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Why Did the Elves (& Frodo, Gandalf) Leave Middle-earth? Middle-earth Explained

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The Elves leaving Middle-earth was a crucial but sad moment in the legendarium, and many wonder why it had to happen. Today, we explore this topic and the why it was necessary in Tolkien’s works. As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description! #Silmarillion #LordoftheRings #Lore Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server:   / menofthewest   Check out our Merch: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/Yoys... Check out our music channel:    / @musicmotw   Join us on Facebook at:   / yoystan   Join us on Twitter at:   / yoystan   Related articles: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elves   / why_did_gandalf_frodo_and_all_the_elves_leave     / how_much_of_the_undying_lands_was_undying   Peoples of Middle-earth After The Lord o …...more
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Why Did the Elves (& Frodo, Gandalf) Leave Middle-earth? Middle-earth Explained
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2021Jul 25
The Elves leaving Middle-earth was a crucial but sad moment in the legendarium, and many wonder why it had to happen. Today, we explore this topic and the why it was necessary in Tolkien’s works. As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description! #Silmarillion #LordoftheRings #Lore Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server:   / menofthewest   Check out our Merch: https://www.spreadshirt.com/user/Yoys... Check out our music channel:    / @musicmotw   Join us on Facebook at:   / yoystan   Join us on Twitter at:   / yoystan   Related articles: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elves   / why_did_gandalf_frodo_and_all_the_elves_leave     / how_much_of_the_undying_lands_was_undying   Peoples of Middle-earth After The Lord of the Rings - Epilogues:    • Peoples of Middle-earth After The Lor...   The Creation of Arda - Timeline of Arda #1:    • The Creation of Arda - Timeline of Ar...   What is the Afterlife in Tolkien's Works? Middle-earth Explained:    • What is the Afterlife in Tolkien's Wo...   Thank you for your (Valar and Elf tiers) patronage! Adrian De la Torre Peter Sheppard Chris Ortner Blair Scouten Sam McBee Matt Sibbach Elizabeth Calvert Ben Gardner Jonathan Putnam Mark Kralick Tobias Göldner Merten Ryan Ramsay John Hume Tom Bombadil Ridgy93 QuantumCatalyst Jennifer Wood Condar Diego Perez Berni McCoy Daniel Orlandi John Crowley Susan Henry Atlas Maz Gibs Ryan Warren Renato Filipe Imiel Elenen Chiara Siasat Tyler Lund Hydro Knight Joshua W Ádám Kis Memory Troll Dale Starbuck Dan Mazzei April Green Corwin Nemeth Bryar Keyes Matthew Rivas Holy OneErlend Hjertholm Metalguy87 Peter DeVault Van Hardison, PhD Molly Sullivan Matthew Jacoby The new Men of the West logo was created by Raffe - Twitter: RaffetheRandom The final image “Bag End” was created by Wayne Glassbrook at designly.net The first song used in this video: Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The second and last songs used in this video are from: https://library.techsmith.com/ Many related and/or used art come from these artists and sources: Ted Nasmith: https://www.tednasmith.com/ Jenny Dolfen: https://goldseven.wordpress.com/ Alan Lee: https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-alan-... John Howe: https://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/g... Hildebrant brothers: http://www.brothershildebrandt.com/Br... DonatoArts: https://www.deviantart.com/donatoarts Magali Villeneuve http://www.magali-villeneuve.com/ Wolfanita: https://www.deviantart.com/wolfanita Gerwell:   / gerwell   Mirach Ravaia: https://www.deviantart.com/mirachrava... Kaprriss: https://www.deviantart.com/kaprriss/g... EKukanova: https://www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/... steamy: https://www.deviantart.com/steamey Laurelinartistry:   / laurelinartistry   SaMo-art: https://www.deviantart.com/samo-art/g... kimberly80: https://www.deviantart.com/kimberly80... Anke Eissmann: http://anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illust... Sefikichi: https://www.deviantart.com/sefikichi/... Emilio Rodríguez C. (Emkun): https://www.artstation.com/artwork/eE3aJ Hyejeon Jeon: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/w6... LuisFBejarano: https://www.deviantart.com/luisfbejar... dakkun39:   / dakkun39   Quentin C.: https://erlend.artstation.com/project... Entar0178: https://www.deviantart.com/entar0178/... Moumou38: https://www.deviantart.com/moumou38/a... AnotherStranger-Me: https://www.deviantart.com/anotherstr... Francesco Amadio AlystraeaArt: https://www.deviantart.com/alystraeaa... Rui Gonçalves: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bK... Oleksandra Ishchenko: https://saga.artstation.com/projects/... steamey: https://www.deviantart.com/steamey/ar... Doga Simsir: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B1...

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