Silmarillion

"The Silmarillion" is Tolkien's setting of the origin of the world of Middle-earth. It contains his ambition to create a creation epic for the English-speaking people. It was compiled and published posthumously by his youngest son Christopher Tolkien. Added a long article about Tolkien revealing his creative process. In the beginning there was Yuru, the "One God", whose name was called Ilúvatar in the world. Elves, the firstborn children of Yiru, love the stars forever and ever, and their beauty never withers or fades away. Human beings, second-born children, are given the freedom to decide their own destiny, and a strange gift - death. As time goes by, even the gods will become jealous. The Silmarillion was created by the most talented elf, Fëanor. The Silmaril contains the Light of Valinor that once stood in the Two Holy Trees, the last remnant of an age before any corruption had occurred. The first Dark Lord, Morgoth the Fallen, stole them. The sons of Fëanor swore a blasphemous oath and insisted on leaving their homeland to wage war against their great enemy and seek revenge to the end. They persuaded the tribesmen to disobey the gods and cross the sea to fight. The same kind of people kill each other, and this is where the decadence begins... The characters you are already familiar with in "The Silmarillion" Gandalf: Maia, one of the Istar (wizards), the holder of Naya, the Ring of Fire, and the mentor and helpful friend of Bilbo, Frodo, Elrond, Aragorn and others. Beren & Luthien: The first marriage between humans and elves (the marriage between Aragorn and Arwen is the fourth), the great-grandparents of Elrond and Elros, and the ancestors of the kings of Númenor. The names of Beren and Lúthien are engraved on the tombstone of the author Tolkien and his wife Edith. The cover of "The Silmarillion" often features Lúthien's emblem. Túrin: Son of Húrin, protagonist of "The Children of Húrin". Elrond: The son of Eärendil (the son of Huor, the brother of his father Tuonai Hurin) and Elwing, the brother of Aragorn's ancestor Elros, the son-in-law of Galadriel, the holder of the Ring of Air Via, and the master of Rivendell. Galadriel: The daughter of Finarfin, who stayed in Middle-earth after the end of the First Age; the holder of Nanya, the Ring of Water, lived in Lothlórien. She gave Frodo a crystal vial containing the light of Eärendil's star to light their way through Shelob's lair. Glorfindel: In the first era, he fought with the Balrog and unfortunately fell off a cliff; in the third era, he reappeared in Middle-earth and prophesied that the Witch King would not die at the hands of men (it turned out to be true, Princess Rohan and the Hobbits worked together to destroy the Witch King in "The Lord of the Rings"), and he helped Frodo and his party enter the Glen. Sauron: Maia, the most powerful servant of the first generation Dark Lord Morgoth, the villain in "The Lord of the Rings", Sauron secretly created the One Ring to rule the other rings, but the three elven rings have never been stained.