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The Valar remove to the uttermost West, bordered by the
Outer Seas and the final Wall, and eastward by the towering
Mountains of Valinor which the Gods built. In Valinor they
gather all light and beautiful things, and build their man-
sions, gardens, and city, but Manwe and his wife Bridhil
have halls upon the highest mountain (Timbrenting or
Tindbrenting in English, Tengwethil in Gnomish, Taniquetil
in Elfin) whence they can see across the world to the dark
East. Ifan Belaurin(1) plants the Two Trees in the middle of
the plain of Valinor outside the gates of the city of Valmar.
They grow under her songs, and one has dark green leaves
with shining silver beneath, and white blossoms like the
cherry from which a dew of silver light falls; the other has
golden-edged leaves of young green like the beech and yel-
low blossom like the hanging blossoms of laburnum which
give out heat and blazing light. Each bee waxes for seven'
hours to full glory and then wanes for seven; twice a day
therefore comes a time of softer light when each tree is
faint and their light is mingled.

*
1. Yavanna Palurien added in the margin.
2. At both occurrences of seven in this sentence my father first wrote six,
but changed it in the act of writing the manuscript.

2.

The Outer Lands are in darkness. The growth of things
was checked when Morgoth quenched the lamps. There are
forests of darkness, of yew and fir and ivy. There Orome
sometimes hunts, but in the North Morgoth and his de-
monic broods (Balrogs) and the Orcs (Goblins, also called
Glamhoth or people of hate) hold sway. Bridhil looks on
the darkness and is moved, and taking all the hoarded light
of Silpion (the white tree) she makes and strews the stars.
At the making of the stars the children of Earth awake -
the Eldar (or Elves). They are found by Orome dwelling by
the star-lit pool (Cuivienen, water of awakening) in the
East. He rides home to Valinor filled with their beauty and
tells the Valar, who are reminded of their duty to the Earth,
since they. came thither knowing that their office was to
govern it for the two races of Earth who should after come
each in appointed time. There follows an expedition to the
fortress of the North (Angband, Iron-hell), but this is now
too strong for them to destroy. Morgoth is nonetheless
taken captive, and consigned to the halls of Mandos who
dwelt in the North of Valinor.
The Eldalie (people of the Elves) are invited to Valinor
for fear of the evil things of Morgoth that still wandered in
the dark. A great march is made by the Eldar from the East