VALAQUENTA
Account of the Valar and Maiar according to the lore of the Eldar*
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Music make World.
Ilúvatar has pretty Secret Fire (aka Eä).
Eä sent to center of World.
Ainur decide live in World.
Seven Lords of Valar.
Seven Queens of Valar.
Seven plus seven equals fourteen.
Lords: Manwë, Ulmo, Aulë, Oromë, Mandos, Lórien, and Tulkas.
Queens: Varda, Yavanna, Nienna, Estë , Vairë , Vána, and Nessa.
Melkor not counted as a god.
Too bad for Melkor.
Birds like Manwë lots.
Manwë rule air and earthy stuff.
Manwë wed Varda.
Varda rule star stuff.
Ulmo rule water stuff.
Ulmo bachelor.
Ulmo has great horn.
And I mean real horn, not nasty horn.
Aulë rule earthy stuff.
Aulë good smith.
Aulë wed Yavanna.
Yavanna rule earthy, fruity stuff.
Melkor ruin much earthy stuff.
Aulë and Yavanna not so happy.
Mandos also called Námo.
Mandos rule dead spirits and stuff.
Mandos wed Vairë.
Vairë rule weavy, story stuff.
Lórien also called Irmo.
Lórien rule vision, dreamy stuff.
Lórien has garden named after self.
Lórien wed Estëë.
Estë ruler of healer stuff.
Nienna ruler of griefy and mourny stuff.
Nienna bachelorette.
Tulkas ruler of strengthy, wrestler stuff.
Tulkas wed Nessa.
Nessa ruler of swifty, wild, deer stuff.
Oromë brother of Nessa.
Oromë ruler of hunt-bad-things stuff.
Oromë also has great horn.
NOT nasty horn. Real horn.
Oromë wed Vána.
Vána ruler of flowery, birdy stuff.
No more weddings. (whew...)
Eldar think Valar very pretty.
Maiar: people of Valar.
Maiar servants and helpers of Valar.
Four chief Maiar: Ilmarë, Eönwë, Ossë, and Uinen.
Ilmarë handmaid of Varda.
Eönwë banner-bearer and herald of Manwë.
Ossë vassal of Ulmo.
Ossë master of shore water stuff.
Ossë wed Uinen.
Ok, NOW no more weddings...
Uinen Lady of the Seas.
Uinen calm angry seas.
Melkor not like Sea.
Melian also Maia.
Melian serve Vána and Estë.
Wisest Maiar Olórin.
Olórin learn pity and patience from Nienna.
Olórin much love Elves.
Melkor not so very nice.
Melkor big liar.
Big big liar.
Melkor has much power.
This not good.
Melkor has much Balrogs.
Balrogs not so friendly.
Sauron Maiar of Aulë.
Sauron turn evil.
Sauron Melkor's servant.
This really not good.
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* Eldar: "the People of the Stars" (aka the Elves).
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