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When the Valar entered [[Eä]], Manwë and Melkor fought, and Manwë called other spirits to help him in his battle. Among these were the other Valar and the [[Maiar]]. After this [[First War with Melkor]], the Enemy withdrew from the battle into distant places of [[Eä]], and the others continued to shape the World. | When the Valar entered [[Eä]], Manwë and Melkor fought, and Manwë called other spirits to help him in his battle. Among these were the other Valar and the [[Maiar]]. After this [[First War with Melkor]], the Enemy withdrew from the battle into distant places of [[Eä]], and the others continued to shape the World. | ||
Long before the [[Awakening of the Elves]], the Valar - namely Aulë, Varda and Manwë - created the [[Two Lamps]] that illuminated the world, and while they were dwelling in the isle of [[Almaren]], nature prospered in the [[Spring of Arda]]. But Melkor saw this, and returned to fight for control of Arda, destroying the Lamps and thus marring the world further. The Valar retreated to [[Aman]] and founded [[Valinor]];<ref>{{S|1}}</ref> this was first intended to be a fortress whence they might issue to renew the War, but became a Paradise of peace, while Middle-earth was corrupted and darkened by Melkor, long unopposed.<ref name= | Long before the [[Awakening of the Elves]], the Valar - namely Aulë, Varda and Manwë - created the [[Two Lamps]] that illuminated the world, and while they were dwelling in the isle of [[Almaren]], nature prospered in the [[Spring of Arda]]. But Melkor saw this, and returned to fight for control of Arda, destroying the Lamps and thus marring the world further. The Valar retreated to [[Aman]] and founded [[Valinor]];<ref>{{S|1}}</ref> this was first intended to be a fortress whence they might issue to renew the War, but became a Paradise of peace, while Middle-earth was corrupted and darkened by Melkor, long unopposed.<ref name=knowledge>{{NM|P2xii}}</ref>{{rp|210}} Outside the golden gates of the city [[Valimar]], the Valar gathered in [[Máhanaxar]] to hold their great councils, bathed in the light of the [[Two Trees]], and some of the most momentous decisions of Eä's history were made. | ||
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Aulë and the Seven Fathers.jpg|thumb|''Aulë and the Seven Fathers'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]] | [[File:Ted Nasmith - Aulë and the Seven Fathers.jpg|thumb|''Aulë and the Seven Fathers'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]] | ||