However, many of the Elves were afraid, as they felt and had seen rumor of the terrible power of the Valar as they made war against Melkor. Oromë then returned to the Elves with a summons of the Valar to Aman. After a long, grievous war, the Valar were triumphant, and Melkor was imprisoned. The Elves knew nothing of the war save that the earth shook and thunderous lightning was seen in the north. The Valar made war upon Melkor and set a guard on Cuiviénen. Not long after, the Valar decided that, for the good of the Elves, that Melkor needed to be overthrown. He then returned to live with Elves for a time, learning about them. Oromë spent some time with them and then returned to Valinor to tell Manwë of his discovery. Oromë quickly came to love the Elves, and them and gave them the name Eldar (People of the Stars). However, the Elves who stayed quickly learned that Oromë was far different from the evils that had been pursuing them. These Elves were never seen again and were taken to Utumno, and were believed to be twisted and mutilated into the first Orcs. Hiding and fleeing, some of these early Elves were taken by Melkor or his agents. Due to Melkor's foresight and malice, some Elves were afraid. And so it was that, on one of his many journeys in the wilds of Middle-earth, Oromë came upon the Elves. Many spirits that harassed the Elves came in the form of great horsemen for the purpose of causing the Elves to fear the Vala Oromë, whom Melkor knew would likely be the first Vala to discover them. However, Melkor, the Dark Lord, became aware of them and their location before the Valar, and sent evil spirits to spy on and afflict them. The Elves were content and dwelt long under the stars in woods near Cuiviénen. One of the Galadhrim, in Lothlórien, by Sara Maria Morello Discovery & sundering Īt first the Elves sang with grace and merriment without speech but soon they developed speech and spoke with words, so their first name for themselves was Quendi (The Ones Who Speak With Voices). None of the later Elvish languages had a common name for a greater number. Because all Elves had been found in groups of twelve, twelve became their base number and 144 their highest number (for a long time). They found no more Elves Imin's people, the smallest group, were the ancestors of the Vanyar. These were the ancestors of most of the Lindar or "singers", later called Teleri. Continuing their journey, they found twenty-four pairs of Elves, singing without language, and Enel added them to his people. The ninety-six Elves now invented many new words. These were tall and dark-haired, the fathers of most of the Ñoldor. Journeying further, they come across a band of Elves watching the stars, which Tata claimed as his. The now sixty Elves dwelt by the rivers, and they invented poetry and music in Middle-earth. They came across six, nine, and twelve pairs of Elves, and each "patriarch" claimed the pairs as his folk in order. Īccording to legend, Imin, Tata, and Enel, and their wives joined up and walked through the forests. The first Elves to awake were three pairs: Imin ("First") and his wife Iminyë, Tata ("Second") and Tatië, and Enel ("Third") and Enelyë. They awoke at Cuiviénen, the Water of Awakening, in the far east of Middle-earth, in the starlight of the Sleep of Yavanna, as the Sun and Moon had yet to be created. They are the eldest and noblest of the speaking races of Middle-earth. The Firstborn, the Elder Children of Ilúvatar, were conceived by Eru Ilúvatar alone in the third theme of Ainulindalë. They could be killed only in violence or by extreme despair.Ĭreation of the first Quendi, by David Greset Įlves were immune to illness and not subject to age after reaching their prime. But after the Silmarils were stolen by Melkor, some of the Elves returned to Middle-earth, where they remained until the end of the Third Age. Some, known afterwards as the Calaquendi (Elves of the Light), were brought by the Valar from Middle-earth to Valinor across the Sea, where they were taught by the Ainur. Oromë referred to the Elves that chose to follow him during the Great Journey as Eldar ( Q.: "People of the Stars"), because when they awoke the stars were the only lights in the sky. They called themselves the Quendi ( Quenya: "the Speakers" singular Quendë), referring to how at their creation, they were the only living things they knew of that spoke. The Elves were the first and eldest Children of Ilúvatar, considered the fairest and wisest of the earthly race of Arda. Typically swords and bows, occasionally spears, sometimes magic
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