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.
Elves can linger in the Halls of Mandos as long as they want. If they choose to reenter the world they are not resurrected. They are born anew. They would be born without memories of their previous life.
After the destruction of the One Ring, the power of the Three Rings of the Elves ended and the Fourth Age, the Age of Men, began. Most Elves left for Valinor; those that remained in Middle-earth were doomed to a slow decline until, in the words of Galadriel, they faded and became a "rustic folk of dell and cave".
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.
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Why was Aragorn not allowed in the Undying Lands?
Men were never allowed to enter the Undying Lands after the fall of Numenor and any attempts to reach the lands would result in failure or disaster. Aragorn, despite his heroic deeds, likely wouldn't have accepted an invitation to ensure his duties as king.
Elrond departed the valley of Rivendell in TA 3021, marking the end of the Third Age. Afterward, Rivendell was for a time the dwelling place of his sons Elladan and Elrohir and also of Celeborn. It is untold when the valley was finally abandoned.
After the death of King Elessar, Legolas made a ship in Ithilien, and through Anduin, he left Middle-earth to go over the sea. His strong friendship with Gimli prompted him to invite Gimli to go to the Undying Lands; making him the first and only Dwarf to do so.
It has come to my attention that many people who read the books or watch The Lord of the Rings films assume that Frodo, once arrived in the Undying Lands, is granted immortality. I mean, it does say “undying”. Unfortunately, as you've probably guessed, that's not the case.
Gandalf is "sent back" as Gandalf the White, and returns to life on the mountain top. Gwaihir carries him to Lothlórien, where he is healed of his injuries and re-clothed in white robes by Galadriel. He travels to Fangorn Forest, where he encounters Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas (who are tracking Merry and Pippin).
Galadriel is one of the Calaquendi, meaning "Elves of the Light" in Quenya. Some of the earliest Elves to come into existence, the Calaquendi dwelt in Valinor with the gods during the halcyon Years of the Trees, which predate even the First Age of Middle-earth.
The oldest elf in LoTR is Círdan the Shipwright, the oldest Elf still remaining in Middle-Earth, who appears at the end of Return of the King to sail to Valinor.
The Lord of the Rings films showed Arwen (Liv Tyler) dying due to her connection to the One Ring. The closer Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) get to Mount Doom, the closer she gets to death.
Originally Answered: LOTR: why can elves go to Valinor, and not humans? Because Men are closely tied to Melkor. The Valar identify much more closely with the Elves than with Men. The Elves, like the Valar, are immortal.
At that time, Círdan would abandon the Grey Havens and finally travel the Straight Road himself. On some unknown date, he sailed west aboard the Last Ship with his kinsman Celeborn, but when he did so, he took with him the last living memory of the Elder Days in Middle-earth.
Only Elves and those deemed worthy (like Gandalf and Frodo) could sail to the Undying Lands. And by choosing to stay with Aragorn, she was forgoing her place on the boats and binding herself to the realm of men, thus becoming mortal.
Though Gimli has no children, he is not the last Dwarf of Middle-earth. After the fall of Sauron, his people continued to thrive in the Lonely Mountain. Gimli made his home in Rohan, in the Glittering Caves of Aglarond, and many of his kinsfolk came with him.
Legolas does not marry or have any children, based on the appendix of The Lord of the Rings. Regardless of who his mother was, Legolas is the last of his line. When he sails into the West at the beginning of the Fourth Age, he leaves no family members behind.
Yes. In appendix B of the Return of the King, there is a chronology of some events that took place after the story, and that includes a few times Sam, Merry, and Pippin met Aragorn.
No, Legolas was a Silvan Elf whereas Galadriel was Noldorin. It is possible that Legolas was related to some of the Elves of Lothlorien, but not to Galadriel.
What happened to the dwarves after the Elves left?
None sailed into the West, as Gimli is the only Dwarf known to have been given passage by the Elves. But those left in Middle-earth would slowly become the last of their kind. In Tolkien's Unfinished Tales, he wrote that King Durin VII the Last retook Khazad-dum and then restored it to the great kingdom it once was.
Of course, there's another big reason why Galadriel might not have attended the Council: she simply might not have been ordained to. While Jackson's film changes the Council of Elrond to make it look like a pre-arranged meeting, in the book it was a seemingly random assembly.
Elrond was a Peredhil,a half elven,with Noldorin and Vanyar blood from Idril daughter of Turgon who was a Noldor with a Vanyar mother,and Sundar blood from Elu Thingol of Doriath,and Mannish blood from the 3 houses of Edain:from Beren through Dior and from the houses of Hador and Haleth through Thor son of Huor of the ...
