Middle-earth

Event

The Darkening of Valinor

Melkor and Ungoliant destroy the Two Trees and steal the Silmarils.

Supplementary writingsFrom posthumously published works, notes, drafts or appendices.
Date
Late Years of the Trees
Age
Before the Ages
Type
Disaster
Certainty
Approximate

The event

Melkor and Ungoliant destroy the Two Trees and steal the Silmarils.

Causes

Melkor’s envy of the Valar and his desire for the Silmarils.

Consequences

Fëanor and the Noldor pursue him to Middle-earth, beginning the wars of the First Age.

Participants

Artifacts

Sources

  • The Silmarillion · 1977

    Posthumously edited. Contains the Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion, Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power.