<P> Each Vala has its own region of the land where it resides and alters things as it pleases . The Mansions of Manwë and Varda, two of the most powerful spirits, stood upon Taniquetil, the highest mountain of the Pelóri . Yavanna, the Vala of Earth, Growth, and Harvest, resided in the Pastures of Yavanna in the south of the land, west of the Pelóri . Near - by were the mansions of Yavanna's spouse, Aulë the Smith, who made the Dwarves . Oromë, the Vala of the Hunt, lived in the Woods of Oromë to the north - east of the pastures . Nienna, the lonely Vala of Sorrow and Endurance, lived in the far west of the island where she spent her days crying about all the evil of the world, looking out to sea . Just south of Nienna's home, and to the north of the pastures, were the Halls of Mandos . Mandos was the Vala of the After - life . Also living in the Halls of Mandos was his spouse Vairë the weaver, who weaves the threads of time . To the east of the Halls of Mandos is the Isle of Estë, which is situated in the middle of the lake of Lórellin, which in turn lies to the north of the Gardens of Lórien (not to be confused with Lothlórien in Middle - earth). Estë and Lórien were married . </P> <P> In east - central Valinor at the Girdle of Arda (the Equator of Tolkien's world) is Valmar, the capital of Valinor (also called Valimar or the City of Bells), the residence of the Valar and the Maiar in the realm of Valinor . The first house of the Elves, the Vanyar, settled there as well . The mound of Ezellohar, on which stood the Two Trees, and Máhanaxar, the Ring of Doom, are outside Valmar . Farther east is the Calacirya, the only easy pass through the Pelóri, a huge mountain range fencing Valinor on three sides, created to keep Morgoth's forces out . In the pass is the city Tirion, built on a hill, the city of the Noldor Elves . By the shore of the sea, north - east of Tirion, is the Telerin Elves' port Alqualondë . </P> <P> Directly east of the shore of Valinor is the isle of Tol Eressëa, where the Elves later built the city of Avallónë and where the Teleri lived for centuries before moving to Valinor itself . </P> <P> In the northern inner foothills of the Pelóri, hundreds of miles north of Valmar was Fëanor's city of Formenos, built upon his banishment from Tirion . </P>

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