Ilmarë

==Summary==
Ilmarë is the handmaid of Varda. She is chief among the Maiar, being described as a peer to Eonwe.
Ilmarë is the Quenya world for starlight and is derived from Ilma. Christopher Tolkien has noted that Ilmarë is related to such words as Ilmen and Ilmarin.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Within the confines of Eä | Prior to entering Eä
Name: Ilmarë
Origin: The Silmarillion
Gender: Female
Age: Existed before the creation of time
Classification: Ainu, Maia, Handmaid of Varda, Chief of the Maiar
Powers and Abilities: 
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Powers and Resistances of the Ainur (Abilities and Resistances of the Greater Maiar from "Within the confines of Eä"), Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Regeneration (Low-Godly), Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Shapeshifting, Size Alteration, Elemental Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (The lords of the Ainur can create joy), 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), 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 Greater Maiar 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 (As chief among the Maiar, Ilmarë should thus be the greatest of their number alongside Eönwë.Silmarillion: AINULINDALËSilmarillion: VALAQUENTAThe Nature of Middle-Earth, Part Two: XII Spirit As a result, she should thus be comparable to the Lesser Valar, and superior to likes of Melian or Ossë), can ignore conventional durability with Soul Manipulation (Ainur can directly influence the fëar/soul to attack it directly)The 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 chief among the Maiar, Ilmarë is superior to other Maiar and somewhat comparable to the lesser Valar), can ignore conventional durability with Soul Manipulation
Speed: At least Supersonic+ to High Hypersonic, Massively FTL+ combat speed and reactions (Superior to the Balrogs and peer to Eönwë), 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)Morgoth's Ring: PART FIVE. Text XI
Lifting Strength: At least Class E, likely far higher (Likely stronger than Curumo and Olorin) | 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 Maiar than Ilmarë have been known to fight for days) | Infinite
Range: Standard Melee Range, Unknown with her abilities | Low Complex Multiversal
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (As chief among the Maiar, Ilmarë should be at least comparable to other Maiar such as Curumo or Arien. This would make her at least comparable to members of "The Wise" who can accurately deduce the future with knowledge and experience alone)Unfinished Tales, Part Four: II, The Istari | Possibly Nigh-Omniscient (The Ainur acted as the origin to all that which existed within Eä, having sung all the concepts which constitute the world during the Anulindalë. However, Eru himself withheld some knowledge about his creation from the Ainur)
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Ilmarë is a spirit of light and a protector of the stars, with her powers being related to light and her powers being like that of Varda. However, she also possesses the universal powers of the Ainur, such as elemental manipulation and shapeshifting.
Powers of the Ainur: As a Maia, Ilmarë has access to a wide variety of potent and devastating abilities. The Ainur are first and foremost elemental spirits, and they each have control over a certain aspect of nature. Ilmarë is aa creature of light and the stars, likely having great control over them. Each of the Ainur can also manipulate matter and energy to serve their needs and take any form they so choose. Even inanimate ones such as Yavanna appearing as a tree. They helped shape Arda and as such have control over its elements and aspects, with Ilmarë being no exception. The Ainur can also take spiritual forms, where they are intangible and non-corporeal.
*Elemental manipulation: As an Ainu, Ilmarë has control over one aspect of nature. Being a spirit of light, Ilmarë's power would likely revolve around light and control of it, being similar to Varda in that respect. A very high interpretation could be that she can create stars herself, that it is more likely that she can simply create minor celestial lights or constructs made of light.
* Shapeshifting: Without a doubt the most famous ability of the Ainur, any one of them can take any form they so choose (Though evil ones often lose this ability for one reason or another). This ability was most famously used by Sauron, when he changed into a werewolf, snake and vampire. However, there is no reason Ilmarë could not do this as well, appearing however she chooses. Ainur can even appear as inanimate objects, such as Yavanna once appearing as a tree.
* Foresight/Hindsight: The Ainur can see the past and future (Though the latter is fallible). As a servant of Varda, there is a good chance Ilmarë uses this power, despite not having any stated prophecies.
*Empathy: The Ainur are surrounded by a powerful aura, which can affect those around them, bringing joy and presumably sorrow to those near him: "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."
*Spirit form: The Ainur, Ilmarë being one of them, could cast off their physical form like a snake shedding its skin, and take on intangible and non-corporeal spiritual forms. These forms can travel forward and backward in time, and it was said that "All that was past they could fully perceive". They are, however, limited in that they cannot affect the future or the past, only see it. Ilmarë, being a Maia, should be more than capable of using this ability to its fullest. Of the Ainur's sprit forms and precognitive powers this was said:
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==References==
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