Ponderings about the fates of the Noldor, Galadriel and what it all meant.

[Amarie of the Vanyar]

I wonder how 'micro' a scale Eru and the Valar examined and followed each Elf, and Men and Hobbits furthermore, throughout history. It's interesting to consider; for instance were they aware of (and did they deem important) the deeds of the (arguably) secondary characters in the War of the Ring, such as Merry, Pippin, Faramir, Eomer and so on?

For me it is clear that Eru, and the Valar to some extent, are aware of the acts of every single elf, dwarf, man, ent, hobbit ...
As it is explained in the Osanwe Quenta, any knowledge of the future that an incarnate has got, must have been communicated to him by Eru (either directly or through the Valar). Therefore, the dream of Faramir (and Boromir) in which he is told to go to Rivendell, is actually a message from Eru / the Valar, who wanted him to go to Rivendel and help Frodo in his mission.

Having said this, and going back to the central topic of this thread, I think that the main reason for Galadriel to survive until the Third Age is that she still had to play a major role in the destruction of the One Ring [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Her mision in Middle Earth is not fulfilled until the One Ring and consequently Sauron are destroyed, and it is only at that very moment that she can finally depart from Middle Earth (not dying, but leaving Middle Earth).