The Valar and Eldar shape the world that we see in The Rings of Power. ... But one of the Ainur was more powerful than the rest. Melkor, soon to be known as Morgoth, ...

The Valar were the most powerful, the nobility of the Ainur, and lacked gender and physical body, but were classified as female or male depending on their temperament. At first, there were 15 of ...

The Valar had to battle Melkor for dominion of Arda. It marked only the first time those in Middle-earth had to take a stand against Melkor. Middle-earth’s creation myth includes two major ...

The Valar (Ainur who chose to inhabit the world) created two lamps hewn into great pillars of rock to illuminate the world. The Valar lived on an island known as Almaren between the two lamps, ...

Morgoth is one of the Ainur (also known as the Valar), the earliest beings to exist in Arda. Ilúvatar created the Ainur from his thoughts and then he created Arda with them by harmonizing in song.

The Ainur are also known as the Holy Ones. When the world was finally created, the Ainur went into it to prepare it for Elves and men to live in, and the Ainur became known as the Valar and the Maiar.

When the world was finally created, Melkor entered it with his fellow Ainur, who became known as the Valar and the Maiar. Unlike many of the Ainur, who sought to refine the world in the vision of ...

While his fellow Ainur went on to become Valar (sort-of angels), or the lesser Maiar, and attempt to build Arda up in accordance to Ilúvatar's vision, Melkor sought to dominate it and the beings ...