Battle of the Powers

The Battle of the Powers,The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië or the War of the Gods,The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIV: "Of Beleriand and its Realms was fought in the Years of the Trees between Melkor and the Valar who sought to free the Elves from Melkor's influence.
==History==
===Background===
In the ages prior to the sun, Arda was reformed by the massive energy released when Melkor destroyed the original light sources, the Two Lamps. The Valar fled the razing to the newly formed continent of Aman and built Valinor, while Melkor reigned unchecked in the new continent of Middle-earth, where he corrupted the surviving beasts. Unaware of these designs, the Valar did not approach him for fear that the confrontation would be just as world-devastating as the extinguishment of the light. Their priority was to protect the original plan of creation, though they were unsure of what was salvageable. They did not know if Eru's personal creations, Elves and Men, would now ever come into being after the catastrophe.
Fortunately, the Elves did come to being; however, they appeared in Middle-earth near Cuiviénen. Withdrawn, the Valar were unaware of this. On the other hand, Melkor quickly learned of this through his spies. Soon, Elves who wandered too far from their lands were captured and taken to Utumno. There, in Melkor's utmost contempt for Eru and his sole ability to create life, they were corrupted through torture into servants bred solely for war - Orcs.
Sometime later, while on a hunting trip in Middle-earth, the Valar Oromë stumbled upon the Elves that were unharmed. After realizing what they were, he asked them to return with him to Valinor for their protection. While the majority of them agreed, a some refused, believing him to be their kidnapper. When Oromë returned with the Elves willing to leave with him, the Valar were made aware of Orcs. Their creation was most-likely seen as the worst imaginable offense. Manwë and the rest of the Valar could stand this no longer, and so the Valar took counsel with each other and decided to rid Middle-earth of Melkor's tyranny.
===The War===
Soon, the Valar declared war on Melkor, presumably assembling a massive army of light, and battled him for many decades. The Host of the Valar easily defeated Melkor's host in north-western Middle-earth near Angband. The remnant of his forces fled back to Utumno and fortified themselves there. The Valar passed over Middle-earth and placed a guard over Cuiviénen to protect the Elves from any further effects of the war or perhaps from an attack from Melkor's servants. Then, the Host of the Valar went north to Utumno and besieged it. In their haste to attack Utumno, the Valar did not fully cleanse Angband of evil creatures, who lingered in its deepest pits. After decades of siege, the Host of the Valar finally broke through and after Tulkas himself personally defeated Melkor in combat, they captured him and took him to Valinor for judgment, sentencing him to prison in the Halls of Mandos for thousands of years.
===Aftermath===
The war between the two powers devastated the lands of Middle-earth and the face of the continent was changed. The distance between Middle-earth and Aman separated by the Great Sea became wider. A Gulf in south was created and small bays appeared between the Great Gulf and Helcaraxë. The Mountains of Hithlum and the highlands of the Dorthonion were created. The Sirion river that flowed into the newly formed Bay of Balar appeared. Free of evil, the Elves were invited to Valinor and undertook a Great Journey across Middle-earth in which new Elven cultures were developed. The result was the peopling and colonization of the western parts of Middle-earth with the Children of Ilúvatar.
Following the War, the Balrogs hid in the ruins of Angband. This fortress would become Melkor's stronghold on his eventual return to Middle-earth.
===Legacy===
The main legacy of war was that it allowed the Elves to go to Aman and Valinor where they became High Elves, enlightened, cultured, and skilled. Elves in Middle-earth established themselves learning much of nature, woodlore, and shipbuilding. However, the fear brought about by Melkor caused some Elves to refuse the summons of the Valar and stay in the east. These Elves, the Avari, developed separate and more secretive cultures and stayed away from the affairs of their long lost brethren for the most part. Many thousands of years later in the Third and Fourth Ages, some would become the Silvan Elves that would be the last of the kindreds of left in Middle-earth ever after. The languages of the Elves spread throughout Middle-earth and blended and influenced other tongues and became known of ever after.
