The Creation of Arda - Timeline of Arda #1

before the stories that we all know and cherish the arrival of Aragorn ters throne the destruction of Sauron and his One Ring the defeat of Smaug the dragon and even before the downfall of the original Dark Lord Melkor and the tale of the cell murals there was only one entity among the space of what was to be his universe in the beginning there was irulu votar and he was all in the timeless halls before creation Luva Tarr began to think through his thoughts the I nor came to be and he taught them how to create music the I nor were the grandest spirits to exist in the legendarium and there were beings of great power that would become the Valar and the may are at first they only learned from him and from each other by singing in small groups and observing the other groups and learning of their interpersonal existence eventually aloo Matar brought the I nor together and told them of a great composition that was to be made it would be the grandest of all songs that were previously made and they were allowed to put their own thoughts visions and freewill into it they were allowed to do this as lavit are created them with the flame imperishable or the secret fire which commended true life and free will their fire or spirits were the essences of this true life the eye nor bowed to their Lord at his description of the song that was to be when they began the song was a beautiful compilation of voices some that sang like trumpets and others like harps and some like choirs but before long faults and great dissonance entered the song this was mal Kors doing Melkor was the greatest and most powerful of all of the I nor and he had wandered the void of space and sought to find the flame imperishable on his own in order to create his own life under his Dominion but he failed in that task as the flame imperishable was Aluva tars power and gift and his alone the song became tumultuous and was called to a stop by Aluva ptarth he then reflected upon the song and he smiled after this reaction the second song of the or began the second song was alike and unlike to the first song and grew in beauty over time but eventually the discord rose again this time it was far greater and more overpowering as Melkor sang with more and more power some of the I nor stopped singing with dismay but one who is to be known as man way who in Aluva tars mind was the brother of Melkor countered this discord most but eventually male chorus music became the entire sound of the song at this Aluva tar rose from his seat and stops the song his face was Stern in reaction this time and then he rose his right hand to begin the next song immediately the song had begun during the confusion of the second song and this one was very unlike the others it sounded like the rippling of soft and sweet notes but grew louder and more powerful with time in its depth this song became to one song with sorrow beyond measure and beauty and the other was a loud song of splendor and repetition one didn't overcome the other and eventually the song of splendor wove the grandest notes of the song of sorrow into it the strife and differences in the two themes caused a great shaking in the dwelling of Aluva tar and the void beyond quote one chord deeper than the abyss higher than the firmament piercing as the light of the eye of Aluva toward the music ceased end quote Aluva tar stood again and afterwards he told the eye nor of the vastness of the music and what would happen if discord were brought to it as melkor had done he then gave the eye nor vision of quote a world that was globe amid the void but was not of it end quotes this world was to be known as ardha this world would eventually house valinor Beleriand and middle-earth the eye nor saw the history that would happen in this world unfold before them and they witnessed what part each of them had played in its conception even Melkor had contributed to it and even his deepest themes and perversions had all been a part of Aluva Tars master plan in this vision they saw the children of Aluva tar none of them had contributed to the song to create but rather the children were a part of Aluva tars plan to create the I nor became enamored with the earth and bound to its fate even melkor who above all desired to rule over all of the other I newer and the children of Aluva Tarr both they also saw the seas and the waters that would be in Arta and they became sure that the water would be a great factor of all life they saw that light that filled Arda as well and observed its majesty it is said that they might have seen the history of Arta up until the Dominion of men but not afterwards this could have happened as the free peoples and men especially have free will and their destinies are not made before them during the vision aloo Matar named Olmo lavalla and Lord of the waters and he was named second after malkor as Aluva tar and Melkor had already had previous interactions already Olmo learns that none of Melkor fires or snows that he could send would have an effect upon the seas Aluva tar then names man way the Vala and the lord of the winds and airs ulmo and men 'we are thus named the chief servants of irulu Betar after they are named the vision that all of the eye nor saw of Arda was abruptly brought to an end and the world of Arda was set into motion Eero Olivette are sent the flame imperishable into the universe and it is called a a' meaning it is or let it be and it is the true realization of the first music of the Aisne or aloo Matar then sends many of the fire or flames imperishable to arta where many lives of different folk would take place time began and so did middle-earth and all of Arda itself