<P> In Valinor, Fëanor, son of Finwë, and the greatest of the Noldor, created the Silmarils in which he stored a part of the light of the Two Trees that were lighting Valinor . After three ages in the Halls of Mandos, Melkor was released, feigning reform . He however spread his evil and started to poison the minds of the Elves against the Valar . Eventually he killed Finwë and stole the Silmarils . Fëanor then named him Morgoth (S . The Black Enemy). Fëanor and his seven sons then swore to take the Silmarils back, and led a large army of the Noldor to Beleriand . </P> <P> In Beleriand, Elwë was eventually found, and married Melian the Maia . He became the overlord of Beleriand, naming himself Thingol (S. Grey - cloak). After the First Battle of Beleriand, during the first rising of the Moon, the Noldor arrived in Beleriand . They laid a siege around Morgoth's fortress of Angband, but were eventually defeated . </P> <P> Then Eärendil the Mariner, a half - elf from the House of Finwë, sailed to Valinor to ask the Valar for help . Then the Ban of the Noldor was lifted, and the Valar started the War of Wrath, in which Morgoth was finally overcome . </P> <P> After the War of Wrath, the Valar tried to summon the Elves back to Valinor . Many complied, but some stayed . During the Second Age they founded the Realms of Lindon, Eregion and Mirkwood . Sauron, Morgoth's former servant, made war upon them, but with the aid of the Númenóreans they defeated him . </P>

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