Were there Elves in the Fourth Age?
The Fourth Age began once Sauron was vanquished and the One Ring destroyed. The Shire and the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor were restored. It marked the ascent of Men and the final diminishing of the Elves. Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, Bilbo and Frodo sailed for the Undying Lands, as had most Elves on Middle-earth.
What happened to the Elves at the end of Lord of the Rings?
After the destruction of the One Ring, the power of the Three Rings of the Elves ended and the Fourth Age, the Age of Men, began. Most Elves left for Valinor; those that remained in Middle-earth were doomed to a slow decline until, in the words of Galadriel, they faded and became a “rustic folk of dell and cave”.
What happened to Mordor in the 4th Age?
4th Age Mordor Doom blew ts top and preumably covered the place in ash, pyroclastic flows, lava, spikey rocks, bits of winged beast etc. The Towers of the Teeth collapsed at the destruction of the ring but don’t know about Cirith Ungol.
What happened to Rivendell in the Fourth Age?
Though Lothlorien is empty and abandoned by the time Aragorn and Arwen die, Rivendell stays (slightly) populated. Elrond’s two sons, Elladan and Elrohir, stay (though for how long is a mystery, since Tolkien never tells us if they choose mortality or immortality).
Was Legolas the last elf to leave Middle Earth?
ANSWER: No, according to J.R.R. Tolkien, some Elves [mostly (if not entirely all) East-elves (Wood-elves)] remain in Middle-earth. After Aragorn’s death Legolas built a ship and sailed over Sea, but Tolkien does not say whether Legolas took all his followers with him or if any remained behind.
What happened to the Elves after the Third Age?
By the end of the Third Age the Dominion of Men was at hand, and the elves who remained in Middle-earth dwindled and became a secret people. Yet in Eldamar the Eldar live nigh to the Valar until the End of the World.
Did Sam go to Valinor?
By special permission of the Valar, the Hobbits Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, and Samwise Gamgee were also permitted to go to Valinor, as they had once borne the One Ring of Sauron.
Are we in the 5th age?
Now, you may or may not know this guy (he’s Hesiod, a Greek author, by the way). In his work The Five Ages of Man, Hesiod describes five ages of man. Go figure. So the short answer is that we are the fifth age of man.
What happened to Rivendell after Lord of the Rings?
In the end, the Hobbits influenced the decision. Following the destruction of the One Ring at the end of the Third Age, Elrond’s ring lost its power, and Elrond, with many of his household, left Rivendell to sail for Valinor from the Grey Havens; this marked the start of the Fourth Age.
What happens to Rivendell after the Elves leave?
Once Elrond leaves with his ring, Rivendell will possibly hold up for a short time, and then will slowly start to decay, and likely, the decay will accelerate and soon Rivendell will be little different than the rest of the land surrounding it, being the Trollshaws.