1. Silmarillion
Valaquenta

2. 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

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

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

5. Silmarillion
Quenta Silmarillion

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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

11. 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

12. Important Characters (Elves)
Finwe
Feanor, Fingolfin, Finarfin

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. Important Things
Silmarils
Lamps, Trees
Songs
Ships

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