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Originally Posted by alatar
Whatever; what did cause those stains in Tolkien's cosmology? Asteroids? Melkor? Or does Tilion need a bib?
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As far as I know...
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Originally Posted by Silmarillion; Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
But Tilion was wayward and uncertain in speed, and held not to his appointed path; and he sought to come near to Arien, being drawn by her splendour, though the flame of Anar scorched him, and the island of the Moon was darkened.
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Second, not necessary but here might lay the reason as well:
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Originally Posted by Silmarillion; Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
But Morgoth hated the new lights, and was for a while confounded by this unlooked-for stroke of the Valar. Then he assailed Tilion, sending spirits of shadow against him, and there was strife in Ilmen beneath the paths of the stars; but Tilion was victorious.
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Damage assessment: 80%?
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