The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the Annals,... Quotes

The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta, and the Annals,... Quotes

"Then came the Gnomes to Turgon and guided him along the dark passages amid the mountains until he came out once more into the light." (Chapter 1, 5)

"After the dispatch of the Nine Valar for the governance of the world, Morgoth (Demon of Dark) rebels against the overlordship of Manwe, overthrows the lamps set up to illumine the world, and floods the isle where the Valar (or Gods) dwelt." (Chapter 2, 12)

"In those days the Silmarils shall be recovered from sea and earth and air, and Maidros shall break them and Belaurin with their fire rekindle the Two Trees, and the great light shall come forth again, and the Mountains of Valinor shall be leveled so that it goes out over the world, and Gods and Elves and Men shall grow young again, and all their dead awake." (Chapter 2, 41)

"And this is the last end of...
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