The Two Trees made most of Aman an immortal land, in which the Archangels exactly established their own Blessed Realm.Īnd, Tolkien states clearly that the Two Trees (and, obviously, the Valar themselves in the first place) made Valinor even more beautiful and radiant than Middle Earth during the ancestral Spring of Arda, as the quotation in the first post of this thread says Simply, the Two Trees are unanimously recognised as the greatest creation of the Valar something that gave birth again and spreaded the Good in the World (within the wall of the Pelóri) after the destruction of the Two Lamps and the relative disaster that affected and marred Arda. There are many reasons why the Light of the Two Trees and the Two Trees themselves are the pivotal and archetypal theme of Bliss/Splendour – and the consequent loss of it due to the actions of the Evil – which is periodically mentioned and remembered in the Silmarillion, via the Eldar's words and memory. Thank you very much, Vector, I'm glad you enjoyed this thread Truly befitting the image of the wise and benevelant Eldar King, Steward-Sovereign of Creation, no? I'm interested to hear your opinion on this Walk.Īlso, while your own pictures of the Valar are pretty good, this is my personal favorite design for Manwe. However, talking about the real-world fans of Tolkien, I personally believe that because the Lamps are at most a footnote in the Silmarillion, that's why we tend to refer to the Light as the Light of the Trees. Or perhaps the Valar never again spoke of the Lamps after they were cast down and the world was changed in their wake, after the destruction of Almaren. Is it because the Light, bound in the trees, was gazed upon by the Eldar and they remember it so fondly and bitterly thus? And then when the Noldor rebelled and were subsequently exiled, they spoke of the pure light as the Light of the Trees? And so those in the hither lands of Middle-Earth came to think of the pure untainted light as the 'Light of the Trees'. So, I'm just curious that we always refer to the light of the trees, and not the light of the Lamps, or just the primordial light. But first it was the Light of the Lamps of Aule, before the destruction of the World's first form. It's really well done btw (loved the Thor pictures for Valimar )Īnyway, whenever we discuss the early ages and the light that dwelled then, and is now only preserved in the Silmarilis, always is it referred to as the light of the Trees. This war not only destroyed Angband terribly but broke so much of Middle Earth that it got under the ocean.Hello Walk, I finally thought of something worth posting in your lovely thread. Until then, Melkor had sent Orcs to take Noldor who chased and slew them. The biggest of the battles, War of Wrath had significant effects on Angband.
#ANGBAND LOTR MAP FREE#
As the Noldor returned from the West, Morgoth declared a war against him and the Free Peoples in Beleriand supporting him. Melkor made it a base for the dark realm he wanted for Middle Earth.
The peaks were made of ash and slag as a result of the resurgence of the fortress and this is why the renovated Angband extended far greater underground than before. He built the volcanic peaks of Thangorodrim over Angband’s gates.
He was renamed Morgoth by the enemies, returned to Middle Earth, and chose the ruined fortress as his capital. Melkor was released after three ages, the Two Trees of Valinor were destroyed and the Silmarils were stolen. Slowly, the Orcs increased in number in these ruins and got ready to threaten the Dwarves and Thingol’s rule, entering into Beleriand. Sauron was among them and the Balrogs also hid with him in the deepest vaults of Angband. Angband was destroyed to a great extent and remained ruined for ages though some of the hidden chambers were intact under the ruins.Ī number of Melkor’s servants went into hibernation in these ruined chambers. However, when the War of Powers began, the attack of the Valar got over Angband easily and Melkor was forced to escape to the stronghold of Utumno. Angband was constructed at the coast of the Great Sea as a tool of defense against an attack on the Melkor from the Valar. It was under the supervision of Sauron, the head of the servants. Originally, Angband was built by Melkor during the Years of the Trees to protect its northern citadel at Utumno from the attack from Valar.
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