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and he called one of the Ainur to him. Now this was that Spirit
which afterwards became Varda (and taking female form
became the spouse of Manwe). To Varda Iluvatar said: 'I will
give unto thee a parting gift. Thou shalt take into Ea a light that
is holy, coming new from Me, unsullied by the thought and lust
of Melkor, and with thee it shall enter into Ea, and be in Ea, but
not of Ea.' Wherefore Varda is the most holy and revered of all
the Valar, and those that name the light of Varda name the love
of Ea that Eru has, and they are afraid, less only to name the
One. Nonetheless this gift of Iluvatar to the Valar has its own
peril, as have all his free gifts: which is in the end no more than
to say that they play a part in the Great Tale so that it may be
complete; for without peril they would be without power, and
the giving would be void.
When therefore at last Melkor discovered the abiding place
of Manwe and his friends he went thither in great haste, as a
blazing fire. And finding that already great labours had been
achieved without his counsel, he was angered, and desired to
undo what was done or to alter it according to his own mind.
But this Manwe would not suffer, and there was war
therefore in Arda. But as is elsewhere written Melkor was at
that time defeated with the aid of Tulkas (who was not among
those who began the building of Ea) and driven out again into
the Void that lay about Arda. This is named the First Battle; and
though Manwe had the victory, great hurt was done to the work
of the Valar; and the worst of the deeds of the wrath of Melkor
was seen in the Sun. Now the Sun was designed to be the heart
of Arda, and the Valar purposed that it should give light to all
that Realm, unceasingly and without wearying or diminution,
and that from its light the world should receive health and life
and growth. Therefore Varda set there the most ardent and
beautiful of all those spirits that had entered with her into Ea,
and she was named Ar(i),(15) and Varda gave to her keeping a
portion of the gift of Iluvatar so that the Sun should endure and
be blessed and give blessing. The Sun, the loremasters tell us,
was in that beginning named As (which is as near as it can be
interpreted Warmth, to which are joined Light and Solace), and
that the spirit therefore was called Azie (or later Arie).
But Melkor, as hath been told, lusted after all light, desiring it
jealously for his own. Moreover he soon perceived that in As
there was a light that had been concealed from him, and which
had a power of which he had not thought. Therefore, afire at

once with desire and anger, he went to As [written above: Asa],
and he spoke to Arie, saying: 'I have chosen thee, and thou shalt
be my spouse, even as Varda is to Manwe, and together we shall
wield all splendour and mastery. Then the kingship of Arda
shall be mine in deed as in right, and thou shalt be the partner of
my glory.'
But Arie rejected Melkor and rebuked him, saying: 'Speak not