#i have a condition called I want to torment Elrond more. yeah it's uncurable.

[nighttimepatrons]

okay but, what if what if Elrond was the one captured and tortured by orcs. They can't find Vilya, of course, but it's only a matter of time before they take him (or at least his corpse) to someone who can.

His sons still rescue him, spirit him away back to Imladris and while the healers and all that love him do everything in their power Elrond never fully heals in mind, body, or spirit.

I think, if left to himself, he would have stayed to fade in Imladris, but at the urging from his family he does eventually Sail, leaving his wife, his children, and his Ring.