Eä's Redemption by AaronAzrael  

Of the coming of the Elves and the captivity of Melkor 12

Oromë returned the ambassadors in Cuiviénen,
where Ingwë, Finwë, and Elwë with authority
told them all they had witnessed in Valinor's Heaven,
trying to convince them to move to the western territory.

This is how the first Elven segmentation commenced;
for most of the relatives of the three representatives
were touched by the words of their leaders, hence,
they were ready to follow Oromë due to the narratives.

Those who came after the Divine Hunter westwards
retained the name of Eldar, as Oromë had first called them,
while the ones who stayed in their natve lands
became the Avari, or the Unwilling who remained in Cuiviénen.

For long Epochs the two tribes got separated;
the Eldar prepared to launch on the expedition,
in three squads they were grouped with designated
leaders, the first one guided by Ingwë with ambition.

His people entered Valinor of the Almighty Ones,
their new blessed name, "the Vanyar", came forth,
the favourite Elves of Manwë and Varda's hearts,
those who never even looked back to Middle Earth.

Few or the mortals have ever talked to the Vanyar,
for they would remain in the lands of Valinor forever;
the second squad, of Finwë, was known as the Noldor;
the Deep Elves of Wisdom, Aulë's friends, endeavoured

in time so ancient to win heavy battles,
in the northern lands where they laboured;
the third clan, the Teleri, during the travels
reached the western shores and favoured

the freedom and the smell of the Seas,
they fell in love with the salty waters,
they desired to remain in the breeze
of the coastline, the marine explorers.

They were known as the Falmari in Aman,
as they sang in chorus with the surf of the sea,
they were so numerous, so their clan
had two Rulers, Elwë Singollo (Grey-cloak) and Olwë.

These are the three clans of the Elven Eldar,
who lived in the far west during the Epoch
of the Two Trees, the Calaquendi, the Elders,
the Elves of Light whose travel had luck.

Some other Eldar, who departed westwards,
didn't have such a success of their mission,
they got lost somewhere along the records
of Mandos' book of life who had other prevision.

The legends tell those were from the Teleri,
who either lived on the shores of Middle Earth, in quest,
or wandered in woods and mountains the eye can see,
whose hearts actually craved to reach the west.

Úmanyar, their saddening denomination,
as they didn't reach the Blessed Kingdom of Aman,
with the Avar they shared the same destination:
to be Moriquendi, Dark Elves, who had in common

the same fate of never seeing the Light
that existed before the Sun and the Moon;
there was a last group that felt fright
when Oromë rode on Nahar and as soon

as he passed to the north of the Sea of Helcar,
they turned further to the west, but far away
in the northern sky they saw reminiscence of war,
where no stars shone so they fled, didn't stay

for the hung vast black clouds scared them,
filled them with fear and with gloomy doubts,
they repented, turned back and it was then
when their trace got lost; unknown whereabouts.

Nothing is known of them to this very day.
They became strangers and missing, threatened.
Whenever they are, hearts always pray
that they found their place where they settled.