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***Mithadan*** · 12-26-2000, 07:15 PM

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When you read the Silmarillion (and perhaps more so with HoME), there is one single event which sets things tumbling towards the events of the First and later Ages. This event is the summons of the Valar, calling the elves to live in Valinor. The Nature of the elves was to love, foster, cultivate and preserve Middle Earth. The Summons of the Valar tears the elves away from their fundamental purpose. Yes, some declined the summons and others turned back, but ultimately the Noldor rebelled to return to Middle Earth resulting in a disasterous war which shaped the following ages. Was the Summons of the Valar a tragic mistake which itself doomed the Noldor as well as the elves living still in Middle Earth?

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

12-26-2000, 07:15 PM	#1
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,393	Did the Valar make a huge mistake? <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 387</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> When you read the Silmarillion (and perhaps more so with HoME), there is one single event which sets things tumbling towards the events of the First and later Ages. This event is the summons of the Valar, calling the elves to live in Valinor. The Nature of the elves was to love, foster, cultivate and preserve Middle Earth. The Summons of the Valar tears the elves away from their fundamental purpose. Yes, some declined the summons and others turned back, but ultimately the Noldor rebelled to return to Middle Earth resulting in a disasterous war which shaped the following ages. Was the Summons of the Valar a tragic mistake which itself doomed the Noldor as well as the elves living still in Middle Earth? --Mithadan-- "The Silmarils with living light were kindled clear, and waxing bright shone like stars that in the North above the reek of earth leap forth." </p> __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.