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0280 » Of The Coming Of The Elves & The Captivity Of Melkor » The Silmarillion Chapter 3

Having taken a scenic detour in Chapter 2, in Chapter 3 we pick up where Chapter 1 left off. Though the Blessed Realm of Aman is now lit by the Two Trees of Valinor, the rest of Middle-earth lay in “twilight under the stars”. While the Valar and their people dwell in relative security, Melkor labors ceaselessly to dominate the rest of the world, even as the dawn of the Children of Ilúvatar draws nigh.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“It is doom that the Firstborn shall come in the darkness, and shall look first upon the stars. Great light shall be for their waning. To Varda ever shall they call at need.”

– The Silmarillion, Chapter 3

CONTENTS

  • Quote Of The Week » 4:30
  • Middle-earth In Twilight » 9:20
  • Discovering The Elves » 26:10
  • The War Against Melkor & The Siege Of Utumno » 34:30
  • Summoning The Elves » 48:20
  • Vanyar, Noldor, Teleri, etc » 59:40
  • Haiku » 1:08:30

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