Feanor is the elf who created the Silmarils, he was born in Eldamar, a city in Valinor. His correct name is Curufinwe but he is called Feanor by whis mother, which means "Spirit of Fire". His mother's name was Miriel, and his father Finwe. Feanor has 2 half-brothers: Fingolfin, and Finarfin, who he did not have too much contact or connection with. He was a great lapidary (gem cutter/polisher), and had created many works, the greatest of which were the Silmarils, which were harder than diamond, and were embued with the power and light of the Trees of Valinor, which were poisoned and killed by Ungoliant and Melkor. Melkor was cast out, stealing the Silmarils, and Ungoliant fled. After this, Feanor named Melkor "Morgoth, The Black Foe of The World". Feanor grieved for the Silmarils and vowed to get them back, proposing a war on Morgoth to retrieve the Silmarils, which were the only hope to revive the Trees of Valinor.
"At length after long debate Feanor prevailed, and the greater part of the Noldor there assembled he set aflame with the desire of new things and strange countries" (Tolkien 89)
Feanor
The Silmarillion is primarily set in the region of Amar called Valinor and ancient western Middle Earth (Beleriand). Which contain a variety of landscapes, from mountains, to tundra, to marshes. It is set in the First Age, Second Age, and the Elder Days of Arda, which tell of the creation of Arda and the wars between Melkor and the races of the world, as well as the first war between Sauron and the races of middle earth, and is very detailed pertaining to the characters and places, the author uses this to give depth to the story and allows the reader to get really in to the book. The locations change over the scape of the book, with cities, landsapes, and even mountains being built. Some of the story is based in Valinor, which encompasses the southern part of the continent and is south of Araman. Valinor is seperated into regions, each pertaining and belonging to a certain Valar, which were the watchers or keepers of Ea (the universe), and some of the first beings to arrive in the world. Some of the story was also based in Beleriand, the region in the west of Middle Earth that was destroyed. Beleriand was host to most of the conflict and war in the story, and contains much of the more prominent locations, such as Gondolin, the river Sirion, Utumno, Angband, and many others. Beleriand was very mountainous, but between its ranges of mountains were most commonly plains.
The world of The Silmarillion was formerly flat, but was made round in the "Akallabeth" which is the fourth part in the book.
Unofficial map of Arda
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