Good eye! That's exactly what it should have been. I will fix it. Thank you! :)

The burning is next week, I believe, so I hope that my explanation makes some iota of sense. It's psychologically-driven--big surprise, right? ;)

As for the journey to Middle-earth, I've always gotten the impression that the oh-so-practical Noldor didn't quite work out all of the details before deciding to immigrate to a whole new continent!