The Valar are Ainur, beings created by Eru Iluvatar (who is the equivalent to God inJ.R.R.
None of the Ainur are inherently good or evil, but rather become so through their experiences.
In Middle-earth lore,the Istariare Maiar.
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Sometimes the obvious things are, well, the best.
As a result,there are many Maiar living in Middle-earth, not just the Istari.
The most powerful of the Maiar in Middle-earth is, of course, Sauron himself.
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He isn’t the only Maiar we see in Season 2, though.
Somehow, one of the Balrogs made its way to Khazad-dum.
This is the level of destruction that threatens Middle-earth under Sauron and whoever aligns with him.
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
