But the Elves of Doriath accepted Dior as their lord and the Elves of Arvernien (survivors of Doriath and Gondolin, joined by other refugees) accepted Tuor as their lord.

It could be argued, however, that in the last decades of the First Age the old traditions and conventions were dissolving rapidly. The Beleriandic civilization was for all intents and purposes destroyed. Arvernien was too weak to pose any threat to Morgoth and even the ravaged Feanorians were able to destroy that land. Balar became the last gasp of Beleriandic culture, and it may have had a substantial population by the end of the Age, but it was also pretty much irrelevant. What developed on Balar may be the true basis for what happened in Eriador and Lindon in the Second Age.

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