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Valinor is the home of the Valar (singular Vala), spirits that often take humanoid form, sometimes called "gods" by the Men of Middle-earth. [T 11] Other residents of Valinor include the related but less powerful spirits, the Maiar, and most of the Elves. [T 12] Each Vala has his or her own region of the land.
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Two Trees of Valinor are Telperion and Laurelin, the Silver Tree and the Gold Tree, which bring light to Valinor, a paradisiacal realm where angelic beings live. The Two Trees are of enormous stature, and exude dew that is a pure and magical light in liquid form.
This event, and the poisonous words of Melkor that foster mistrust among the Elves, leads to the exile of the greater part of the Noldor to Middle-earth: The Valar close Valinor against them to prevent their return. [T 5] For the remainder of the First Age, the Lord of Waters
The Eldar who reach Valinor are eventually divided into three distinct groups: Vanyar, Noldor and Teleri. These three groups become known as the Calaquendi or "Light-elves" because they saw the light of the Two Trees of Valinor. [T 10] Later some of the Noldor go back to Middle-earth in their quest for the Silmarils, while the Vanyar remain in ...
At the end of the main narrative of The Lord of the Rings, in the last chapter of The Return of the King, the protagonist Frodo, broken by the quest to destroy the One Ring, is allowed to leave Middle-earth, sailing from the Grey Havens over the Sea and out of the world on the Straight Road to find peace in Valinor.
Set thousands of years before The Hobbit, Prime Video's new high fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power depicts major events in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium. These are slated to ...
J. R. R. Tolkien built a process of decline and fall in Middle-earth into both The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings.. The pattern is expressed in several ways, including the splintering of the light provided by the Creator, Eru Iluvatar, into progressively smaller parts; the fragmentation of languages and peoples, especially the Elves, who are split into many groups; the successive falls ...
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