for of the Valar are sent to Arta to make it ready for the children of Aluva tar in the time to come when the Valar came to Arta it was shapeless and uncraft 'add it was but a barren plain ready to be worked upon on this plain Melkor who was the most powerful of all of the eye nor and still was claimed the world for himself but the other valor who were with him would let it be the smell corps disrupted many efforts of the world's creation and his assaults war upon man way Omo and Olay who are the other three Valar alongside him tasks to create the world after a time of struggling man way calls the other valor and mayor or the lesser of the Aisne or that were loyal to him and together they drove off Melkor for time the other Valar recognized man way as their King as he was compassionate kind and unconcerned for his own power and it was he who best knew the Louboutins vision for ArmA but this once again draws the ire of melkor and he returns to begin the first war inside time his goal was to try to hinder the creation of the world and to fight against man ways throne the first battles aren't recorded but as Melkor tried to undo everything that the Valar did it is seen that he cannot truly destroy or spoil their work and the earth of our Grand legendarium is made ready for the children of Aluva Tarr the first music of the eye nor is the beginning and possibly the end and renewal of Arda in the legendarium the first three songs created the universe and the world and throughout many years man way the king of the Valar reflects upon the compositions and learns from them different pieces that he did not notice at the time of its making when he was just one of the eye nor and though none while they were singing it truly knew what they were doing or creating during the music era aloo Matar directed them to create his vision and eventually they would come to understand what they had done and created this first music would set all into motion until dagger dagger Roth if it were to ever happen according to the second prophecy of man dose the final battle would be fought at the end of the world when all peoples and I nor of the universe would fight together man weighs forces against mel cores and after the death of the Vallum elk or by torrents hand and after the recovery of the Silmarils by a Rendel the world shall be renewed with the second music of the eye nor we're men to would participate alongside the eye nor in the creation of the next universe this would be far after the time of men and after the events of the Lord of the Rings again if were to happen though I really liked the idea of dagger dagger Roth it was only a prophecy of mandos who was the Doom's men of the Valar and according to Christopher Tolkien himself his father did away with this idea of this final battle and dagger dagger Roth but the possibility of it still remains within our legendarium so I'll leave that to you guys what do you think what dagger dagger Roth happened or what something else happened at the end of all time let me know in the comments below but indeed the music of the I nor was the heart and the creation of the entirety of the universe and it was the greatest of powers next to arrow aloo Matar himself thank you all for watching I hope you enjoyed this new kind of video I've always wanted to cover some of the earlier history of Tolkien's legendarium and I think a video series dedicated to the history of Arda is the perfect way to do it the information for this video comes from one of the newer copies of The Silmarillion which I believe to be more canon than the earlier writings or the books of lost tales the chapter in The Silmarillion in which the music of the eye nor takes place is named I new Lindale which means the music of the eye nor indeed in this version Aluva Tarr was less open with his thoughts and goals for the song then in the other tales of the music of the eye nor let me know if you guys would like to see more of this series as we work our way through the earlier timelines in the legendarium a while ago I was asked to do a timeline video of the Second Age and I'd like to actually do them through this series if that works for you guys the next part of this series will cover the two trees of Valinor and all of the chaos that ensued with both ungoliant and Melkor concerning the two trees so let me know if you would all like to see that I'll leave another poll on Facebook for next weekend's video and a link to that and the Facebook page will be in the description below guys we recently just passed 14,000 subscribers and it makes me so happy that this community has formed like it has when I began almost three years ago I wasn't quite sure what to expect or how far I would get or really what I was doing exactly but due to your great support and incredible encouraging comments I will continue to grow for you guys you've turned one of my dreams into a reality and I'll be forever thankful for that from here we will continue to grow as the men of the West together and I appreciate your continued support leave me a comment with your thoughts on this video or with what you would like to see next or even how I can improve or anything in between hit that like button if you enjoyed this video share this video with the friend who 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Channel: Men of the West

Views: 261,802

Keywords: Arda, Yoystan, History of Arda, Tolkien, Men of the West, Middle-Earth, Song of the Ainur, Ainulindalë, Valar, Maiar, Eru Iluvatar, Manwë, Melkor, Ulmo, Aulë, Lord of the Rings

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Length: 11min 34sec (694 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 06 2017