Not a few of these people left the Journey and remained in Middle-earth. The Teleri, led by Elwë and his brother Olwë, were the greatest host, and many were uncertain and doubtful. The Vanyar were the least numerous, and the most eager to reach Aman, and they came first on the Journey, followed by the Noldor of Finwë. Oromë led the peoples of the Three Kindreds out of the east of Middle-earth. Not all the Elves obeyed the summons those who refused are known as Avari, the Unwilling. These were the peoples later known as the Three Kindreds, the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri. The followers of Ingwë, and most of the peoples of Finwë and Elwë agreed, and they set out on the Great Journey westwards across the wide lands of Middle-earth. These three were filled with awe by what they saw there, and by the Light of the Two Trees, and counselled their people to follow the summons. Three ambassadors were chosen, Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë, to travel to Aman with Oromë, and help the Elves decide on their course. When he returned, though, he found that the Elves feared the Valar, and were reluctant to make the journey. It was decided to bring them to the land of the Valar, and Oromë was sent back to Cuiviénen to summon them. The Great JourneyĪfter the defeat of Melkor, the Valar debated the fate of the Elves - whether they should be left to dwell in Middle-earth, or brought to Valinor to be kept under the direct protection of the Valar. Because of the horrors of Melkor, many of the Elves were at first suspicious of the Vala, but (after briefly returning to Valinor to tell the other Valar of his discovery) he remained with them and protected them for a time.Ĭoncerned for the safety of the Elves in Middle-earth, which was at that time under the control of Melkor, the Valar left Valinor and made war against the Dark Lord: this was the Battle of the Powers, which saw Melkor taken as captive back to Valinor. He named them Eldar, the People of the Stars, but the Elves' own name for their kind was Quendi, those who speak with voices. ![]() The Valar discovered that the Elves had awoken when Oromë, hunting in the lands of Middle-earth, heard their singing voices. ![]() It is known that many of the ancient Elves were captured by Melkor and imprisoned in Utumno - it is generally thought that these hapless beings were the origins of the race of Orcs. How long they existed in this perilous and unprotected state is not known, but the legends of those times, of the Hunter and of a dark Rider, were preserved in Valinor by the Eldar that came there. The Valar at first knew nothing of their coming, but they were soon discovered by the spies of Melkor, who sent his creatures to watch them and harass them. In the far eastern land of Cuiviénen, on the shores of the Inland Sea of Helcar and beneath the mountains of the Orocarni, the Elves awoke under the starlight of the Years of the Trees. Unlike Men, the Elves were not subject to illness or death, and at the time of the Lord of the Rings, there were still at least two Elves in Aman who had awoken by Cuiviénen in the first days: Ingwë, Lord of the Vanyar, and Olwë, brother of King Elu Thingol. The first Elves awoke by Cuiviénen, the Water of Awakening in the far east of Middle-earth, long Ages before the first rising of the Sun or Moon.
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