Tulkas

==Summary==
Tulkas first appeared during the First War. Having heard of his fellow Ainur's struggle against Melkor, Tulkas was the last of the Valar to descend upon Arda, thus tipping the scales of the battle against Melkor enough to drive him from Arda. Melkor fled before him, and the Spring of Arda was begun.
After the Two Lamps were erected to give light to the world and the Valar had made their first dwelling in Almaren, Tulkas wedded Nessa the swift in a great feast. Being weary from his labors and content he slept, and Melkor decided his hour to retaliate had come, destroying the Two Lamps. Tulkas gave chase to him, yet he hid in Utumno, and Tulkas could not find him.
When the Children of Ilúvatar awoke, there was a council among the Valar regarding Melkor. Tulkas had long counseled for war against Melkor, and thus it was much to his delight that it was decided that Melkor should be removed. At the finale of the War for Sake of the Elves, he wrestled with Melkor and bound him with Angainor, a chain forged by Aulë.
Tulkas is described as delighting in wrestling and contests of strength, and his warriors hold contests often. He wields no weapon, and rides no steed, for he is fast enough to keep pace any horse. As he cares little about either past or future, only thinking of the present, he was not a very good counselor, but nonetheless a very hardy friend. He is described as being slow to wrath, however also slow to forgive, and thus he was one of the Valar that opposed the release of Melkor.
In appearance, Tulkas was described to have ruddy flesh and golden hair and beard. He is also often impatient:
*Before the Awakening of the Elves, he urged the other Valar to wage war against Melkor for control of Middle-earth.
*After the Darkening of Valinor, he hurried Fëanor to decide whether he would surrender the Silmarils.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | 
Key: Within the confines of Eä | Prior to entering Eä
Name: Tulkas
Origin: The Silmarilion
Gender: Male
Age: Existed before the creation of time
Classification: Ainu, Vala
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, 3 and 4), Shapeshifting, Size Alteration, Elemental 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 the regenerate. The only way to keep them there is if they are physically brought there and held by physical might), 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 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, Tulkas is superior to any individual Maia), can ignore conventional durability with Soul Manipulation
Speed: Unknown. Massively FTL+ combat speed and reactions (Superior to the likes of Morgoth, was said to be able to "outrun all things that go on feet...Silmarillion: VALAQUENTA"), Immeasurable when discarding his 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 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 (Superior to Melkor, who he completely overpowered) | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: High Universe level (The most physically powerful of all the Valar. In a contest of strength, Tulkas completely overpowered and defeated Melkor, casting him on his face)Silmarillion: Chapter 3: OF THE COMING OF THE ELVES AND THE CAPTIVITY OF MELKOR | 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 Tulkas have been known to fight for days, and Tulkas himself is described as being "tireless") | Limitless
Range: Extended Melee Range; High Universal with his abilities | 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 Although Tulkas has little "heed for the past or the future", as the embodiment of the "good" side of violence and the Vala associated with strength, Tulkas would hold the most knowledge in these domains)Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "[Text] VI" | Possibly Nigh-Omniscient (The Ainur acted as the origin to all that which existed within Eä, except for that which Eru himself withheld)
Weaknesses: He cares little for the past or future, making him both slow to forgive, and a poor counsellor
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Like all Ainur, Tulkas has access to a wide range of dangerous powers, mostly related to the elements.
Powers of the Ainur: As a Vala, Tulkas 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 he is a Vala, above any of the Maiar, there is no doubt he can use all of the basic Ainur powers.
*Elemental manipulation: As one of the Ainur, it is highly likely that Tulkas 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 mirth and strength (Being known as Tulkas the strong).
*Foresight/Hindsight: The Ainur can see the past and the future (Though the latter is fallible). However, if there is one power he does not employ, it is almost certainly this, as he cared little for the past or future. Still, she no doubt possesses this power.
*Shapeshifting: As one of the Ainur, it was highly likely that Tulkas possessed the famous Ainur ability to transform and reshape the form of one's body, appearing in whatever form he 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 Tulkas 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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