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Húrin
The husband of Varda and the King of the Valar, Manwë has power over wind and air. The giant eagles are his messengers and servants. Righteous and compassionate, he is the Vala who best understands Ilúvatar’s mind and directly asks for his counsel several times during important moments in the history of the world. Manwë’s strict moral compass is occasionally a disadvantage to him. After Melkor’s first imprisonment by the Valar, Manwë, unable to comprehend evil and believing Melkor must be repentant, allows him to go free, with disastrous results. Manwë is a strict but merciful ruler; when the Noldor elves choose to ignore his warnings and disobey Arda’s laws, he abandons Middle-earth to fight Melkor alone until Eärendil, a representative of both elves and men, petitions him for aid.
Manwë Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Manwë or refer to Manwë. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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But at that last word of Fëanor: that at the least the Noldor should do deeds to live in song for ever, he raised his head, as one that hears a voice far off, and he said: ‘So shall it be! Dear-bought those songs shall be accounted, and yet shall be well-bought. For the price could be no other. Thus even as Eru spoke to us shall beauty not before conceived be brought into Eä, and evil yet be good to have been.’
But Mandos said: ‘And yet remain evil. To me shall Fëanor come soon.’
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Chapter 24
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Here ends the SILMARILLION. If it has passed from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred; and if any change shall come and the Marring be amended, Manwë and Varda may know; but they have not revealed it, and it is not declared in the dooms of Mandos.
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Manwë Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Manwë or refer to Manwë. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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But at that last word of Fëanor: that at the least the Noldor should do deeds to live in song for ever, he raised his head, as one that hears a voice far off, and he said: ‘So shall it be! Dear-bought those songs shall be accounted, and yet shall be well-bought. For the price could be no other. Thus even as Eru spoke to us shall beauty not before conceived be brought into Eä, and evil yet be good to have been.’
But Mandos said: ‘And yet remain evil. To me shall Fëanor come soon.’
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Chapter 24
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Here ends the SILMARILLION. If it has passed from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred; and if any change shall come and the Marring be amended, Manwë and Varda may know; but they have not revealed it, and it is not declared in the dooms of Mandos.
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