The land far to the East of Palisor where the Secondborn Children of Ilúvatar (Men) awakened at the appointed time in the Slumbrous vale; Murmenalda. The place for the awakening of men were not known by the Valar until it occurred. During the shaping of Arda there were in the West of Hildórien the raised Mountains of Wind and in the East washed the waves of the East Sea along the shores. In the South-West the Yellow Mountains and in the North-West the Orocarni-The Red Mountains. After the first great battle with Melkor the shape of Middle-earth were changed and the Yellow Mountains disappeared in the Inner Sea and the Mountains of Wind were heavily flattened into high hills as far as it can be clarified from the old ( and never replaced ) stories and later maps.

In this storyline there was a darkelf named Nuin who, while climbing the high hills found the vale Murmenalda in Hildórien upon a journey into the far East. He returned to the vale several times looking upon the sleeping Humans and last he awoke two of them; Ermon and Elmir during the night when the stars were still the only light.

1. Dor-lómin in the west and
2. Mithrim in the east

Freed by Morgoth a year after the death of his son Turin, Hurin wandered through Beleriand, embittered by the lies of Morgoth. In Dimbar he called to Turgon to come to him, thus revealing to Morgoth the approximate location of Gondolin. At Cabed Naeramarth he came upon Morwen on the day of her death, and he buried her with Turin. In Nargothrond he slew Mim and recovered the Nauglamir, which he brought to Thingol in Menegroth. There Melian freed him from Morgoth's deceptions, and Hurin went away to die. Hurin was short but strong both in mind and body, a great warrior but also cautious and wise in strategy. He was called Hurin Thalion and Hurin the Steadfast, for his sacrifice to save Gondolin, his refusal to retreat from his homeland and his fortitude in bearing the torment of Morgoth and his doom, the greatest of undeserved ruins suffered by any among the Edain.

In FA 465 Luthien was seen by Beren in Neldoreth, and the next spring she gave her love to him and received his mortality and the anguish of his fate. Torn between love for Beren and obedience to her father, Luthien decided on the former, and she aided Beren during his Quest of the Silmaril. Despite being betrayed to Thingol by Daeron and kidnapped by Curufin, Luthien, accompanied by Huan, at length came to Tolin-Gaurhoth, defeated Sauron, and freed Beren. Later she insisted on accompanying Beren to Angband, where her spells overcame Carcharoth and Morgoth. Luthien healed Beren of the envenomed wound he received from Carcharoth and returned with him to Doriath.

When Beren was slain in the Hunting of the Wolf, Luthien's spirit broke, and she came to Mandos in the Houses of the Dead. There she sang to him and moved him to pity, and Manwë offered her a new life. She chose a mortal life with Beren, and for about forty years the two lovers lived in Tol Galen. There Luthien bore her only child, Dior, and there, wearing the Nauglamir containing the Silmaril, she was the greatest vision of beauty ever seen outside Valinor.

Luthien's beauty was so great that it impelled many beings to love or lust, and in that impulse the integrity of Beren and Huan may be distinguished from the baseness of Daeron, Curufin, and Morgoth. Yet her beauty was not merely of form, for her singing could charm even Morgoth and Mandos, great among the Ainur, and the nobility of her spirit and of her lineage strengthened her spells so that she could enchant Sauron and even Morgoth. Luthien was called Tinuviel for the beauty of her singing; the name was first used by Beren.In the Middle Earth histories she is noted as the ancestress to Beren (He is half-elven) rather than the grandmother to Elwing.

He was valiant, learned, perceptive and influential, but Maeglin was also reticent and sullen. He was also known as Lómion. He wore the sword Anguirel, which he stole from his father. Previously rejected names by Tolkien include Meglin, Morleg, Morlin, Targlin and Glindûr.

Melian and Thingol ruled in Doriath for many centuries, but when at last Thingol was slain by treacherous Dwarves, Melian departed from the halls of Menegroth and returned across the Great Sea to Valinor. Originally given the name Gwendelin

Melkor was one of the Ainur who entered into Ea, but there his eagerness turned to jealousy and he was excluded from the numbers of the Valar. Desiring to dominate created things and the wills of others, Melkor in his envy and malice claimed Arda as his own and, foiled in this by Manwë, hindered its completion and corrupted many of the Maiar into serving him. In these struggles, the First War, Melkor assumed a fana of majesty and terror, dark and huge. At last Melkor was defeated by Tulkas, but Arda was marred.

Soon after the Valar created the two Lamps (Illuin & Ormal), Melkor returned to Arda and secretly built the stronghold of Utumno in the far North. By now his desire had turned from Light to Darkness, and his ability to imagine and create new things had been reduced to deception and distortion, imitation and destruction. His chief weapons were cold and darkness. The Valar became aware of him by the blight that came over the Spring of Arda, but he forestalled their attack by destroying the Lamps. Melkor then retreated to Utumno, and while the Valar dwelt in the light of the Two Trees, he built Angband as a first defense against the Valar, forged weapons, bred monsters, and extended his dominion. When the Elves awoke he appeared among them as a dark Rider (seeking to make them fear Oromë and the Valar), capturimg Elves and from them breeding Ores. At last the Valar became concerned for the safety of the Elves they defeated Melkor carried him back to Valinor in chains. There he was imprisoned for three ages, but in Middle-earth his servants continued to labor. At the end of the third age of his Chaining, Melkor put a fair countenance and deceived Manwë into freeing him. oced to remain in Valimar, Melkor envied the Silmarils and the light of the Two Trees. Fiercely jealous of Elder Children of Iluvatar, he kindled dissension within House of Finwë, but he could not seduce Fëanor, although his lies did make the Noldor distrust the Valar. When Fëanor perceived his purposes Melkor fled from Valinor. Assuming permanently his old fana of the Dark Lord, Melkor came to Avathar, where he was aided by Ungoliant to obtain the Silmarils and deprive all others of their light. Melkor and Ungoliant poisoned the Two Trees, stole the Silmarils, and slew Finwë. They fled to Middle-earth, where they quarreled over the spoils which led to violence; Melkor's cry gave summoned his Balrogs, with whose aid he escaped Ungoliant and came to Angband. Now known as Morgoth (a name given him by Fëanor), Melkor defended the Silmarils against the Noldorin Exiles, although he also found time to corrupt the newly awakened Men. At first, dismayed by the light of the Moon and the Sun, as well as by the fiercness of the Noldor, Melkor was defeated, and for nearly four hundred years he was besieged in Angband. He spent this time strengthening his forces (created Glaurung), and he renewed the Wars of Beleriand with the assault of Dagor Bragollach, which marked the beginning of his conquest of Beleriand.

Although not courageous in person, and although he was merely wounded by Fingolfin and Thorondor and lost a Silmaril to Beren and Luthien, at last Melkor produced in Angband enough fires, vapors, pestilences, and monsters (dragons, trolls. Orcs, wolves, and bats) to wear down his enemies, and the lies and treachery he fomented prevented the Eldar from fighting effectively or wisely. Even the loss of the Silmaril aided him, for the Oath of Maedhros and the Doom of the Noldor caused his enemies to slay each other. But when all seemed won, the Valar, moved by Eärendil and the Silmaril interceded once more, and in the War of Wrath Melkor's forces were destroyed. He was captured in the depths of Angband and cast out of Ea into the Void. Yet the Shadow of his malice and his lies remains on the hearts of Elves and Men and is mirrored in the broken patterns of Arda Marred. In later ages Melkor was worshipped by the Numenoreans and other Men deceived by Sauron.Also known as Bauglir. Earlier name of Melko.