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light of Illuin was dim.(20) That stronghold was named Utumno.
And though the Valar knew nought of it as yet, nonetheless the
evil of Melkor and the blight of his hatred flowed out thence,
and the Spring of Arda was marred, and living things became
sick and rotted, or were corrupted to monstrous forms.

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$21 Then the Valar knew indeed that Melkor was at work
again, and they sought for his hiding-place. But Melkor,
trusting in the strength of Utumno and the might of his servants,
came forth suddenly to war, and struck the first blow, ere the
Valar were prepared. And he assailed the lights of Illuin and
Ormal, and he cast down their pillars, and broke their lamps.
Then in the overthrow of the mighty pillars lands were broken
and seas arose in tumult; and when the lamps were spilled
destroying flame was poured out over the Earth. And the shape
of Arda and the symmetry of its waters and its lands was marred
in that time, so that the first designs of the Valar were never
after restored.



$22 In the confusion and the darkness Melkor escaped,
though fear fell upon him; for above the roaring of the seas he
heard the voice of Manwe as a mighty wind, and the earth
trembled beneath the feet of Tulkas. But he came to Utumno ere
Tulkas could overtake him; and there he lay hid. And the Valar
could not at that time overcome him, for the greater part of
their strength was needed to restrain the tumults of the Earth,
and to save from ruin all that could be saved of their labour;
and afterward they feared to rend the Earth again, until they
knew where the Children of Iluvatar were dwelling, who were
yet to come in a time that was hidden from the Valar.

$23 Thus ended the Spring of Arda. And the dwelling of the
Valar upon Almaren was utterly destroyed, and the gods had
no abiding place upon the face of the earth. Therefore they
removed from Middle-earth and went to the Land of Aman,
which was westernmost of all lands upon the borders of the
world; for its west shores looked upon the Outer Sea that
encircled the kingdom of Arda, and beyond were the Walls of
the Night.(21) But the east-shores of Aman are the uttermost end
of the Great Sea of the West; and since Melkor had returned to
Middle-earth, and they could not yet overcome him, the Valar
fortified their dwelling, and upon the shores of the Sea they
raised the Pelori, the Mountains of Aman, highest upon earth.
And above all the mountains of the Pelori was that height which
was called Taniquetil, upon whose summit Manwe set his
throne. But behind the walls of the Pelori the Valar established