Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-29680750-20170806070151/@comment-25754873-20170810200835

Recneps wrote: No, they believed Beleriand to be where the Gods resided. That is why they were singing.. They thought they had found safety. They were unaware of the ocean between Hildorien and Valinor, and when they found out about it they chose to remain with the Elves.. Aside from those who fled Beleriand after the lies of Melko crept into their conference. And the situation remains: On finding a strange people residing illegally in sparsely populated land, the Noldor gave the Edain a home. The Edain, on finding strange people residing illegally in sparsely populated land, permanently displaced them. They did not intend on settling there when they arrived, they intended on moving on to the legends of Valinor, they did not believe Beleriand to be the land of the gods.