The Silmarillion Survivor

[Lalaith]

++Olwe.
What good were the Teleri when it came to looking after or even caring about the Trees?

They recked little of seasons or times, and gave no thought to the cares of the Rulers of Arda, or the shadow that had fallen on Valinor, for it had not touched them, as yet.

I bet if you vox-popped any passing elf on the streets of Alqualonde, s/he wouldn't even be able to tell you the *name* of one of the Trees, let alone how to take care of them. The feckless Teleri have been encouraged in their blinkered, parochial and downright selfish attitude by their leader. He has no place on Survivor, where pulling together counts for everything.