The Valar (['valar]; singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. They are "angelic powers" or "gods" subordinate to the one God (Eru...
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Valar Ventures is a US-based venture capital fund founded by Andrew McCormack, James Fitzgerald and Peter Thiel in 2010. Historically, the majority of...
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"Valar Morghulis" is the tenth and final episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 20th overall...
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The Valar are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth legendarium. Valar may also refer to: Valár, a village in Romania Valar Ventures, a venture...
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History of Arda (redirect from War of the Valar)
Arda, and the most powerful ones, were called Valar; the lesser Ainur were called Maiar. When the Valar entered Arda, it was still lifeless and had no...
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"Valar Dohaeris" is the third season premiere episode of the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones. Written by executive producers David Benioff...
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(Quenya: Land of the Valar) or the Blessed Realm is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the home of the immortal Valar on the continent...
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Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium (redirect from Sickle of the Valar)
godlike Valar at its centre. When this is marred by the evil Vala Melkor, the world is reshaped, losing its perfect symmetry, and the Valar move to Valinor...
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Ainur in Middle-earth (section Valar)
concern for the Creation entered it, and became the Valar and the Maiar, the guardians of Creation. The Valar included both good and evil characters. The Vala...
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"world that is." The second part, Valaquenta, gives a description of the Valar and Maiar, supernatural powers of Eä. The next section, Quenta Silmarillion...
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Morgoth (category Middle-earth Valar)
ˈbau̯ɡlir]; originally Melkor [ˈmɛlkor]) is a character, one of the godlike Valar and the primary antagonist of Tolkien's legendarium, the mythic epic published...
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As punishment, the Valar exile Fëanor to his remote home Formenos for twelve years. Finwë too withdraws to Formenos. The Valar learn that Melkor is...
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Númenor (redirect from Ban of the Valar)
ceased to worship the One God, Eru Ilúvatar, and they rebelled against the Valar. They invaded Valinor in an erroneous search for immortality, resulting...
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of Christianity. Tolkien stated that "Maia is the name of the Kin of the Valar, but especially of those of lesser power than the 9 great rulers". In the...
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Eärendil then went before the Valar, and asked them for aid for Men and Elves in Middle-earth, to fight against Morgoth; the Valar accepted his plea. Because...
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to enter the physical world to prepare for their arrival, becoming the Valar and Maiar. Tolkien wrote the initial version of the Ainulindalë between...
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became a spy for Melkor on the isle of Almaren, the Valar's home. Melkor soon destroyed Almaren; the Valar moved to Valinor, not perceiving Sauron's treachery...
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Two Trees of Valinor (redirect from Trees of the Valar)
They are created by the Valar, powerful spirit beings, but are cast down and destroyed by the Dark Lord Melkor. The Valar retreat to Valinor to make...
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knowledge, skill, and understanding; their leader is Finwë. The godlike Valar ask the Elves to come and live with them in their blessed realm of Valinor...
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is taken to the Valar in the West by Eärendil, heir of Beren and Lúthien, as a token of repentance for Fëanor's rebellion. The Valar then set this Silmaril...
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having assaulted his half-brother Fingolfin and thus broken the laws of the Valar, is banished to his fortress Formenos, and with him goes Finwë his father...
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legendarium, Valarin is the language spoken by the Valar. As immortal spiritual beings, the Valar have the ability to communicate through thought, with...
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to follow to reach the earthly paradise of Valinor, realm of the godlike Valar. The tale is mentioned in The Silmarillion and in The Lord of the Rings...
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Wizards in Middle-earth (section Servants of the Valar)
the Third Age, after catastrophically violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the earlier ages. Two Wizards...
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incorporating a Western continent, Aman, which became the home of the godlike Valar, as well as Middle-earth. At the end of the First Age, the Western part...
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battle of the First Age, which sees the battle between the armies of the Valar and Morgoth to free Middle-earth from the latter's yoke. Morgoth, seeing...
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include only a few words of High Valyrian, including valar morghulis ("all men must die"), valar dohaeris ("all men must serve") and dracarys ("dragonfire")...
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were called the Valar. Melkor, the chief agent of evil in Eä, and later called Morgoth, was initially one of the Valar. With the Valar came lesser spirits...
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HBO. His first appearance was in the first episode of the third season, "Valar Dohaeris". In 2013, he also appeared in M. Night Shyamalan's science fiction...
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that Wise had secured a $6 million investment round led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures. Wise raised a further $25 million in June 2014, adding Richard...
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