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The Valar (singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
They are first mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, but Tolkien's
posthumously published book, The Silmarillion (predating the former in
terms of material), expands their characters as the Powers of Arda or the
Powers of the World. They are greater Ainur, angelic beings charged with
watching over Eä (the Universe). In particular, the Valar are those Ainur
that chose to go into Arda to aid Ilúvatar in the creation of it.
Origin and acts Eru Ilúvatar first revealed to the Ainur his great
vision of The World through musical themes.
...unfolding a history whose vastness and majesty had never been
equalled... -The Music of the Ainur, The Silmarillion.
This World, fashioned from his ideas and expressed as the Music of
Ilúvatar, was refined by thoughtful interpretat
