What happens to Elves in Valinor?

On the continent of Aman, the elves and the Valar founded a nation called Valinor. When elves die, their spirits travel to the Halls, where they rest for a time as disembodied shades. Most of them are then returned to corporeal form and rejoin all the other elves living in Valinor.

What happened to the Elves after the War of the Ring?

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”.

Do Elves live forever in Valinor?

The realm contains the magical land of Valinor, the ancestral home of the Valar. Elves also live alongside the Valar in the mystical Undying Lands, but unlike their human, hobbit, and dwarf friends, they never die. Both the Valar and the Elves are immortal beings, hence the name, The Undying Lands.

Why did the wood Elves leave?

The elves were leaving Middle Earth because their race was fading. They felt their power diminishing and felt the call of the undying lands.

What happened to Thranduil in the end?

After the fall of Sauron, Thranduil fixed the southern boundary of his realm as the Mountains of Mirkwood, and his realm flourished well into the Fourth Age. He may have stayed on as the king of the Great Forest or left Middle-earth and departed to the Undying Lands.

Do elves eat meat LOTR?

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth most Elves eat meat. The only Elves specifically said to be vegetarians were the Green-elves of Ossiriand. In Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth, it’s hard to find an Elf willing to eat meat.

Where do the elves go at the end of Lord of the Rings?

Where do the elves go at the end of Lord of the Rings? All of the ring bearers left Middle-earth; Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond, Bilbo, Frodo, and even Sam after his children were grown and Rosie passed away. The characters you mention are accompanying the elves – Galadriel, et al. – back to Valinor, the Undying Lands, across the sea to the west.

What happens to Elves when they die in The Hobbit?

When elves die, their spirits travel to the Halls, where they rest for a time as disembodied shades. Most of them are then returned to corporeal form and rejoin all the other elves living in Valinor. Image: New Line Cinema

What is Valinor in Middle-earth?

On the continent of Aman, the elves and the Valar founded a nation called Valinor. Valinor is Asgard, and it is Valhalla; it is Heaven, and it is, in some ways, Eden. And within Valinor is the domain of Mandos, Middle-earth’s god of the afterlife.

Where did Galadriel go with the Elves?

The characters you mention are accompanying the elves – Galadriel, et al. – back to Valinor, the Undying Lands, across the sea to the west. Click to see full answer.