in these very early narrative schemes there is no mention of earendel 's speaking to the valar , as the ambassador of elves and men ( the silmarillion p. 249 ) , and we can only conclude , extraordinary as the conclusion is , that earendel 's great western voyage , though he attained his goal , was fruit- less , that he was not the agent of the aid that did indeed come out of valinor to the elves of the great lands , and ( most curious of all ) that ulmo 's designs for tuor had no issue .