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''The Silmarillion'' is Creator/JRRTolkien's book of the history of [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Middle-earth]], from the [[CreationMyth creation of the universe]] to the end of the Third Age. Tolkien had been [[DevelopmentHell working on it for most of his life]] until his death in 1973. His first book ''Literature/TheHobbit'' was not originally planned to share the same setting, [[CanonWelding but ended up that way,]] and its sequel ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' continued and concluded the narrative of the setting. It was posthumously edited by his son and literary executor Christopher (with assistance from Creator/GuyGavrielKay, later a fantasy author himself) and [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell finally published]] in 1977.
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''The Silmarillion'' Silmarillion''[[labelnote:full title]]''Quenta Silmarillion (The History of the Silmarils), together with Ainulindalë (The Music of the Ainur) and Valaquenta (Account of the Valar), To which is appended Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor) and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age''[[/labelnote]] is Creator/JRRTolkien's book of the history of [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Middle-earth]], from the [[CreationMyth creation of the universe]] to the end of the Third Age. Tolkien had been [[DevelopmentHell working on it for most of his life]] until his death in 1973. His first book ''Literature/TheHobbit'' was not originally planned to share the same setting, [[CanonWelding but ended up that way,]] and its sequel ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' continued and concluded the narrative of the setting. It was posthumously edited by his son and literary executor Christopher (with assistance from Creator/GuyGavrielKay, later a fantasy author himself) and [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell finally published]] in 1977.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Fëanor and his seven sons, but ''especially'' the three C-brothers, Curufin, Caranthir and Celegorm.
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** Sauron tried to bring order to the world, and only managed to make everything worse, and ended up like his master. ** Feanor and his sons slaughtered countless innocents in their quest to retake the Silmarils, only to find out once they've finally reclaimed them after hundreds of years of war and suffering that the jewels will not suffer their hands dirtied by their numerous crimes.
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** Sauron tried to bring order to the world, and only managed to make everything worse, and ended up like his master. master.
** Feanor and his sons slaughtered countless innocents in their quest to retake the Silmarils, only to find out once they've finally reclaimed them after hundreds of years of war and suffering that the jewels will not suffer their hands dirtied by their numerous crimes.
** Feanor and his sons slaughtered countless innocents in their quest to retake the Silmarils, only to find out once they've finally reclaimed them after hundreds of years of war and suffering that the jewels will not suffer their hands dirtied by their numerous crimes.
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** The Elves in their turn consider their ''immortality'' a Blessing With Suck, because they cannot leave the world even if they want to, but [[MostWritersAreHuman the audience is not likely to agree with them]]. The Elves' particular version of immortality consists of "fading," or in other words of their spirits gradually burning away their flesh: they become something resembling ghosts if they stay in Middle-earth. (This is why they're leaving for the West at the time of ''The Lord of the Rings.)''
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** The Elves in their turn consider their ''immortality'' a Blessing With Suck, because they cannot leave the world even if they want to, but [[MostWritersAreHuman the audience is not likely to agree with them]]. The Elves' particular version of immortality consists of "fading," or in other words of their spirits gradually burning away their flesh: they become something resembling ghosts if they stay in Middle-earth. (This is why they're leaving for the West at the time of ''The Lord of the Rings.)'')'' Even staying in Valinor won't help in the long run as they will eventually grow weary of the same old world they can't leave, while Men get to experience the wondrous new things Eru has planned for them after their death.
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* ReasoningWithGod: Following the Noldor's defeat in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, things get so bad in Beleriand with Morgoth now ruling it uncontested that the only thing the people of Middle Earth can do is plead the Valar for salvation. Fortunately, the Valar are moved with compassion when Eärendil arrives in Valinor and makes his plea on behalf of those still in Middle Earth, sparking the War of Wrath and Morgoth's second, final defeat.
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* AllForNothing: A core topic of Tolkien's works is the futility of evil, and how evil leads nowhere. All those who choose evil never get what they want, and end up a shell of their former selves. At the very best, they will get a mockery or a twisted corruption of their original desire, while still being miserable. Melkor wanted to create, but in his pride he tried to take over the matter, and end up losing his power, might, intelligence, sanity and light. And he only manages to corrupt the matter, but never to take over it, or create, his true goal. Sauron tried to bring order to the world, and only managed to make everything worse, and ended up like his master. Feanor and his sons too. The only thing evil manages to do is to make everything worse for everyone.
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* AllForNothing: A core topic of Tolkien's works is the futility of evil, and how evil leads nowhere. All those who choose evil never get what they want, and end up a shell of their former selves. At the very best, they will get a mockery or a twisted corruption of their original desire, while still being miserable. The only thing evil manages to do is to make everything worse for everyone.
** Melkor wanted to create, but in his pride he tried to take over the matter, and end up losing his power, might, intelligence, sanity and light. And he only manages to corrupt the matter, but never to take over it, or create, his true goal.
** Sauron tried to bring order to the world, and only managed to make everything worse, and ended up like his master. ** Feanor and his sonstoo. The slaughtered countless innocents in their quest to retake the Silmarils, only thing evil manages to do is to make everything worse for everyone.find out once they've finally reclaimed them after hundreds of years of war and suffering that the jewels will not suffer their hands dirtied by their numerous crimes.
