The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor

The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor is the third chapter of the Book of Lost Tales, Part I.

Eriol's Story
Having finished his tale of the Music of the Ainur, Rumil falls silent. Eriol asks for more stories about the Valar, but Rumil refuses, saying that there are too many for him to tell. It is midday, and Eriol contemplates in the garden, exhausted and hungry. Littleheart brings food and bedding for Eriol. That evening, the party in the cottage entertain themselves with music and song, until Rumil agrees to tell of the coming of Valar in days long gone.

The Coming of the Valar
Manwë and Varda enter Arda with their companions, only to find Melko there inadvertantly causing destruction. Manwë becomes upset at this. Ulmo, Aulë, and Palurien enter next, with their servants, including Ulmo's vassal Ossë. Then came the rest of the Valar. Manwë summons the Valar (except Melko) to council, in order to determine what to do about Melko's recklessness. Mandos and Tulkas, both of whom Melko fears, set out to deal with him. Tulkas lands an excellent punch on Melko's face, and for that Melko nurtured a grudge. He maintains an amicable exterior, urging that the Valar go to their own realms. This the Valar see right through, and they instead determine to dwell together. Arda was dark, and the Valar could see little, and they sought a place to abide together. Aulë asks Melko to make great pillars for two lamps of light. Melko deceives the Valar, telling the pillars he had made were indestructable, when in fact they were just ice. The lamps, lit by the liquid light in the sky, melt the ice pillars, and the Valar escape west in the destruction of those lamps. Ulmo is sent to gather the spilled light into two cauldrons named Kulullin and Silindrin. Two large pits--far apart, but compared to the plain they are dug in, close together--hold the two cauldrons, into which are put precious metals and gems, and covered with earth. Palurien, Vana the youthful and Lorien of Dreams weave spells of power and life about the pits, and from them sprout two trees, of gold and silver: Laurelin and Silpion respectively. These great Trees give light, and all of the great plain of Valinor is lit by them. Within said field the Valar build there homes: Manwë atop the highest mountain, a place for Ossë when he grows weary of the waters, Lorien in great sleepy gardens, Tulkas a place of laughter and feats of strength. Thus the Valar establish the realm of Aman for their own.

Back in the cottage, one of the listeners (proficient at his current occupation) wishes to be in the warlike abode of Makar and his sister Meassë, but says he would be better off a guest of Oromë the hunter, to the amusement of the others. Lindo the host calls it a night, and the group retires to sleep.