Nessa (The Silmarilion)

==Summary==
Nessa, whose name means, "Young," is one of the Ainur, and a Vala who is known for her great speed and agility, being able to outrun the deer that chase her and her love of dancing in the ever-green fields of Aman. Childlike, innocent and forever young, she is the wife of Tulkas and sister of Oromë.
Before the destruction of the Isle of Amlaren, the first dwelling of the Valar, Nessa delighted in dancing and would often dance upon those fields. Nessa wedded Tulkas there, and Vána robed her in many flowers.
The dwelling of Nessa and Tulkas was said to be a place of mirth and revelry. In the house, the warriors of Tulkas played games and rivaled one another, while, at times Nessa would being goblets of wine.
Like many others among the Valar, she wished for the concealment of Valinor from Melkor, so that his lies may never touch it, or the murmurs of the Ñoldor. And she was one of the reasons for, and an ardent supporter of, the Hiding of Valinor. Her reasons also led many others among the Valar to clamor for the hiding of Valinor from the Ñoldor and Melkor.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Within the confines of Eä | Prior to entering Eä
Name: Nessa, "The Dancer"
Origin: The Silmarilion
Gender: Female
Age: Existed before the creation of time
Classification: Ainu, Vala, Valier
Powers and Abilities: 
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Powers and Resistances of the Ainur (Abilities and Resistances of the Valar from "Within the confines of Eä"), Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Regeneration (Low-Godly), Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Shapeshifting, Size Alteration, Elemental Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (The lords of the Ainur can create joy), Telekinesis, Transmutation, Precognition, Invulnerability (The Ainur are immune from harm via conventional weaponry, as seen when, upon unlocking more of his divine power, Gandalf became invulnerable), Resistance to Death Manipulation (In Lord of the Rings the land of the dead is a real tangible place, Mandos, and can be affected and exited. Ainur don't go there upon death, rather becoming spirits until they regenerate. The only way to keep them there is if they are physically brought there and held by physical might), Intangibility and Non-Corporeality (At the very least in spirit form), Analytical Prediction, Acausality (Type 2; Changes to the past or future are unable to affect the "Music in being", otherwise referred to as the present)Morgoth's Ring: PART FIVE. III. as a verse-wide ability. Resistance to Mind Manipulation (The barrier of Unwill within every individual mind prevents mental penetration by even the likes of Sauron without consent.)The Nature of Middle-Earth, Part Two: Body, Mind, and Spirit, IX ÓSANWE-KENTA. and Soul Manipulation (Soul with free-will are considered indestructible)Letters of Tolkien: Letter 211 due to verse-wide resistances
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 Powers and Resistances of the Ainur (Abilities and Resistances of the Valar from "Prior to entering Eä"), Resistance to Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation due to verse-wide resistances.
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Attack Potency: High Universe level (The Valar are said to collectively have "a command, great individually, almost complete as a united council, over the physical matter of Eä")The Nature of Middle-Earth: Part Two, XIV The Visible Forms of the Valar and Maiar, can ignore conventional durability with Soul Manipulation (Ainur can directly influence the fëar/soul to attack it directly)The Silmarillion: AINULINDALËThe Nature of Middle-Earth, Part Two: Body, Mind and Spirit, XIII SpiritMorgoth's Ring: Notes on motives in the Silmarillion (iii) | Low Complex Multiverse level (The Ainur, as described by Eru, are considered to be powerful and genuine entities, being capable of shaking the Timeless Voids as a result of their strife during the Music of the Ainur. As beings that exist in a realm beyond the world depicted in The Lord of the Rings, the Ainur perceive the space-time of Eä as a lower and secondary plane of existence, with them dwelling alongside Eru within the Timeless Halls, a higher and more primary level of existence. As a member of the Valar, Nessa is superior to any individual Maia), can ignore conventional durability with Soul Manipulation
Speed: Unknown. Massively FTL+ combat speed and reactions (Noted for her speed, even when compared to the other Valar), Immeasurable when discarding her physical form (The Ainur are still capable of travelling at any speeds they desired, being able to instantly appear anywhere they desired within Eä and exploring the past at will. However, the future is something they can only explore so far as the design was made clear to them during the Music)Morgoth's Ring: PART FIVE. Text XIThe Nature of Middle-Earth: Part Two, XIV The Visible Forms of the Valar and Maiar | Immeasurable (In their origin, the Ainur were unbound by space-time, and were capable of exploring both the past and future with their movements)
