Why did Sequoia upgrade move some folders to 'Relocated Items' and how can I restore them?

Regarding the link you both gave me, it states...

"You can find the Relocated Items folder in the Shared folder within the Users folder. An alias to the folder is placed on your Mac desktop—double-click the folder to open it. The PDF document in the Relocated Items folder explains what to do with files placed in this folder."

The OS upgrade did not place any aliases on my desktop. The •WORK and •PLAY alias folders you see in the screenshot above, I created myself and have been on my desktop for years. Also, within the Relocated Items folder (where I found it buried deeply in my HD) there are no instructional pdf files to be found anywhere. If anyone has a copy of this pdf, feel free to link it for me. So, thank you both for that link, but it hasn't explained where I can move these folders to once I get them out of the Relocated Items folder, and that's what I want to know. Why won't it let me move my old fonts folder into Smittyboy?

And I just tried changing my font folder name from "••FONTS" to "-FONTS" and it still will not let me move that folder into Smittyboy, so it's not a character issue.

So, just as a test...

I created a new untitled folder on my desktop and tried to move it into Smittyboy (labeled "Current Hard Drive" above). I can't move ANYTHING (files or folders) into the hard drive now, so it's not just these 3 buried folders. I've been on a Mac since 1987. I've never seen this happen. I don't want a bunch of files and folders sitting on my desktop. I like a very clean and sparse desktop. I've always been able to place folders on my hard drive, until this Sequoia upgrade.

What is going on?

That's what I'm trying to figure out.

As you can see from the first photo in this thread, I use to be able to put ANY folder I wanted into the hard drive.

I can't do that now, and just want someone to explain why. Up until this current Sequoia update it would work. Not now.

I'm fairly certain at this point, that I lost use of my fonts because when I upgraded to Sequoia it moved my fonts folder to a Relocated Items folder. If you move your fonts folder, CC and Typeface can't find it, and you have to relink both of those programs to where the fonts folder has moved to. I just want to know why Sequoia moved my font folder and put it somewhere else??? My font folder has ALWAYS been sitting in my hard drive FOREVER, for yeras and years, and this new OS upgrade doesn't want it there and I want to know why. That's the question I currently want an answer to, and that is why I am posting this question in the Sequoia forum. Where are the experts when I need them?

Since when? Look at the top photo.

My font folder ALWAYS sat at the top level of my HD.

It was NEVER buried in a folder somewhere else on the drive.

And this is an Apple forum, so I'm here asking them.

Sequoia has restricted this function. No OS's prior to Sequoia did this.

I've been operating a Mac since 1987, daily, for work. So I know this.

Thank you, again for this link, but it's not telling me WHY the files/folders were moved, and WHY I can't put them back (it won't let me). I don't want to start putting my folders and files in the Shared folder within the Users folder. I've NEVER, NEVER, EVER, EVER had to do that...EVER. For almost 40 years on a Mac, I've NEVER had to do that. I want to know WHY NOW? What's the deal? Nobody has answered that yet. Where are the Apple experts?

"Yes, every macOS for at least the last five years has restricted the root level of the start up drive. I have no idea how you managed to avoid that up to this point."

I have a MacMini (2018) and have been running Mojave since I bought it (2018). I'm one of those guys who when I have a nice stable operating system, and programs that I use with it, I don't see a need to upgrade. It's only when things start acting wonky, with browsers and programs, that I finally upgrade the OS. So, it's been over 6 years since I upgraded my OS, and you said 5 years, so there you go. I wasn't aware they did this. But, thank you for your input. This is what I was trying to find out, and it explains my issue. You gave me my answer. Kudos!!