Almaren

2009-12-01T07:07:29Z

Giffyguy: Linked to the article for Utumno

Before the time of the [[Two Trees]] of [[Valinor]], and even before the [[Valar]] came to [[Valinor]], they dwelt on the green island of Almaren in the [[Great Lake]]. In the mists of time, long before the awakening of [[Elves]] or [[Men]], the [[Valar]] dwelt east of the Sea in [[Middle-earth]]. This was a time called the [[Spring of Arda]], when [[Arda]] was lit by the two Lamps of the [[Valar]], and Almaren lay in the central regions of the World, where the light of the two Lamps mingled.

Of the details of Almaren we know little: there was green grass on the island, and the [[Valar]] had a 'dwelling' there, which presumably constituted a city, or at least a town. In the history of the [[Valar]], Almaren was known as the place where Tulkas wed Nessa.

Of much greater importance, though, is the fact that Almaren was the site of the [[Valar]]'s first major defeat at the hands of [[Melkor]]: he loosed his forces secretly from his northern fortress of [[Utumno]] (then newly delved). Both the Lamps of the [[Valar]] were thrown down and destroyed, and Almaren lay in ruins. [[Tulkas]] gave chase, but [[Melkor]] escaped into the dungeons of [[Utumno]].

After this, the [[Valar]] left [[Middle-earth]] and seldom returned. They founded a new land far away to the west, in [[Aman]], that they called [[Valinor]]; a land lit by the fabled light of the [[Two Trees of Valinor|Two Trees]].

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2009-12-01T07:02:49Z

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