The Ainur were allowed to complete preparation for the Children of Iluvatar, and thus the world was complete. The great Vala Tulkas came from other parts of Ea to save the Ainur and to fight off Melkor, and Melkor was driven out of the realm of Arda. The Ainur were in the process of preparing the earth for the arrival of the Children of Iluvatar, so a great war took place. Instead of waging war with Melkor, Manwe summoned more Ainur to protect Arda from evil, and Melkor fled to the remote, desolate regions of Ea far away from the world.Įventually, Melkor developed an evil form and came to Arda to attack. Melkor's brother Manwe did not understand Melkor's evil, but he feared that Melkor would start wars on Arda and Manwe did not want that. When Melkor and the other Ainur arrived in Arda, Melkor immediately announced that he was the ruler of Arda. Eru allowed Melkor and the fourteen Valar and the Maiar to travel to Arda to prepare it for the arrival of the Children of Iluvatar, the races of Elves and men. Melkor begged to enter the world of Arda which had been created by Aule, claiming that he wished to spread Iluvatar's glory to that planet. Eru showed the Ainur what had become of their music: the creation of the material universe of Ea. Melkor was enraged by this judgement, but he hid his feelings because he secretly had a new prize in mind. Thus by opposing Eru, Melkor was only helping Eru's magnificent cause because Melkor could never truly stand against the One. Eru's beautiful, sweet song reigned supreme, and it lasted a long while until it ended in a single chord.Įru told Melkor that he could not stand against the Theme of Iluvatar.
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But Eru sent forth a third Theme, and this time Melkor could not override it though he greatly opposed it. But Melkor again opposed the Theme of Iluvatar by singing a strange song, and this song was so violent that many of the Ainur stopped singing. Melkor's music warred against Eru's Theme, and Eru sent forth a new Theme to challenge Melkor's. The other Ainur did not understand the song of Melkor, for it clashed with the Theme of Iluvatar. During the Music of the Ainur, Melkor weaved strange thoughts into his song. The Music of the Ainur was a great chorus sang by the Ainur that was led by Eru himself, and somehow this music created the material universe.
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Because of his initial resentment of Eru, Melkor's spirit developed differently than the other Ainur, and he became a rebellious spirit who resented the holy ways of Eru and the other Ainur.Īt the beginning of time, Eru created the material universe in an event known as the Music of the Ainur. Melkor sought the Flame Imperishable in vain because the flame always remained with Eru, and Eru did not inhabit the Void. Melkor began to resent Eru because he had not created life to inhabit the Void. It is thought that prior to the beginning of time, Melkor's spirit explored the Void in the new universe looking for the Flame Imperishable, the source of the creativity of Eru. Melkor was the first and most powerful spirit that was created by Eru Iluvatar, thus making Melkor the second oldest known being in existence. According to a prophecy made by Mandos, Morgoth would eventually regain his former strength and return to the world, but it would be then that he would be utterly destroyed and the world would end, and the Second Music of the Ainur would take place (possibly to create a new world). Morgoth was defeated but not killed, and he was chained and cast into the Void outside of the world, stuck behind the Doors of Night.
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By the end of the First Age, the peoples of Middle-Earth had had enough of Morgoth's treachery and the Valar challenged Morgoth in the War of Wrath. After the creation of Arda, Melkor came to Arda and corrupted many of the Maiar, most significantly Sauron, and he fled to the continent of Middle-Earth where he began doing great evil. Melkor betray the other fourteen of the most powerful Ainur who became the Valar, and he resorted to evil ways. Though Eru would not have intended for Melkor to be evil, he somehow developed evil ways (the exact reason for this is uncertain, but some speculation is done in this biography). Melkor was an intensely evil being initially created by Eru Iluvatar himself. Morgoth was the great and evil Dark Lord of Arda during the First Age.