![]() ![]() Some of those nearby attuned their music to his, until two musical themes were warring before the Throne. When the Ainur sang the Great Music before Eru, Melkor wove some of these alien thoughts into his music, and straightaway Discord arose around him. It was during these lonesome periods that Melkor began to have ideas and thoughts of his own that were not in accordance with his fellow Ainur. He continued to search, however, and as such was often alone and apart from his fellow Ainur. But the Flame was of Iluvatar and resided with him, and Melkor never discovered it. Impatient with the emptiness of the Great Void outside the Timeless Halls, and desiring to create things of his own, Melkor often went forth into the Void in search of the Flame Imperishable. His brother was Manwë, although Melkor was greater in power and knowledge than any of the Ainur. Melkor was created by Eru Iluvatar in the Timeless Halls, at the beginning of creation. ![]() After committing many evils in the First Age, such as the theft of the Silmarils, which resulted in his name Morgoth, and the destruction of the Two Lamps and the Two Trees of Valinor, he was defeated by the Host of Valinor in the War of Wrath and cast out of Arda into the Void, never to return. Originally one the most powerful of the Ainur created by Eru Iluvatar, Melkor rebelled against his creator out of pride and sought initially to corrupt Arda, before settling on bringing about its destruction. ![]() He was the greatest enemy of the Free Peoples, rivalled only by Sauron, his former chief lieutenant turned-Dark Lord. Melkor (Quenya IPA: "He who arises in might"), later known predominantly as Morgoth (Sindarin IPA: "Black Foe of the World") and sometimes as Belegurth or the First Dark Lord was the first Dark Lord and the primordial source of evil in Eä. ― Melkor to Húrin - "The Children of Húrin" Nonetheless, Angband’s placement on the “2nd Silmarillion Map” is consistent with all the passages in the published Silmarillion that refer to Angband and the movement of troops and peoples across the landscape." Behold! The Shadow of my thought shall lie upon them wherever they go, and my hate shall pursue them to the ends of the world" Christopher Tolkien used the “2nd Silmarillion Map” as a guide for the map that he drew for the published Silmarillion but he omitted Angband from the final map. Tolkien switched the names of the two fortresses, such that Angband became the original, earlier fortress and Utumna became the later outpost.Īngband, so far as I know, was only shown on the “2nd Silmarillion Map”, which was published in The Lost Road and Other Writings. Angband is described as an outpost of Utumno.įor a while, as he developed the mythical world of the “Silmarillion” (not yet named Middle-earth), J.R.R. That said, in “Ambarkanta Map IV” (published in The Shaping of Middle-earth) Melkor’s fortress of Utumna/Utumno is placed directly north of the Blue Mountains, somewhat to the east of the later map’s location for Angband. These maps are not necessarily consistent with the published text of The Silmarillion and are most certainly NOT consistent with the published text (in any edition) of The Lord of the Rings. Q: Do any Maps Show where Angband and Utumno Lay?ĪNSWER: There are two maps, both made prior to the writing of The Lord of the Rings, which show the approximate locations of Angband and Utumno. ![]()
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