<p>A mysterious and powerful being, called by the <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Elves</div><div class=glossaryItemBody><!-- wp:paragraph -->The Elves (Quendi) awoke under the starlight of the Years of the Trees and they are the oldest race in Middle-earth. <br>What differentiates them from Men and Dwarves is immortality. <br/><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->Oromë named them Eldar, People of the Stars, after hearing them singing. <br/><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->The Elves are the first children of Iluvatar and are allowed to live in Valinor with Valar and Maiar. <br/><!-- /wp:paragraph --></div>" href="https://tolkienology.net/glossary/elves/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>Elves</a> Iarwain Ben-adar (‘Oldest and Fatherless‘), who dwelt in the valley of the Withywindle, east of the <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Shire</div><div class=glossaryItemBody><!-- wp:paragraph -->Shire is a beautiful and fruitful land inhabited by Hobbits in Eriador. The landscape with downloads and woods is much like the English countryside. The Shire measures 40 leagues (about 120 Numeronan miles) from East to West and 50 leagues from North to South.<br/><!-- /wp:paragraph --></div>" href="https://tolkienology.net/glossary/shire/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>Shire</a>. At some stage in the past, he had chosen to settle at the edge of the Old Forest, setting himself boundaries, but boundaries within which his power was extraordinary. Tom was a creature of contradictions, […]</p>
A mysterious and powerful being, called by the Elves Iarwain Ben-adar (‘Oldest and Fatherless‘), who dwelt in the valley of the Withywindle, east of the Shire. At some stage in the past, he had chosen to settle at the edge of the Old Forest, setting himself boundaries, but boundaries within which his power was extraordinary. Tom was a creature of contradictions, one-moment defeating ancient forces with hardly an effort, the next capering and singing nonsensical songs.
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