![]() He admitted that his impatience had driven him to folly and submitted his creations to Ilúvatar’s will. Aulë repented, answering that the drive to create was kindled in him by Ilúvatar, and that he only wished for other beings to love and teach, with whom to share the beauty of the world. Then Ilúvatar spoke to Aulë, asking why he would seek to exceed his power and authority by attempting to make new life. When Aulë completed his work he began to instruct the Dwarves in a language he had made for them, Khuzdul. However, Aulë did not have the power to give independent life to his creations they could act only when he thought of them. However, he did not have a clear idea of what the Children of Ilúvatar would be like, and because of the presence of the chaos caused by Melkor, Aulë made the Dwarves strong and unyielding, and not willing to endure the domination of others, as well as embodying some of his values and desires for Middle-earth. His spouse was Yavanna, with whom he dwelt in central Valinor.Īulë prepares to destroy his children, by Ted Nasmithĭesperate for pupils onto whom he could pass his knowledge, and unwilling to wait for the emergence of the Children of Ilúvatar, Aulë created his own race of beings, the Dwarves. Despite his lordly skill, Aulë was humble and compassionate, and indeed the Dwarves survived only because Aulë submitted them to the will of Ilúvatar. On the Flight of the Ñoldor, the Ñoldor who returned to Valinor under Finarfin named themselves the Aulendur, Followers of Aulë. This would eventually lead to the Silmarils, the greatest creation of handiwork within Arda. Fëanor was his greatest pupil, and from him learned to make gems through craftsmanship that was later forgotten. When the Elves came to Valinor, the Ñoldor became students of Aulë. There was long strife between Aulë and Melkor both before and after the creation of Arda, though Aulë traditionally opposed attempts to fight Melkor, for fear of the damage that would be wrought to Arda. ![]() But Aulë strove to be true to the original intent of the Music of the Ainur, and submitted all that he did to the will of Ilúvatar, while Melkor wished to control and subvert all things, and would try to twist or destroy others’ creations because of his jealousy. As Aulë was a smith, he was the Vala most similar in thought and powers to Melkor, as both gloried in fashioning artistic and original things, and came to create beings of their own.
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