![]() ![]() Far, far later, a strange Hobbit living in Rivendell happened to come across these histories and translated some of them into Westron. Some of the Eldar were later exiled back to Middle-Earth and wrote down their histories. The Valar told the Eldar while the latter were living in Valinor with them. ![]() ![]() Knowledge of Utumno comes to us fourth-hand. But the Valar neglected to dismantle Angband with the same thoroughness, to their great chagrin later. ![]() Melkor was carried back to Valinor, where he was bound in unbreakable chains forged by Aulë.Īfter the Battle of the Powers, as it later came to be called, Utumno was completely destroyed, with all of its pits laid bare, and all of its monsters rooted out. They then asaulted Utumno, fighting down to its uttermost pit, where Tulkas fought with Melkor and subdued him. First, they secured a perimeter about the Waters of Awakening. Finally, the Valar were spurred into action. On one of these expeditions, he discovered the Elves near Cuiviénen. While Manwë and Varda fretted over what to do, Oromë would pass his time riding into Middle-Earth and hunting down some of the foul creatures that issued from Utumno. In what must be the foulest of all his deeds, beyond even the poisoning of the Two Trees, he used these hapless Elves as breeding stock, twisting them into the Orcs. Melkor discovered this fact long before the Valar, and kidnapped elves who strayed too far from their brethren, carrying them back to Utumno. Realizing that the awakening of the Children of Ilúvatar was close at hand, they feared to strike against Utumno without destroying the Children.Īt some point in time after this, the Elves awoke around Cuiviénen. Safe behind the Pelóri and basking in the light of the Two Trees, the Valar left Middle-Earth in darkness, illuminated only by the stars Varda put in the sky. Melkor then built Angband as a forward position, a first line of defense against an assault from Valinor. The Valar fled Middle-Earth for Aman in the the Uttermost West, where they built their fortified dwelling, Valinor. When Melkor was ready, he struck, throwing down Iluin and Ormal. In secret, he built his great stronghold in the far north of Middle-Earth, gathering his Balrogs, breeding dragons and other foul creatures, and preparing for another assault. Tulkas's vigilance slipped, and Melkor stole back into Arda. The Valar then set upon rebuilding the world, especially Middle-Earth, setting up the great lamps of Iluin and Ormal.īut after their labors were complete, they rested for a while. With the help of Tulkas, the Valar were able to push Melkor into the Outer Dark, and bring peace to Arda for a time (the so-called ' Spring of Arda'). Finally, assistance arrived in the form of Tulkas the Strong, last of the Valar to enter Eä, and a great foe of Melkor. The thirteen greatest Valar were not able to prevent Melkor, the most powerful of all of them, from performing his mischief. Utumno was the worst place that ever existed in Eä, but it was destroyed before Anar ever rose, and before the Hildor ever walked on the face of Arda.Īfter their initial arrival in Arda, the other Valar were forced to engage in eons of struggle with Melkor and his minions (probably explaining all of the world's geology). Compared to Utumno, the fortress of Angband, which figures so horribly in The Silmarillion, was just an outpost. Utumno was the primary fortress of Melkor before the awakening of the Children of Ilúvatar. ![]()
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