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The '''Siege of Utumno''' was a great series of battle between [[Morgoth]] and the [[Valar]]. Melkor's might had grown mighty  and was not contended by any force outside of the realm of the Vala and even they were instilled with fear, especially for the Eldar. They learned of the atrocious misdemeanours of Melkor against the Eldar: the fashioning of the Orcs out of captured Eldar. The Vala deemed it necessary to war with Melkor. Though the war was fought for the sake of the Eldar, they did not witnessed much of the carnage, for a guards protected them from the battlefields, but they saw the armies of the Vala and the Vala in their wrath and some feared them greatly as the very earth shook from the turmoil. Melkor ever after despised and hated the Eldar with surpassing fury, for he held them responsible for his defeat. The forces of the Valar were able to storm the dark and icy fortress after many years of prolonged fighting, immensely bloody on both sides. They drove Melkor into the depths of [[Utumno]], where [[Tulkas]] and Melkor fought with one another before Tulkas cast him down. Eventually Utumno was captured and leveled, and Melkor was taken to the [[Halls of Mandos]], bound by the great chain [[Angainor]].  He was taken back to Valinor for judgment before Manwë. Although Morgoth had been captured, the Valar did not discover the deepest caverns and dungeons of Utumno, where many evil things still lurked. Sauron was never found, and many creatures escaped the surface, the Valar weary and distracted by Morgoth's capture.<ref name="Captivity"/> though Angband was assailed, being the great arsenal and fortress protecting Utumno, it too was not entirely razed and it became the breeding grounds for many of the dark servants of Melkor, including the Orcs (who became stronger and learned to wield armour and weapons of iron and steel). Later it became the immense capital of Melkor's dark domain. 
The '''Siege of Utumno''' was a great series of battle between [[Morgoth]] and the [[Valar]]. The forces of the Valar were able to storm the dark and icy fortress after many years of prolonged fighting, immensely bloody on both sides. They drove Melkor into the depths of [[Utumno]], where [[Tulkas]] and Melkor fought with one another before Tulkas cast him down. Eventually Utumno was captured and leveled, and Melkor was taken to the [[Halls of Mandos]], bound by the great chain [[Angainor]].  He was taken back to Valinor for judgment before Manwë. Although Morgoth had been captured, the Valar did not discover the deepest caverns and dungeons of Utumno, where many evil things still lurked. Sauron was never found, and many creatures escaped the surface, the Valar weary and distracted by Morgoth's capture.<ref name="Captivity"/>


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Siege of Utumno
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Conflict: War for Sake of the Elves
Date: VY 1092-VY 1099
Place: Utumno, North of Aman
Outcome: Decisive victory for Valarian forces
Combatants

Valar and Maiar of Valinor

Forces of Melkor

Commanders

File:Ted Nasmith - The First Dawn of the Sun (cropped).jpg Oromë

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Strength

Valarian forces of Aman

Balrogs, other various demons.

Casualties

"Grievous"[1]

Near total

The Siege of Utumno was a great series of battle between Morgoth and the Valar. The forces of the Valar were able to storm the dark and icy fortress after many years of prolonged fighting, immensely bloody on both sides. They drove Melkor into the depths of Utumno, where Tulkas and Melkor fought with one another before Tulkas cast him down. Eventually Utumno was captured and leveled, and Melkor was taken to the Halls of Mandos, bound by the great chain Angainor. He was taken back to Valinor for judgment before Manwë. Although Morgoth had been captured, the Valar did not discover the deepest caverns and dungeons of Utumno, where many evil things still lurked. Sauron was never found, and many creatures escaped the surface, the Valar weary and distracted by Morgoth's capture.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
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