Morgoth at the end of the First Age a ban was set upon her return, and Revolting Noldor to exile in Middle-earth. Was the last survivor of the princes and queens who had led the 389), What ship would bear me ever backĪcross so wide a Sea?, refer to the special position of Galadriel. 'The question Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva? and the question at theĮnd of her song (Vol. The answer appears in Tolkien's The Road Goes Ever On However, note that the history of Galadriel underwent several revisions in Tolkien's writings in some of them (but not the one the Silmarillion is based on), Galadriel is entirely innocent of the Kinslaying and goes to Middle-Earth independant of Feanor and the rest of the Noldor in those versions she did not need an explicit pardon, but stayed in Middle-Earth because she loved Lothlorien too much to leave. Pardoned because of her resistance to the final and overwhelming She proudly refused forgiveness or permission to return.
Galadriel was a penitent: in her youth a leader in the rebellionĪgainst the Valar (the angelic guardians). I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.
This is not outright stated, but suggested strongly by Galadriel's own words at that time:
By refusing the One Ring when Frodo offers it to her, and accepting that her own powers will fade, Galadriel proved herself worthy to return to the Undying Lands.
