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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 47745" data-attributes="member: 363">Personally, I've always assumed that ALL the Elves didn't leave Middle Earth. The Silvan Elves, for example, seemed much more inclined to stay in their forests - like Greenwood the Great - rather than go sailing. I think going over the sea was more a Noldor/Sindar thing.At least, that's my take on it.By the time of the second or third century of the 4th Age, I'd say that Greenwood (Mirkwood renamed, remember) would be the last bastion of the Elves in Middle Earth. Thranduil would likely still remain, despite the departure of Legolas; Thranduil always struck me as the kind of guy who'd want to be king of his own realm.Ithilien would have a rarely-seen but influential Elven population. It was a beautiful place, even during the Sauron's reign nearby, and I doubt the Elves would up and abandon it after helping reclaim it.So, there would still be Elves in Middle Earth. Now, if you're talking about some of the Noldor or Sindar returning, I suppose it could happen. Perhaps a few would miss their Silvan cousins, and return to help bolster their realms. There actually may still be a few of the great Elves of the First Age wandering far to the East, lingering in hopes of rediscovering Cuivienen. Maglor, perhaps still tormented by his crimes of the First Age, haunts hidden forests and glades, forever searching the stars for the Silmaril he threw away. Maybe he would finally come out of his tortured reverie, and try to make amends to Elrond - and thus to Elwing - and reopen the Last Homely House.Anything is possible.</blockquote>

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