During the
Darkening of Valinor, she was very independent and visionary. She swore no
oaths but the words of Fëanor concerning Middle-earth kindled a desire in her heart, as she was eager to see those wide unguarded lands and rule a realm of her own. During the troubles that followed, even though she participated in the revolt of the Noldor,
[5] she fought against Fëanor in defence of her mother's kin in the
Kinslaying of Alqualondë.
[4] Accounts suggest she travelled among the second group led by Fingolfin, which joined the battle at
Alqualondë late and without knowing how it had started. Some of that group had not participated in the killing, although it is not clear who and how many. Dismayed by the prophecy of
Mandos, her father Finarfin abandoned the march of the Noldor and returned to Valinor. But Galadriel and her brothers crossed the
Helcaraxë in far north and arrived to the northern shores of
Hither Lands[6].