[ elrond can't help but smile. ]

He did. After much travel, he steps onto the shores of Valinor. However, this island had barred its entrances to all those who hail from Middle-Earth and they were wroth. They would have flung him away if not for his impassioned plea for the people. Through his stout heart and his sacrifice to forgo his own life, his future and the golden shores of his people, the Valar listened.

And thus, they took to their ships to banish the shadow.