Varda

==Summary==
Varda was the queen of the stars and the most beautiful of all the Valar and Valier. She was so beautiful her beauty was said to be beyond the description of Men and Elves, and her face radiates with the light of Eru Ilúvatar. Unsurprisingly, it was said that "in light is her power and her joy."
Even before Melkor first began to weave his discord into the Anulindale Varda knew his mind well, and rejected him because of it. She was always his enemy from that moment on. Because of this, Melkor also hated Varda deeply, the most of all the Valar, and she terrified him greatly, much more than all others whom Eru had created.
Varda came to Arda with her husband, Manwë, and the other Valar before the world was formed. She aided her husband in the rule of Ea and the watching of Middle-earth, as, when Varda was with him he could see all of Middle-earth. She made the stars and the constellations in defiance of Melkor and filled the Lamps of the Valar with light. She collected the dew of the Two Trees in her Wells and used them to fashion the newer stars and constellations in preparation for the Awakening of the Elves. She was the one who hallowed the Silmarils, established the courses of the Moon and Sun, and set the Star of Eärendil in the sky.
Because of her creation of the stars, the Elves of Middle-earth revere and love her the most out of all the Valar. They even gave her the name of "Elbereth," invoke her in times where they require aid and sing her praises whenever the stars rise. She is beloved to them, and they made many songs in her honor. When she sat beside Manwë, she could hear more clearly than any other ears. Even the prayers and laments of those in need from the furthest east possible.
At times, she would answer the prayers of not only Elves but also those of other races, such as Men. For example, during the War of the Ring, she aided Sam via the Phial of Galadriel (Which contained the Light of Eärendil) during his struggle against Shelob.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Within the confines of Eä | Prior to entering Eä
Name: Varda, Elbereth, "Lady of the Stars"
Origin: The Silmarilion
Gender: Female
Age: Existed before the creation of time
Classification: Ainu, Valie, Arata, Queen of the Valier and Valar
Powers and Abilities: 
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Powers and Resistances of the Ainur (Abilities and Resistances of the Aratar 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, Energy Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (The lords of the Ainur could create joy), Telekinesis, Transmutation, Precognition, 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 the regenerate. The only way to keep them there is if they are physically brought there and held by physical might), Invulnerability (The Ainur are immune from harm via conventional weaponry, as seen when, upon unlocking more of his divine power, Gandalf became invulnerable) Intangibility and Incorporeality (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 Aratar 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 (Varda is Queen of the Valar and a peer to her husband Manwë. Varda is the greatest of all the Valier, the Queens of the Valar, being the one whom Melkor fears the most among all living things.Silmarillion: VALAQUENTA As a result, she is superior to all the other Valier, putting her above the likes of Yavanna or Nienna.As such, she should be incomparably superior to the Lesser Valar, who are said to have a great individualThe Nature of Middle-Earth, Part Two: XII SpiritThe Nature of Middle-Earth: Part Three, III Powers of the Valar command over the physical material of Eä, a limitlessly expansive universe)Letters of Tolkien: Letter 328Letters of Tolkien: Letter 165, 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.Silmarillion: AINULINDALË 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.Letters of Tolkien: Letter 200 As a member of the Aratar, the mightiest of the Valar, Varda is far superior to lesser Ainur, being comparable and potentially equal to her husband Manwë), can ignore conventional durability with Soul Manipulation
Speed: Unknown. Massively FTL+ combat speed and reactions (Doubtless above the likes of Ancalagon the Black and Ilmarë, her handmaiden), 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: Book V. Text XI | 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.")The Nature of Middle-Earth: Part Two, XIV The Visible Forms of the Valar and Maiar | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: High Universe level | Low Complex Multiverse level
Durability: Universe level | Low Complex Multiverse level (Comparable to Melkor and Manwë)
Stamina: Superhuman (The bodies of the Ainur are described as being akin to clothing, which they can discard at will. Lesser Ainur than Varda have been known to fight for days, and she, alongside the other Valar, were said to have contested Melkor for entire ages) | Limitless
Range: Extended Melee Range. High Universal with her abilities (Created the stars and constellations. When seated next to her husband Manwë, she is said to be able to hear more clearly than any other) | 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. 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 Varda is the Lady of the Stars who knows all the regions of Eä. Stars and light are her domain, with her Varda having "wrought" the stars in the earlier ages of Eä)Silmarillion, Chapter 1: OF THE BEGINNING OF DAYS | Possibly Nigh-Omniscient (The Ainur acted as the origin to all that which existed within Eä, except for that which Eru himself withheld. Of the Ainur, it is said that the Valar possessed the most knowledge)
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Like all Ainur, Varda has access to a wide range of dangerous powers, mostly related to the elements.
Celestial creation: Varda can manipulate light and energy to raise entire stars. She used this power to raise constellations in the sky, as a challenge to Melkor and to give light to the Children of Eru Iluvatar, especially the Elves, when they awoke. It is also not impossible that some of her servants, such as Ilmarë, inherited her power, albeit to a lesser degree.
Powers of the Ainur: As a Vala, Varda 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 (And a very powerful one at that), above any of the Maiar, there is no doubt she can use all of the basic Ainur powers. 
*Elemental manipulation: Varda is a spirit of light and has enormous control over it. She almost certainly created it, or at the very least has conceptual-level control over it. Her face radiates with the light of Eru Iluvatar and is beyond the description of Men or Elves. Her light terrified even Melkor himself, the greatest of the Ainur, and she can use it to create entire constellations.
*Foresight/Hindsight: The Ainur can see the past and the future (Though the latter is fallible). It would be no surprise if she used this power to assist her husband or vice versa. Though she never had any stated prophecies, this power can be inferred from her nature as an Ainu.
*Shapeshifting: As one of the Ainur, it is highly likely that Varda 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.
*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."
*Spirit form: As one of the Valar, it was highly likely that Varda 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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