the Grey Havens to Valinor, they sail across the Sundering Seas and enter the Undying Lands, never to return to Middle-earth. Valinor is its own sort of heaven, an eternal land of paradise for Elves to live among the gods.
Why did the Elves stay in Middle-earth after defeating Morgoth?
After Morgoth's defeat, the Elves remained in Middle-earth for two reasons — to remain vigilant over the Men whose ancestors aided Morgoth and to hunt down his servant Sauron. The latter had not been seen in years, and many believed he was no longer a threat.
Aragorn vs Sauron unreleased scene (better quality) - edited
Why can't Elves come back from Valinor?
Certain Elves were once cursed by Doom of Mandos preventing them from returning to Valinor, including Galadriel. According to the lore, the curse would have been lifted by Middle Earth and they could return if they had nothing left holding them in Middle Earth.
Although in the latest version of the story, Galadriel's story changed significantly, far from joining Fëanor's rebellion, she opposed him in nearly everything. And that she wished to leave Valinor and go to the vast world of Middle-earth, to give free rein there to her talents.
No, Galadriel / Artanis was not the last surviving elf born in Aman. Her cousin and kinslayer, prince Maglor(1), was born in Valinor too, if you go strictly by the people who survived all ages of Middle-earth and did not die and subsequently go to Halls of Mandos.
Yet no mortal can survive forever. And after their marriage, both Aragorn and Arwen are mortal. Arwen, therefore, could not set foot in the Undying Lands without special permission. And she wouldn't be likely to go after it in the end.
Spirits of dead Elves go to the Halls of Mandos in Valinor, a sort of Earthly Paradise, for an afterlife. After a period of rest that serves as "cleansing", their spirits are clothed in bodies identical to their old ones.
He will fight in the Last Battle against the Valar and their allies, but will ultimately be slain by Túrin Turambar, the Man he cursed. By finally defeating Morgoth, Túrin will avenge not only himself, but all members of the race of Men.
The ship passed west upon the sea, and then took the hidden straight path to Valinor. Gandalf became Olórin once more. There, presumably, he dwells still in the gardens of Irmo.
Defeated by the Host of Valinor in the War of Wrath, Morgoth was banished from Middle-earth into the Timeless Void, though it was prophesied that he would one day return.
Like the devil, Morgoth was one of the first children created by the God of Tolkien's world, but succumbed to jealousy and greed, especially over the creation of other races, and was duly disowned by his fellow Valar.
In the end Tolkien stated that there were probably "at most" seven Balrogs: In the margin my father wrote: 'There should not be supposed more than say 3 or at most 7 ever existed. '
Fingolfin, receiving false news, rode alone to Angband and challenged Morgoth to single combat. He wounded Morgoth several times, but grew weary and was killed by the immortal Vala. Fingolfin has inspired artists, musicians and video game designers to create depictions of his deeds.
When a mortal being dies, whether in Middle-earth or Aman, their soul also wanders the Halls of Mandos. But, after their time is done there, they go on to an afterlife that is only known of by Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of Middle-earth and principal god in The Lord of the Rings canon. Valinor doesn't grant immortality.
By special permission of the Valar, the Hobbits Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, and Samwise Gamgee were also permitted to go to Valinor, as they had once borne the One Ring of Sauron. Later, after the death of Aragorn, Legolas the Elf would sail to Valinor and bring with him Gimli the Dwarf.
Being one of the chief leaders of the Noldorin rebellion, Galadriel was not allowed to return and a ban was set upon her, to which she replied that she had no wish to do so.
The majority of her powers come from her Ring of Power, Nenya, the Ring of Water. The ring, also known by the names the White Ring and the Ring of Adamant, is one of the three Rings of Power given to the Elves of Middle-earth in the Second Age.
Thus, Galadriel's dark form in Jackson's The Lord of the Rings personified what would have occurred had the Lady of Lothlorien given in to temptation and taken the One Ring for herself. She would have succumbed to evil because the Ring was indomitable, even with her power.
Because it would have been a massive plot hole that breaks the logic of the story. The Valar are orders of magnitude more powerful than Sauron, even at full potential just after his fall into the influence of Melkor, or any force Sauron could control.
All those Elves who never reached Valinor are "Dark Elves." In the First Age, the Sindar viewed the term "Moriquendi" as offensive, so the Noldorin Exiles gave the name Úmanyar ("Those not of Aman") to those who started the journey but did not finish it.
Saving Galadriel at sea was likely a method of gaining her trust, since Sauron would need an Elf's friendship to enter their realm. Whether he targeted Galadriel specifically because he could exploit her bloody-minded rage and broken heart is unclear.