Lifting Strength: Infinite (The Valar, are said to have "had a command, great individually, almost complete as a united council, over the physical matter of Eä") | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: High Universe level | Low Complex Multiverse level
Durability: High Universe level | Low Complex Multiverse level
Stamina: Superhuman (The bodies of the Ainur are described as being akin to clothing, which they can discard at will. Lesser Ainur than Nessa have been known to fight for days, and she, alongside the other Valar, were said to have contested Melkor for entire ages) | Infinite
Range: Extended Melee Range; High Universal with her abilities (Comparable to the other Valar) | Low Complex Multiversal
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: At least Extraordinary Genius (As the hierarchy of minds detail, the Valar were considered to be those whose limits were second only to Eru as the "greater minds" of Arda.The Nature of Middle-Earth: Part Two, IX ÓSANWE-KENTAThe Nature of Middle-Earth, Part Two: Body, Mind and Spirit, X Notes on Órë They would thus be superior to the intellect of "The Wise", such Gandalf or Saruman, who can deduce the future as foresight with mere deductions), possibly Supergenius (The Valar are described as possessing a complete understanding of the Erma (Prime Matter) and all its variations. They thus have a complete understanding of all the matter of the universe which extends limitlessly.The Nature of Middle-Earth: Part Three, III Power of the Valar They can therefore theoretically understand an infinite amount of knowledge, with the entirety of the past and much of the future also being theirs to comprehend as all Ainur can.Morgoth's Ring: PART FIVE. Text XI Nessa was associated with dancing and swiftness, with those concepts likely being of her domain)The Silmarillion: VALAQUENTA | Possibly Nigh-Omniscient (The Ainur acted as the origin to all that which existed within Eä, except for that which Eru himself withheld)
Weaknesses: None notable
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Like all Ainur, Nessa has access to a wide range of dangerous powers, mostly related to the elements.
Superhuman grace: Nessa is one of the fastest of the Ainur, dancing on the fields of Aman and Almaren. She can move faster than the fastest animals and with amazing grace. This is likely connected to her childlike and naïve nature, spending time dancing rather than attending to business.
Powers of the Ainur: As a Vala, Nessa has access to wide variety of potent and devastating supernatural abilities, for the Ainur (The Valar specifically) were created as elemental spirits, and each have divine authority and absolute control over a certain aspect of nature. Each and every one of the Ainur is also able to manipulate magical energies and reality to serve their needs, and take any form they wish, even intangible and non-corporeal spiritual forms. Given she is a Vala, above any of the Maiar, there is no doubt she can use all of the basic Ainur powers.
*Elemental manipulation: As one of the Ainur, it is highly likely that Nessa had authority and control over one aspect of nature, though that aspect was neither confirmed nor specified. Still, it is very likely she has some measure of control over life, nature, and happiness, given that she is a spirit of mirth and joy. Her exact powers, however, in all likelihood are not made for combat.
*Foresight/Hindsight: The Ainur can see the past and the future (Though the latter is fallible). However, given Nessa's nature as a spirit of joy, it is unlikely that she would take the time to look through the past and future, unlike Ainur such as Melian. Still, she no doubt possesses this power.
*Empathy: The Ainur are surrounded by an a powerful aura, which can affect those around them, bringing joy and presumably sorrow to those near them: "In Beleriand King Thingol upon his throne was as the lords of the Maiar, whose power is at rest, whose joy is as an air that they breathe in all their days, whose thought flows in a tide untroubled from the heights to the deeps."
*Shapeshifting: As one of the Ainur, it was highly likely that Nessa possessed the famous Ainur ability to transform and reshape the form of one's body, appearing in whatever form she desired. They can also appear as inanimate objects, such as when Yavanna appeared as a tree.
*Spirit form: As one of the Valar, it was highly likely that Nessa had the typical Ainur ability to cast off her physical form like a snake shedding its skin, and take on an intangible and non-corporeal spiritual form. In this spiritual state, the Ainur can travel forward and backward in time (Though they are unable to affect the future or the past, only see it). Of the Ainur's spirit forms and precognitive powers this was said:
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