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Of Arda, or what Arda became
tolkienmatters: Middle-Earth and Valinor have seen many conflicts, from the War of Wrath to the War of the Ring, but what about the war that changed Arda forever? It all happened in the beginning. In the Void, the Ainur sang the Music of Ainur. When the song finished Eru showed them a vision of what the songs had created. The Ainur loved it, but it was only a vision. Eru then created Arda, crying “Eä! Let these things Be!”. In the Void appeared a light, the new universe Eru created. It was bare, dark, and empty, but it existed. Some of the Ainur remained in the void while others went into Arda to build what they saw in the vision, knowing they could never go back. In Arda they began to build the world to match the beautiful vision they had saw, at least, most did. Melkor, one of the strongest of the Valar, desired dominion over this new world. After all, his song was the most powerful. So began the First War of the Valar, where as the Valar tried to build the beautiful vision they had saw, Melkor fought them, out of a desire for power and a jealousy of their craft. This conflict was fought by the Maiar and their lords with the land they were carving.
“…They built lands and Melkor destroyed them; valleys they delved and Melkor raised them up; mountains they carved and Melkor threw them down; seas they hollowed and Melkor spilled them; and naught might have peace or come to lasting growth, for as surely as the Valar began a labour so would Melkor undo it or corrupt it.” (Silmarillion, Ainulindalë, The Music of Ainur)
The struggle shaped the world, as the Maiar chose sides and the world was battered. We do not know how long the struggle was, or what the damage really was. For mortals we cant even comprehend it, Elves have heard tales of it. News of the conflict reached the Void, where some Ainur remained. Tulkas among them, a martial vala, went into Arda and turned the tide against Melkor. Melkor fled to the very edge of the universe and hid, biding his time until the next conflict. Arda would not know peace as Melkor continued to contest for dominance. He would go on to build the great fortress of Utumno, recruit Ungoliant from the depths of Avathar, and his minion Sauron would find great resources in the most horrible pits of the world. Pits that were probably created by Morgoth himself. What was in the vision? Did Melkor have the foresight to build such dark places of the world for future use? Was it all Eru’s plan? I don’t know, but at least it explains the volcano.
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