Thread:Count of Howard/@comment-28083312-20170429182047/@comment-28083312-20170429193529

tfw we only have Christopher for rewrites Eh, that's a bit of a negative interpretation. The reason they faded was because their time was passing. The dominion of the Eldar preceded that of men; once men began to arise in might wax in strength, the Eldar began to wane into the woodland nymphs Tolkien hinted that they would become in later human mythology. It was a natural progression of sorts. Ehhhh, the corruption bit was definitely noted explicitly, multiple times I think, especially about how once Arda Marred is healed the elves will be able to come out at the end of days (since it won’t be sapping their strength anymore). …but I don't recall any mention being made of her influence being absorbed by the Sindar who lived there. From what I understood, they kicked butt without the need for performance-enhancing light from Valinor. Reach Chapter 10: Of the Sindar, it references how Melian & Thingol taught them to become elevated above the other Moriquendi.