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The Chaining of Melkor refers to a time in Arda that was free of evil and Melkor was imprisoned in the Halls of Mandos for his crimes and evils on the world.

History[]

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Melkor chained in the Halls of Mandos

At the end of the Battle of the Powers, Melkor's armies of darkness were defeated, and his fortress of Utumno was leveled and destroyed. Defeated, Melkor was chained and bound and taken to Valinor for trial. There, he was sentenced to three ages of imprisonment in the dungeons of the Halls of Mandos by his brother Manwë, the King of Arda.[1]

During this time, peace reigned in Middle-earth and the Elves were invited to live in Valinor and settle outside of Cuiviénen with no evil to fear, and so they began their Great Journey. During this time, the Elves became a diversified people forming into many different groups and cultures.[1] The Elves that settled in Aman became High Elves and their leaders, kings. Written language systems were developed using the Sarati and the Tengwar.[2][3]

In Middle-earth, the remaining Teleri in Beleriand developed into the Sindar and were ruled by Elwë and his Queen, the Maia Melian, in Eglath. The lost group of Nandor Elves who followed Lenwë during the Great Journey reappeared in Beleriand calling themselves the Laiquendi and settled in Ossiriand.[4]

The Chaining lasted three ages, or a total of about three thousand years. The era ended with the release of Melkor who slowly poisoned the peace and stirred up rivalries and dissent among the Ñoldor. Thus, the Noontide of Valinor came to an end, the Darkness of Valinor began, and the majority of the Ñoldor rebelled against the Valar and went to war with Melkor, who was now known as Morgoth, in Middle-earth.[5][6]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Die Bindend van Melkor
Albanian Lidhja me zinxhirë e Melkor
Arabic تجليد ملكور
Armenian Մելքորի բանտարկությունը
Azerbaijani Melkorun Zəncirlənməsi
Belarusian Cyrillic Звязванне Мелкора
Bengali মেলকরের চেইনিং
Bosnian Melkorovo okovanje
Bulgarian Cyrillic Оковаването на Мелкор
Catalan Encadenament de Melkor
Chinese 米尔寇的监禁
Croatian Melkorovo okovanje
Czech Melkorovo řetězení
Danish Melkors lænkning
Dutch Ketening van Melkor
Estonian Melkori aheldamine
Faroese Melkors bindandi
Finnish Melkorin ketjuttaminen
French Enchaînement de Melkor
Friulian Incatenament di Melkor
Galician Encadenamento de Melkor
German Gefangenschaft von Melkor
Greek Δέσιμο του Μέλκορ
Gujarati મેલ્કોરની સાંકળવા
Hebrew כבילתו של מלקור
Hindi मेल्कोर की बाध्यकारी
Hmong Kev khi ntawm Melkor
Indonesian Pengikatan Melkor
Italian Concatenamento di Melkor
Japanese メルコールの投獄
Kannada ಮೆಲ್ಕೋರ್ ನ ಬಂಧನ
Kazakh Мелкорды Шынжырлау (Cyrillic) Melkordı Şınjırlaw (Latin)
Korean 멜코르의 투옥
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Мелкордун Чынжырланышы
Macedonian Cyrillic Окопчување на Мелкор
Malaysian Pengikat Melkor
Marathi मेलकोर चे चेनिंग
Mongolian Cyrillic Мелкорын холбох
Norwegian Melkors lenking
Persian اسارت ملکور
Polish Spętanie Melkora
Portuguese Acorrentamento de Melkor
Punjabi ਮੇਲਕੋਰ ਦੀ ਚੇਨਿੰਗ
Romanian Legarea Melkorlui
Russian Сковывание Мелькора
Sanskrit मेलकोरस्य श्रृङ्खलाकरणम्
Serbian Мелкорово оковање (Cyrillic) Melkorovo okovanje (Latin)
Sicilian Incatenamentu di Melkor
Sinhalese මෙල්කෝර්ගේ බැඳීම
Slovak Melkorovo reťazenie
Slovenian Melkorjevo veriženje
Spanish Encadenamiento de Melkor
Swahili Kufungwa kwa Melkor
Swedish Melkor's kedjande
Tagalog Pagkakadena ng Melkor
Tajik Cyrillic Занҷирбандии Мелкор
Tamil மெல்கோரின் சிறைவாசம்
Tatar Мелкор төрмә җәзасы
Telugu మెల్కోర్ జైలు శిక్ష
Thai การผูกเชือกของเมลคอร์
Turkish Melkor'un Zincirlenmesi
Turkmen Melkoryň Zynjyrlanmagy
Urdu ملکور کا پابند
Uzbek Мелкорнинг Занжирлашиши (Cyrillic) Melkorning Zanjirlashishi (Latin)
Venetian Concatenamento de Melkor
Vietnamese Sự ràng buộc của Melkor
Welsh Cadwyno o Melkor
Xhosa Ukubopha kukaMelkor
Yiddish טשאַינינג פון מעלקאָר

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