The other legacy was that Melkor, then released from prison who would ever after remember that his downfall was because of the Elves sought revenge, thus causing the Revolt of the Ñoldor and the War of the Great Jewels and the battlesThe Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VI: "Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor" and great deeds that followed. It would also serve to shape the course of the history of the Children of Ilúvatar for ages to come.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Stryd van die Magte
Albanian 	Beteja e fuqive
Arabic 	معركة القوى
Armenian 	Ուժերի ճակատամարտ
Azerbaijani 	Güclərin döyüşü
Basque 	Botereen gudua
Belarusian Cyrillic	Бітва паўнамоцтваў
Bengali 	ক্ষমতার যুদ্ধ
Bosnian 	Bitka Ovlasti
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	битка на правомощията
Burmese 	တန်ခိုး၏စစ်တိုက်
Cambodian 	សមរភូមិអំណាច
Catalan 	Batalla de les Potències
Chinese 	权力之争
Croatian 	Bitka Ovlasti
Czech 	Bitva Mocností
Danish 	De Vældiges Kamp
Dutch 	Slag van de Bevoegdheden
Esperanto 	Batalo de la Potencoj
Estonian 	Lahing Volitusi
Filipino 	Labanan ng ang mga Kapangyarihan
Finnish 	Mahtien mittelö
French 	Bataille des Puissances\Guerre des Puissances
Frisian 	Slach fan de Machten
Galician 	Batalla dos Poderes
German 	Kampf der Mächte
Greek 	Μάχη των Δυνάμεων
Gujarati 	સત્તાઓનું યુદ્ધ
Hebrew 	קרב האיתנים
Hindi 	शक्तियों की लड़ाई
Hungarian 	Csata a Hatáskörök
Icelandic 	Orrustan við völdin
Indonesian 	Pertempuran Kekuasaan-kekuasaan
Irish Gaelic 	Cath na gCumhachtaí
Italian 	Battaglia dei Poteri
Japanese 	諸力の戦い
Kannada 	ಅಧಿಕಾರಗಳ ಕದನ
Kazakh 	Билік шайқасы (Cyrillic) Bïlik şayqası (Latin)
Korean 	강대국의 전투
Kurdish 	Şer de ji Hêzên (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Күчтөрдүн салгылашуусу
Latvian 	Kaujas Pilnvaras
Lithuanian 	Įgaliojimų mūšis
Luxembourgish 	Schluecht vun de Kräften
Macedonian Cyrillic	Битката на власта
Malaysian 	Pertempuran kuasa-kuasa yang
Malayalam 	ശക്തികളുടെ യുദ്ധം
Maltese 	Battalja tas-setg ħat
Marathi 	शक्तींची लढाई
Maori 	Whawhai o nga Mana
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гүрнүүдийн тулаан
Nepalese 	शक्तिहरूको युद्ध
Norwegian 	Slaget av Kreftene
Pashto 	د قواوو د جګړې د
Persian 	نبرد قدرت
Polish 	Bitwa Uprawnień
Portuguese 	Batalha dos Poderes
Punjabi 	ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ
Romanian 	Bătălia Puterilor
Russian 	Битва Сил
Sardinian 	Batalla de sos Poderes
Scottish Gaelic 	Blàr nan Cumhachdan
Serbian 	Битка сила (Cyrillic) Bitka sila (Latin)
Shona 	Hondo yemasimba
Sicilian 	Battagghia dî Putenzi
Sinhalese 	බලයන්ගේ සටන
Slovak 	Bitka Mocností
Slovenian 	Bitka v Pooblastil
Spanish 	Batalla de los Poderes
Swahili 	Vita ya Mamlaka
Swedish 	Slaget av de Befogenheter
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҷанги Пауэрс
Tamil 	சக்திகளின் போர்
Tatar 	Көчләр сугышы
Telugu 	అధికారాల యుద్ధం
Thai 	การต่อสู้ของพลัง
Turkish 	Güçler Savaşı
Turkmen 	Güýçler Söweşi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Битва Сил
Urdu 	طاقتوں جنگ
Uyghur 	كۈچلەر ئۇرۇشى
Uzbek 	Бошлиқлар жанги (Cyrillic) Boshliqlar jangi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Trận chiến của các Cường quốc
Welsh 	Brwydr y Pwerau
Yiddish 	שלאַכט פון די כוחות
Yoruba 	Ogun ti awọn Agbara
==References==
Category:Wars
Category:Years of the Trees
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ru:Война Сил
sk:Bitka Mocností