Ban of the Valar

The Ban of the Valar was a decree by Manwë on the Númenóreans and the Ñoldorin exiles.
== On the Ñoldor ==
The Valar placed a ban on the rebelling Ñoldor who followed Fëanor to Middle-earth in pursuit of Morgoth and the Silmarils he stole. The ban came into effect after the Prophecy of the North was delivered as the Ñoldorin host traveled up through Araman, after it became known that Fëanor, with the support of a host led by Fingon, killed the people of Alqualondë to get their ships. The ban fell on the House of Fëanor, the House of Fingolfin, and those members of the House of Finarfin who did not repent their rebellion and turn back with Finarfin. During this time, the Valar hid Aman by meshing the sea around Tol Eressëa and Eldamar with a bewildering shadow and set the Enchanted Isles to ensnare any that set foot upon them. The ban ended after the War of Wrath when the Valar forgave the remaining Ñoldor. Of the leaders who had led the Noldor into exile only Galadriel chose to remain, having wed Celeborn.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
== On the Númenóreans ==
After the founding of Númenor, the Númenóreans were forbidden by the Valar from sailing so far westward that Númenor was no longer visible, for fear that they would come upon the Undying Lands, to which Men could not come. Over time the Númenóreans came to resent the Ban and to rebel against their authority, begrudging their mortality and seeking the everlasting life that they believed was denied them. Instead, in compensation, they looked eastwards towards the mainland of Middle-earth and established many colonies along its coasts. Initially this expansion was good and the Númenóreans came as teachers, but over many generations later they became conquerors and tyrants. Soon the Númenóreans came to rule a great maritime empire without rival. Few (the "Faithful") remained loyal to the Valar and friendly to the Elves.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
The Ban was finally broken in SA 3319 by the Great Armament of Ar-Pharazôn, resulting in the destruction of Númenor.
==Translations==
Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Verbod van die Valar
Azerbaijani 	Vaların qadağan edilməsi
Catalan 	Prohibició de la Valar
Croatian 	Zabrana Valara
Czech 	Zákaz Valara
Dutch 	Verbod van de Valar
Estonian 	Valar keelustamine
Filipino 	Pagbabawal ng ang Valar
Finnish 	Kielto valar
French 	Interdiction des Valar
Galician 	Prohibición dos Valar
German 	Bann der Valar
Irish Gaelic 	Cosc an de Valar
Italian 	Divieto dei Valar
Japanese 	ヴァラの禁止
Latvian 	Valara aizliegums
Luxembourgish 	Verbuet vun der Valar
Norwegian 	Forbud av de Valar
Polish 	Zakaz Valarów
Portuguese 	Proibição dos Valar
Slovenian 	Prepoved Valarja
Spanish 	Prohibición de los Valar
Swahili 	Marufuku wa Valar
Turkish 	Valar'in yasağı
Vietnamese 	Cấm của các Valar
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