Siege of Utumno
This article or section needs expansion and/or modification. Please help the wiki by expanding it. |
Siege of Utumno | |
---|---|
Conflict: War for Sake of the Elves | |
Date: VY 1092-VY 1099 | |
Place: Utumno, North of Aman | |
Outcome: Decisive victory for Valarian forces | |
Combatants | |
Valar and Maiar of Valinor |
Forces of Melkor |
Commanders | |
File:Ted Nasmith - The First Dawn of the Sun (cropped).jpg Oromë | |
Strength | |
Valarian forces of Aman |
Balrogs, other various demons. |
Casualties | |
"Grievous"[1] |
Near total |
The Siege of Utumno was a great series of battles between Morgoth and the Valar in the North for the Sake of the Elves. The forces of the Valar were able to storm the dark and icy fortress after many years of prolonged fighting, immensely bloody on both sides. They drove Melkor into the depths of Utumno, where Tulkas and Morgoth fought with one another before Tulkas cast him down. Eventually Utumno was captured and leveled, and Morgoth was taken to the Halls of Mandos, bound by the great chain Angainor, crafted by Aule. He was taken back to Valinor for judgment before Manwë. Although Morgoth had been captured, the Valar did not discover or delve into the deepest caverns, dungeons, and pits of Utumno, where many evil things still lurked. Sauron was never found, and many creatures escaped the surface as the Valar were weary and distracted by Morgoth's capture. The Elves was the only race who remembered anything of the Siege, and only then that the earth shook and the waters groaned, and the North was lit by many fires from the lengthy battle.[1]