In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, the Moriquendi (the Elves of Darkness, singular Moriquende) are, in essence, the Elves that either didn't join or forsook the Great Journey over the sea and therefore never beheld the light of the Two Trees in Valinor (this includes the Avari, Sindar and Nandor). They lingered on the shores of Middle-earth or, indeed, never passed the Blue Mountains on the east of Beleriand or the Misty Mountains further to the east. Those Moriquendi who originally started on… (More on Moriquendi)