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This category lists the Grey Elves or Sindar from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.. This includes all the Eldar who originally left for Valinor, but never crossed Belegaer: they became the Grey Elves of Beleriand.
Valinor (Quenya: Land of the Valar) or the Blessed Realm is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the home of the immortal Valar on the continent of Aman, far to the west of Middle-earth; he used the name Aman mainly to mean Valinor.
The Quendi are sundered after the awakening and many sub-groups appear. The First Sundering occurrs when some left Middle-earth to live in the blessed realm of Valinor, while others stayed behind. This produces the Eldar, who accept the call to come to Valinor, and the Avari, who refuse the great journey.
The framework for J. R. R. Tolkien's conception of his Elves, and many points of detail in his portrayal of them, is thought by Haukur Þorgeirsson to have come from the survey of folklore and early modern scholarship about elves (álfar) in Icelandic tradition in the introduction to Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri ('Icelandic legends and fairy tales').
The Eldar are those who accepted the summons. Their name, literally Star People, was given to them by Oromë, in their own language, Primitive Quendian. [4] [5] The Avari are those who refused the summons. [5] Half of the Avari (the "refusers") [6] came from the largest tribe, the Nelyar, but most of the Nelyar went on the journey. [a] [T 1]
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Lothlórien or Lórien is the fairest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth during the Third Age.It is ruled by Galadriel and Celeborn from their city of tree houses at Caras Galadhon.
Among the wisest of the Noldor is Rúmil, creator of the first writing system, Sarati, and author of many books of lore. [6] Fëanor, son of Finwë and Míriel, is the greatest of their craftsmen, "mightiest in skill of word and of hand", [T 3] and creator of the Silmarils. Fëanor also devised the Tengwar script. [6]
Three years later, at the approximate age of 6,520, Elrond left Middle-earth to go over the Sea with Gandalf, Galadriel, Frodo, and Bilbo, never to return. Tolkien said that "after the destruction of the Ruling Ring the Three Rings of the Eldar lost their virtue. Then Elrond prepared at last to depart from Middle-earth and follow Celebrían."