Something I find interesting about Oromë finding the Quendi is... well, that it's Oromë who finds them. If Manwë can see everything and Varda can hear everything, if water brings Ulmo news from all over the place, it’s odd neither was the first to notice. The only explanation I can think of is that the Quendi were shielded from the Valar by ( Read more... )

I thought it was odd how Eru waited so long to confront Aulë about the creation of the Dwarves. Surely Eru must have known what Aulë was doing; was it necessary to wait until the Dwarves were finished?  It got me thinking if maybe this was a test to see if Aulë could go in the same direction as Melkor. It wasn’t until Aulë told Eru his intention ( Read more... )