When they walked uncloaked, the Ainur were like living flames, too bright for any non-"divine" eye to look upon for long. Most often, they were clad in bodies, but those bodies were like unto raiment for mortals. They were able to cast it off at will, with no harm to their spirit.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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