War of the Powers

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Previous war: War of the Lamps
Next war: Wars of Beleriand
War for Sake of the Elves
Beginning: VY 1090End: VY 1100
Place: North of Aman, northwest Middle Earth
Outcome: Decisive victory for the Valar, Downfall and Chaining of Melkor
Major battles: Battle of the Powers,Siege of Utumno
Combatants

Valarian forces of Aman

Melkor and his servants

Commanders

Oromë

Morgoth

War for Sake of the Elves was fought by the Valar, under orders from Manwë, the Elder King, against Melkor to liberate the newly-awakened Elves from his influence. It culminated in the near-apocalyptic Siege of Utumno, where Melkor was captured, cast down, and imprisoned for three ages of the world.

Prelude

After the Fall of the Two Lamps, the Valar held council among themselves and spoke of the message they had received from Eru Ilúvatar of his coming children, the ElvesTemplate:Ref. Yavanna spoke among them and said:

"Ye mighty of Arda, the vision of Ilúvatar was brief and soon taken away, so that maybe cannot guess within a narrow count of days the hour appointed. Yet be sure of this: the hour approaches, and within this age our hope shall be revealed, and the Children shall awake. Shall we then leave the lands of their dwelling desolate and full of evil? Shall they call Melkor lord while Manwë sits upon Taniquetil?"
The Silmarillion, Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor

The War Begins

References