It's a really beautiful prelude of a new kinder era for all those Eves!! Beautiful!

Very touching!

The ships and elves coming back home are not as they were when they left -- and those who have never been to Valinor before sail toward something unknown People are happy and curious and nervous to welcome them back home. The war is over and a new life is waiting.

There is so much peripheral pain swirling in the beginning but the end is so beautiful!! <3

I haven't thought much about all the people going home to Valinor after the War of Wrath (mostly, because I generally spent very little time thinking about WoW), but I really, really like your ideas!

Loved reading this!

Wow, this evokes so much feeling, and thought...

And so beautifully written, it brought some tears to my eyes.

("a childhood before" — what a great measurement of time for the Elves!

Survivors "came home the long way" — lots of thoughts and implications crowding into those few words!)

I like how our two responses to this challenge seem to complement each other, although I didn't plan it that way!

I could clearly visualize the scene of that return and liked your thoughtful reflections about the people arriving on the ships.

This is lovely! I especially like the hopeful and joyful end, particularly the songs made up then and there. How very Elvish!