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Eruanna · 06-27-2003, 03:53 PM

Celeborn had never been to Valinor, unlike Galadriel who was born there. She knew where and what she was going back to, and now that the power of the Elven Rings had gone she realised that things would change in Middle Earth. As Elrond said, the time of the Elves was over.

Things had probably not changed very much in the Undying Lands, Galadriel would still be a powerful force among her people, even though the Valar would be "calling the shots", so to speak.

I think Celeborn's decision to stay was not only due to his attachment to the trees and forests that he knew, but also a reluctance to accept the changes he would have to make in order to "Sit at the Feet of the Valar". He was, after all, one of the Teleri who refused to make the first journey to Valinor when the call came. I always had the impression that Celeborn was not as impressed with the Valar as he might have been.

06-27-2003, 03:53 PM	#10
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	Celeborn had never been to Valinor, unlike Galadriel who was born there. She knew where and what she was going back to, and now that the power of the Elven Rings had gone she realised that things would change in Middle Earth. As Elrond said, the time of the Elves was over. Things had probably not changed very much in the Undying Lands, Galadriel would still be a powerful force among her people, even though the Valar would be "calling the shots", so to speak. I think Celeborn's decision to stay was not only due to his attachment to the trees and forests that he knew, but also a reluctance to accept the changes he would have to make in order to "Sit at the Feet of the Valar". He was, after all, one of the Teleri who refused to make the first journey to Valinor when the call came. I always had the impression that Celeborn was not as impressed with the Valar as he might have been. __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."