The war in which he defended the city of Minas Tirith is a crucial moment in the cinematic saga of “The Lord of the Rings” and the defeat of Sauron. However, strangely, in this battle the elves do not appear. Learn the reason.
The role of elves in the Lord of the Rings films.
These immortal, strong and intelligent creatures are key to helping Frodo and company destroy the One Ring, as they contribute to the cause of peace in Middle-earth on more than one occasion, especially Lord Elrond and Galadriel.
One of the most memorable is in the second film “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”, where the ruler of Rivendell sends a group of soldiers to Helm’s Deep to support King Théoden and his company in defeating Saruman’s army , but in the following battles, this is not the case, as the men end up defending themselves from Sauron without any sort of alliance.
According to the third part of the movie “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, the majority of the elven population left for Valinor to find eternal peace in the Undying Lands, and therefore, they did not make it. to attend the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (Minas Tirith).
With this scene, it was assumed that this race was leaving Middle-earth and therefore did not participate in the war against Sauron again, but the books reveal something very different.
The War for Minas Tirith: Where were the elves and why didn’t they help?
According to Tolkien’s writings, the elves never participated in any of the battles in which most of the Fellowship of the Ring were present because they were busy defending their homes.
Lord of the Rings tiktoker @haddadro explained that, in the literary work, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields took place on the same day that an elven region was attacked by the enemy.
This means that, in order not to leave their lands unprotected and avoid extinction, this species had to fight alone against Sauron at the same time as the army of men. Besides, being so far from Gondor, even if they had sent reinforcements, they would not arrive in time, being over seven days’ ride away.
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