Does anyone know the answer to this seeming contradiction, or is it just a
slight inconsistency in Tolkien's books? In the appendices, in the tale
of Aragorn and Arwen, she says at the moment before Aragorn's death, "There is
now no ship that would bear me hence [to Valinor], whether I will or nill
return." However later in that same appendix, it tells that "when King
Elessar gave up his life, Legolas followed at last the desire of his heart and
sailed over Sea." And he took Gimli with him, and even later than him
Celebrimbor left middle earth as is told at the beginning of the FotR, the last
of the elves to leave. And elsewhere it is told that Círdan waited
at the Grey Havens until the last elf left middle-earth. So why would
Arwen make such a comment, that there were no longer ships to bear her westward
at the time of Aragorn's
death?
