Chaining of Melkor

The Chaining of Melkor refers to a time in Arda that was free of evil and Melkor was imprisoned in the Halls of Mandos for his crimes and evils on the world.
==History==
At the end of the Battle of the Powers, Melkor's armies of darkness were defeated, and his fortress of Utumno was leveled and destroyed. Defeated, Melkor was chained and bound and taken to Valinor for trial. There, he was sentenced to three ages of imprisonment in the dungeons of the Halls of Mandos by his brother Manwë, the King of Arda.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
During this time, peace reigned in Middle-earth and the Elves were invited to live in Valinor and settle outside of Cuiviénen with no evil to fear, and so they began their Great Journey. During this time, the Elves became a diversified people forming into many different groups and cultures.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor" The Elves that settled in Aman became High Elves and their leaders, kings. Written language systems were developed using the Sarati and the Tengwar.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V: "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VI: "Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"
In Middle-earth, the remaining Teleri in Beleriand developed into the Sindar and were ruled by Elwë and his Queen, the Maia Melian, in Eglath. The lost group of Nandor Elves who followed Lenwë during the Great Journey reappeared in Beleriand calling themselves the Laiquendi and settled in Ossiriand.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IV: "Of Thingol and Melian"
The Chaining lasted three ages, or a total of about three thousand years. The era ended with the release of Melkor who slowly poisoned the peace and stirred up rivalries and dissent among the Ñoldor. Thus, the Noontide of Valinor came to an end, the Darkness of Valinor began, and the majority of the Ñoldor rebelled against the Valar and went to war with Melkor, who was now known as Morgoth, in Middle-earth.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VII: "Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter VIII: "Of the Darkening of Valinor"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Bindend van Melkor
Albanian 	Lidhja me zinxhirë e Melkor
Arabic 	تجليد ملكور
Armenian 	Մելքորի բանտարկությունը
Azerbaijani 	Melkorun Zəncirlənməsi
Belarusian Cyrillic	Звязванне Мелкора
Bengali 	মেলকরের চেইনিং
Bosnian 	Melkorovo okovanje
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Оковаването на Мелкор
Catalan 	Encadenament de Melkor
Chinese 	米尔寇的监禁
Croatian 	Melkorovo okovanje
Czech 	Melkorovo řetězení
Danish 	Melkors lænkning
Dutch 	Ketening van Melkor
Estonian 	Melkori aheldamine
Faroese 	Melkors bindandi
Finnish 	Melkorin ketjuttaminen
French 	Enchaînement de Melkor
Friulian 	Incatenament di Melkor
Galician 	Encadenamento de Melkor
German 	Gefangenschaft von Melkor
Greek 	Δέσιμο του Μέλκορ
Gujarati 	મેલ્કોરની સાંકળવા
Hebrew 	כבילתו של מלקור
Hindi 	मेल्कोर की बाध्यकारी
Hmong 	Kev khi ntawm Melkor
Indonesian 	Pengikatan Melkor
Italian 	Concatenamento di Melkor
Japanese 	メルコールの投獄
Kannada 	ಮೆಲ್ಕೋರ್ ನ ಬಂಧನ
Kazakh 	Мелкорды Шынжырлау (Cyrillic) Melkordı Şınjırlaw (Latin)
Korean 	멜코르의 투옥
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мелкордун Чынжырланышы
Macedonian Cyrillic	Окопчување на Мелкор
Malaysian 	Pengikat Melkor
Marathi 	मेलकोर चे चेनिंग
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мелкорын холбох
Norwegian 	Melkors lenking
Persian 	اسارت ملکور
Polish 	Spętanie Melkora
Portuguese 	Acorrentamento de Melkor
Punjabi 	ਮੇਲਕੋਰ ਦੀ ਚੇਨਿੰਗ
Romanian 	Legarea Melkorlui
Russian 	Сковывание Мелькора
Sanskrit 	मेलकोरस्य श्रृङ्खलाकरणम्
Serbian 	Мелкорово оковање (Cyrillic) Melkorovo okovanje (Latin)
Sicilian 	Incatenamentu di Melkor
Sinhalese 	මෙල්කෝර්ගේ බැඳීම
Slovak 	Melkorovo reťazenie
Slovenian 	Melkorjevo veriženje
Spanish 	Encadenamiento de Melkor
Swahili 	Kufungwa kwa Melkor
Swedish 	Melkor's kedjande
Tagalog 	Pagkakadena ng Melkor
Tajik Cyrillic 	Занҷирбандии Мелкор
Tamil 	மெல்கோரின் சிறைவாசம்
Tatar 	Мелкор төрмә җәзасы
Telugu 	మెల్కోర్ జైలు శిక్ష
Thai 	การผูกเชือกของเมลคอร์
Turkish 	Melkor'un Zincirlenmesi
Turkmen 	Melkoryň Zynjyrlanmagy
Urdu 	ملکور کا پابند
Uzbek 	Мелкорнинг Занжирлашиши (Cyrillic) Melkorning Zanjirlashishi (Latin)
Venetian 	Concatenamento de Melkor
Vietnamese 	Sự ràng buộc của Melkor
Welsh 	Cadwyno o Melkor
Xhosa 	Ukubopha kukaMelkor
Yiddish 	טשאַינינג פון מעלקאָר
==References==
Category:Eras
Category:Events
Category:Years of the Trees