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Valinor (Quenya: Land of the Valar) or the Blessed Realm is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the home of the immortal Valar on the continent of Aman, far to the west of Middle-earth; he used the name Aman mainly to mean Valinor. It includes Eldamar, the land of the Elves, who as immortals are permitted to live in Valinor.
In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Noldor (also spelled Ñoldor, meaning those with knowledge in his constructed language Quenya) are a kindred of Elves who migrate west to the blessed realm of Valinor from the continent of Middle-earth, splitting from other groups of Elves as they went. They then settle in the coastal region of Eldamar.
The player may freely explore an open-world map. Here Aether, the male Traveler, is seen gliding, but the player can switch to other party members. Genshin Impact is an open-world, action role-playing game that allows the player to control one of four interchangeable characters in a party. [4]
Liyue represents the China-inspired region in Genshin Impact. The Geo-elemental nation is located in the eastern part of Teyvat and is the oldest established nation on the continent. [1] According to the lore, about 3,700 years ago, Rex Lapis founded Liyue. [2] The goddess Guizhong guarded Mt. Tianheng and built the Guizhong Ballista. [3]
The names Calaquendi and Moriquendi, Light-Elves and Dark-Elves, correspond to names used in Old Norse, Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar. [ 2 ] Matthew Dickerson , writing in the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia , notes the "very complicated changes, with shifting meanings assigned to the same names" as Tolkien worked on his conception of the Elves and ...
The Elves of the Light, Tolkien's Calaquendi, are those who successfully complete the journey, while the Elves of the Darkness, the Moriquendi, are those Elves who, for whatever reason, do not arrive in Valinor. [14] [T 11] [15] Diagram of the Sundering of the Elves, showing Tolkien's overlapping classifications. The main division is into ...
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[T 2] Melkor creates Orcs in mockery of Elves, or by corrupting Elves he had captured in his northern Middle-earth fortress of Udûn. [T 16] Shippey writes that Tolkien's Middle-earth writings embody the ancient Christian debate on the nature of evil. Shippey notes Elrond's Boethian statement that "nothing is evil in the beginning.