The Awakening of the Elves: How Middle-earth Began | Silmarillion Lore
What happened at Cuivienen, the Water of Awakening? In this Silmarillion deep dive, we journey to the starlit mere in the uttermost east where 144 Elves opened their eyes for the first time in the Year of the Trees 1050, and spoke the first word ever uttered in Arda - Ele, meaning Behold.From this single hinge moment flows every later glory and sorrow of Middle-earth: the sundering of the Firstborn into Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri; the shadow of Melkor and his Dark Rider stalking the wanderers; the corruption of captured Elves into the first Orcs, named the vilest deed in Tolkien's…
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