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Dates
Travelled to Valinor in the Years of the Trees; while many of the Noldor later returned to Middle-earth, many others remained in the West
Location
Aman, but a large part of the Noldor later returned to Middle-earth
Origins
Eldar who completed the Great Journey and saw the Light of the Two Trees
Race
Divisions
Vanyar, Noldor and a part of the Teleri
Settlements
The chief cities of the High Elves in Aman were Tirion and Alqualondë; the returning Noldor built many cities and fortresses in Beleriand and beyond
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  • Updated 8 March 1998
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The Three Kindreds of the Elves who journeyed to Valinor; the Vanyar, the Noldor and those of the Teleri who did not remain in Beleriand. Of these, the Vanyar and Teleri remained there, but many of the Noldor returned to Middle-earth at the beginning of the First Age, and some of these remained at the time of the War of the Ring.


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  • Updated 8 March 1998
  • Updates planned: 4

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