Silmarillion Valaquenta

Important Valar (Ainur on Arda) Orome - Hunter Tulkas - Fighter Lorien - Dreams Nienne - Sorrow Este - Rest Vaire Vana Nessa - Huntress Manwe – King, air Ulmo - Water Varda – Stars (Elbereth) Yavanna – plants, animals Mandos - Death Aule – Earth, smith, making Melkor – Fire, Cold, Darkness

Important Maia Sauron Olorin – wise Melian – song Osse Ilmare Eonwe

Important Marriages among Valar Manwe and Varda Aule and Yavanna Este and Lorien Mandos and Vaire Orome and Vana Tulkas and Nessa

Silmarillion Quenta Silmarillion

Plot of Chapters 1-12 Spring of Arda Create 2 lamps Illuin (north) Ormal (south) Melkor breaks the lamps Bliss of Valinor Yavanna sings, Nienne cries = Two Trees Telperion (silver) and Laurelin (gold) Varda gathers light lakes

Plot of Chapters 1-12 Aule makes the Dwarves Yavanna concerned about the trees Tulkas captures Melkor Melian (singer) and Thingol Ulmo uproots an island Melkor sues for pardon, is kept at Valinor

Plot of Chapters 1-12 Feanor makes the Silmarils Feanor banished to Formenos for threatening Fingolfin, Finwe goes too To go to the feast, Feanor summoned Melkor and Ungoliant kill the trees and Valar ask Feanor for Silmarils; he says “no” Melkor kills Finwe and steals Silmarils Feanor and sons swear Oath

Plot of Chapters 1-12 Noldor leave under Feanor and Fingolfin Teleri refuse to go or help build ships At Alquelonde, Kinslaying, Feanor’s elves kill Teleri while stealing ships Feanor does not send ships back for Fingolfin’s group, have to walk Galadriel helps Fingolfin to get across ice (also not part of Kinslaying)

Plot of Chapters 1-12 Sindar (Thingol and Melian) meet Dwarves and work with them, they help Thingol build Menegroth Evil rising in Beleriand, wolves, orcs Denethor falls, Cirdan driven back Thingol retreats to Doriath

Plot of Chapters 1-12 Yavanna and Nienne try to revive trees 1 Silver flower, 1 Golden fruit become moon and sun Hiding of Valinor Men awake in 1st rising of Sun

Important Characters (Elves) Finwe Feanor, Fingolfin, Finarfin

Important Marriages (Elves) Finwe and Miriel – Feanor Feanor and Nerdanel – Maedhros, Curufin Finwe and Indis – Fingolfin, Finarfin Finarfin and Earwen – Finrod and Galadriel Fingolfin – Fingon, Turgon, Aredhel

Important Marriages (Elves) Thingol and Melian – Luthien Luthien and Beren -- Dior Dior and Idris -- Elwing Earendil and Elwing – Elros and Elrond Elros (chose to be Man) Elrond (chose to be Elf) Aragorn Arwen

Important Places in Arda Valinor -- Aman Beleriand Island of Tuna Utumno and Thangorodrim Alquelonde Helcaraxe Doriath (Menegroth)

Important Things Silmarils Lamps, Trees Songs Ships

Light Lamps Trees lakes, stars sun and moon Silmarils Light of the Valar in Melian’s face