But who are the Valar really, and how do they impactThe Rings of Power?
The Valar Have Been Around Since Arda’s Creation in the First Age
Before the God ofJ.R.R.
It’s what makes his turn to villainy so unfortunate.
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In the First Age,the Valar also found Valinor on the westernmost continent of Aman.
Only Eru Iluvatar is all-powerful, and thusthe Valar each have specific roles to play in creation.
Manwe is the King of the Winds while his wife, Varda is the Star Queen.
You get a ring, you get a ring… Everybody gets a ring!
But all of this changed when the Numenoreans attacked.
Desperate, Manwe pleads with Eru Iluvatar to intervene.
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The Silmarillion’s “Akallabeth"details what happens next.
Through Gandalf and the other five Istari,the Valar aided in the continual resistance to Sauron’s influence.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeason 2 is now streaming on Prime Video.
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.
