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The term of three ages for which [[Melkor]] was held prisoner by the [[Valar]] in [[Valinor]]. At the end of the third age of his captivity, [[Manwë]] released Melkor, but he turned back to darkness, destroying the [[Two Trees]] and fleeing back to his strongholds in the north of [[Middle-earth]] with the [[Silmarils]].
'''Captivity of Melkor''' was the term of three ages for which [[Morgoth|Melkor]] was held prisoner by the [[Valar]] in [[Valinor]].<ref>{{S|Captivity}}</ref>  At the end of the third age of his captivity, [[Manwë]] released Melkor,<ref>{{S|Feanor}}</ref> but he turned back to darkness, destroying the [[Two Trees]] and fleeing back to his strongholds in the north of [[Middle-earth]] with the [[Silmarils]].<ref>{{S|Darkening}}</ref>


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Captivity of Melkor was the term of three ages for which Melkor was held prisoner by the Valar in Valinor.[1] At the end of the third age of his captivity, Manwë released Melkor,[2] but he turned back to darkness, destroying the Two Trees and fleeing back to his strongholds in the north of Middle-earth with the Silmarils.[3]

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