Elves of the High Kindred have not all forsaken Middle-earth. Beyond the western marches of the Shire, three great Elf-towers of immemorial age rise from the hills to look out over the Sundering Seas. From these White Towers the High Elves keep watch on their kindred travelling from eastern lands to the Grey Havens, west of the Tower Hills. Grey ships dock in the harbors of the Havens, which the Elves call Mithlond, on the northern and southern banks of the Gulf of Lune. To the north and south of the Havens rise the great peaks of the Ered Luin, the Blue Mountains, home of Dwarves.
Elves of many kindreds tarry in the green valleys, ancient woodlands, and rolling fields of the Tower Hills, until at last they grow weary of the mortal lands and seek the Grey Havens. They sail down the River Lh