![]() Morgoth, the greatest of the Valar who had turned away from his brethren before the beginning of creation, now hated the Elves because they were cherished by the others. The Valar loved Eru's new born creations and wished to bring them to the light of Aman, the Undying Lands, to save them from Morgoth and the evil that he was already bringing into Middle-earth. They lived in the twilight lands, far from the light of Valinor, for many years before one of the Valar-Oromë the Hunter-discovered them. In the early years of the world, before the Sun and the Moon first rose, the Elves awoke under the stars on the shores of Cuivienen, a large bay in the inland sea of Helcar in eastern Middle-earth. ![]() The divisions and sub-divisions of the various Elven kindreds are complex,and at times even convoluted.In this section the basic migrations and divisions will be described ,as well as the actual kindreds as they existed in the Second and Third Ages of Middle-earth. Their history was tied to that of Middle-Earth itself, and the histories of the other races would be different indeed, or may have not occured, without their influence. ![]() Their tale is one of long migrations, prideful wars, and grand achievements, and includes many great figures of historical importance. Yet despite their gifts, in Middle-Earth they were a sorrowful race- one burdened by the hand of fate.Īs with all of the Speaking Peoples, such as Men and Dwarves, the Elves were a diverse people affected greatly by the lands in which they dwelt. Fair and youthful, brilliant and proud, immortal and tall, strong and agile, they were the most gifted of all the Free Peoples. They called themselves the Quendi, or "Speakers" in their own tongues, for they were the first living creatures to utter words and order their lives even in latter days, when Men and lesser peoples usurped the sunlight and became prominent, no race understood language, lore, art and craft like the Firstborn. Born under the stars before the ascension of the Moon and the Sun, they held a sacred love for light and all that was holy, and all possessed an overwhelmingly potent spirit, an ingenious and wise mind, and a strong body endowed with unique gifts. The Elves, or Firstborn, were the eldest of the Eruhini and the first to awaken.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |