What happened to Avari Elves?
It is believed that some of the Avari were corrupted by Melkor (or had become evil and savage in the wild) in ancient days to become the progenitors of the race of Orcs. Over time, many Avari wandered westwards. Some mingled with the Nandor of the Vales of Anduin, and others entered Eriador.
Were there Elves in the east of Middle-earth?
Yes, there were certainly Elf communities of some form east of Middle-earth at the beginning of the Fourth Age, although no word of their existence has come down to us through the writings of the High-Elves of the West, as captured in the Red Book of Westmarch and the eventual translation thereof by John Ronald Reuel …
Do Elves live among us?
They do still live among us, but like hobbits, they are becoming rare and hard to find, and they avoid us with dismay. The whole source of Tolkien’s early notions about Elves was rural tales of people in England who claimed to have glimpsed an Elf, perhaps while they were alone in the woods at twilight.
Are there dark Elves in Tolkien?
The Moriquendi (singular Moriquendë; also named the Lembi, Hisildi, and Kaliondi) were the Elves of Darkness: those who did not embark on the journey over the sea to Aman and behold the light of the Two Trees of Valinor.
Did Tolkien mean by Avari and Eldar in the Third Age?
After the War of the Elves and Sauron in the Second Age I am sure Tolkien meant for many Elves of all kindreds to pass over Sea to escape Sauron’s attacks. By the end of the Third Age there were probably no longer any distinctions between Avari and Eldar — there were only High Elves and Wood-elves.
Are Avari and Eldar the same thing?
By the end of the Third Age there were probably no longer any distinctions between Avari and Eldar — there were only High Elves and Wood-elves. The eastern-most group of Elves Tolkien mentions are the Elves living in Dorwinion (as stated in The Hobbit ).
Are there Avari in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings?
In The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings there are no Avari, only the “Wood-elves” who are also called the “Silvan Elves”. Of these Elves The Hobbit says:
Who are the Dark Elves of Middle earth?
In the period of the Exile of the Noldor, “Dark Elves” referred to the Elves of Middle-earth other than the Noldor and the Sindar, thus being equivalent to the Avari and the Nandor. In older versions of the legendarium, the name Avari was originally that of the later Eldar, then meaning “those that departed”.