The War of the Ring has ended and the evil forces have been defeated. But the elves felt that this wasn't the case. The elves knew something was wrong because they witnessed the carnage that the remaining Uruk-Hai and Orcs left behind as they roamed the land. Every race in Middle Earth began to hope that the fellowship of the ring and the company of Thorin Oakenshield and a few others would band together to once again defeat the evil forces.