** Melkor wanted to create, but in his pride he tried to take over the matter, and end up losing his power, might, intelligence, sanity and light. And he only manages to corrupt the matter, but never to take over it, or create, his true goal.
** Sauron tried to bring order to the world, and only managed to make everything worse, and ended up like his master. ** Feanor and his sons
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* ArtifactOfHope: The titular Silmarils are a matching set of {{Power Crystal}}s forged by an Elf. Their touch burns the evil and unworthy, and they still inspire hope three ages of Middle-earth later in ''The Lord of the Rings''. The Silmaril that ends up in the sky is even called "Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope" when it first appears there.
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* ArtifactOfHope: The titular Silmarils are a matching set of {{Power Crystal}}s forged by an Elf.Elf that contains that last pure light in the world after the Two Trees are felled. Their touch burns the evil and unworthy, and they still inspire hope three ages of Middle-earth later in ''The Lord of the Rings''. The Silmaril that ends up in the sky is even called "Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope" when it first appears there.
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* DecisiveBattle: Dagor Bragollach, the Battle of the Sudden Flame. For 400 years, the Noldor had confined Morgoth and his forces in a prolonged siege of Angband, though they lacked the strength to finish the war. Morgoth spent this time building up his forces including breeding his newest superweapon, the first dragon Glaurung, then unleashed them onto the Noldor in a surprise attack accompanied by rivers of fire. The siege was broken with the Noldor's defeat and while they managed to live to fight another day, they spent the rest of the war losing ground to Morgoth, ending with their complete defeat in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Men arrive in Beleriand and discover the Elves' war with Morgoth, a fair few of them turn around and head right back over the Blue Mountains so they won't have to deal with it. Morgoth, of course, tries to encourage this as much as he can.
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** When Men arrive in Beleriand and discover the Elves' war with Morgoth, a fair few of them turn around and head right back over the Blue Mountains so they won't have to deal with it. Morgoth, of course, tries to encourage this as much as hecan.can.
** When Númenor's decline began, a significant number of the Faithful began to depart from the island to havens in Middle-earth, such as Lond Daer in southern Eriador and Pelargir in what would later become Gondor.
** When Men arrive in Beleriand and discover the Elves' war with Morgoth, a fair few of them turn around and head right back over the Blue Mountains so they won't have to deal with it. Morgoth, of course, tries to encourage this as much as he
** When Númenor's decline began, a significant number of the Faithful began to depart from the island to havens in Middle-earth, such as Lond Daer in southern Eriador and Pelargir in what would later become Gondor.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The two direct conflicts between Melkor and the Valar are intentionally left vague by the author as they're the only ones that the Elves weren't present for.
** The [[DivineConflict very first war]] happened during the physical creation of Arda. All we're told is that Melkor assumed a great and terrible shape, described as "a mountain that wades in the sea and has its head above the clouds and is clad in ice and crowned with smoke and fire; and the light of the eyes of Melkor was like a flame that withers with heat and pierces with a deadly cold." He and the Valar clashed over and over again as he sabotaged the world; they built mountains and Melkor threw them down, they dug valleys and he filled them up, they filled oceans and he spilled them over. Back in those days, Melkor was ''the'' strongest thing in the universe save Ilúvatar himself so none of the Valar could stop him. This stalemate continued until Tulkas came down and finally managed to defeat him, forcing Melkor to flee and allowing Arda to be finished.
** The second war is known as "The Battle of the Powers" and it was done for the sake of the Elves so they could make the journey to Aman unmolested by Melkor's growing forces. Once the Elves awoke they were protected by a group of Maiar and kept far away from the fighting. All the Elves knew of the war was that it shook the ground and Melkor's distant fortress of Untumno could be seen by the huge fires around the area. This war ended with Melkor's forces nearly annihlated and the big man himself being chained and dragged back to Aman. The survivors leftover will be the cause of the woes experienced by the Elves and Dwarves left behind after the fact.
** The [[DivineConflict very first war]] happened during the physical creation of Arda. All we're told is that Melkor assumed a great and terrible shape, described as "a mountain that wades in the sea and has its head above the clouds and is clad in ice and crowned with smoke and fire; and the light of the eyes of Melkor was like a flame that withers with heat and pierces with a deadly cold." He and the Valar clashed over and over again as he sabotaged the world; they built mountains and Melkor threw them down, they dug valleys and he filled them up, they filled oceans and he spilled them over. Back in those days, Melkor was ''the'' strongest thing in the universe save Ilúvatar himself so none of the Valar could stop him. This stalemate continued until Tulkas came down and finally managed to defeat him, forcing Melkor to flee and allowing Arda to be finished.
** The second war is known as "The Battle of the Powers" and it was done for the sake of the Elves so they could make the journey to Aman unmolested by Melkor's growing forces. Once the Elves awoke they were protected by a group of Maiar and kept far away from the fighting. All the Elves knew of the war was that it shook the ground and Melkor's distant fortress of Untumno could be seen by the huge fires around the area. This war ended with Melkor's forces nearly annihlated and the big man himself being chained and dragged back to Aman. The survivors leftover will be the cause of the woes experienced by the Elves and Dwarves left behind after the fact.
