All Lord of the Rings fans know that being awarded a place aboard the ships sailing west to the Undying Lands is an extreme honor for a mortal. Valinor, the sacred, heaven equivalent to Middle Earth is reserved solely for those few elves who still posses the gift of the Valar, and they are becoming less and less frequent themselves as the Age of Elves ends and the dominion of Men begins at the start of the Fourth Age.