Estë

Estë the pale.

Estë is living with Irmo in his gardens Murmuran which is lying in Lórien in the blessed land Aman. Her dress is grey and her gift is to heal the wounds and bring relieve for the tortured mind. Estë do not walk around during the day but sleeps in the shadows at the shores of an isle in the dark lake Lorellin in Lòrien. There, upon the isle, her fountains brings refreshment to the peoples of Valinor. Nothing is told about Estë during the first Valian years after the creation of Arda and the descent of the Gods until after the establishment of Valinor in Aman.

All things could be healed in Aman and in this was Estë the most skilled. With her handmaids she took care of the hurts, of both mind and body, of all who came to Aman. It was she who was appointed to heal the wounds of Frodo and Bilbo and of those who sought her out.

Valian Years ( V.Y.) 0 - 3450.

V.Y 0 - 1500. Uncounted years filled with labouring had gone by in the timeless ages before the Gods descented into the world in year 0. But Melkor contested the overlordship of Manwë and strife was in the world. Manwë summoned help, and among those who heard it, was Tulkas. He came to the aid of Manwë and Melkor, when he faced the wrath of Tulkas, fled beyond the circles of Arda into the void Eä.

1500 - 1900. Now the gods planned and schemed and ordered, and for all the seeds Yavanna had planted, Aulë made two great lamps, Ormal and Illuin, to light the earth. These were set in 1900 upon Helkar and Ringil.

V.Y. 1900 - 3450. Now began the Spring of Arda, the Gods settled at Almaren and the world came to life. Trees and beasts swelled the earth. Melkor, from the outside of the Wall of Things, saw and heard from his spies and he grew hot with envy. He heard from his chief spy Sauron, who were among the Gods, that they had settled at Almaren and Manwë had called for a great feast. While the Gods were afterwards resting, Melkor crept over the Wall and entered Arda in the North. He assailed the Lamps and overthrew them and the blossom of the earth was checked.

Related Links.: War of shaping Arda.

V.Y.3450 - V.Y.3500. The Gods departed to Aman, where Aulë deemed the plains of Valinor a good place to build their new home. A great labour now began for the Gods. In the V.Y 3500 came the two trees Silpion and Laurelin into being and in the delicious light they threw upon Valinor Aulë began many new tasks.

Now began the Valian Years of the Trees. ( V.Y.t ) and a new reckoning of time

V.Y.t 0 - 1000. This was the Noontide of Valinor though Middle-earth was still in darkness. Only Oromë and Yavanna came there at times, and the stewardship of Middle-earth was partly neglected. Melkor ruled Middle-earth with violence, save the during those times Oromë was hunting there.

V.Y.t 1000 - 1092. At the prayer of Yavanna to the Gods, Manwë took counsel in his heart and with Iluvathar. Then Manwë summoned the gods and declared to them his thoughts and knowledge of things to come. Soon would the Elves be roused from their sleep somewhere in Middle-earth and for the sake of those

V.Y.t. 1002 - 1050. Varda began the second setting of stars.

V.Y.t. 1090 - 1092. The Gods decided to capture Melkor and Aulë made the chain Angainor.

V.Y.t. 1092 -1100. The Gods went to war and Melkor was made captive ( Year 1100 ) and brought to Valinor where he was doomed before the feet of Manwë to serve 3 ages in the fastness of Mandos.

Related Links.: War of the Gods.

Year 1133. Arrival of the Vanyar and Noldor Elves at Aman.

V.Y.t.1219. The only known case where Estë and her handmaidens had to give up was against the sickness of Miriel. She came to Estë, after Fëanor had reached manhood, yearning for rest from the labour of living. Manwë, unhappy, had grantet the prayer of Mìriel and she went to Murmuran in Lòrien and there she laid herself down to sleep upon a bed of flowers. Never again would Mìriel bear a child, for the strength that could have nourished many children had gone into Fëanor. Mìriel`s body remains unwhithered in the care of the maidens of Estë but her spirit passed to rest in the halls of Mandos. Only against the will had Estë no power.

V.Y.t. 1400 - 1496. The Shadow began to grow in Valinor because of Melkor`s lies, and in 1490 the truth was discovered at a council and Fëanor was dispossessed. Melkor fled and hid in Arvelin in 1490, gathering strength and plotting evil. In 1495 Manwë sought to heal the evil that had arisen in Valinor and declared a great feast. But during the feast, Melkor returned with Ungoliant, killed Finwë and destroyed the two Trees. Then he escaped to Middle-earth. 1496 Fëanor departed from Aman with a great host against the advice of the Gods and the Doom of Mandos was declared to them.

V.Y.t 1496 - 1500. These years between the killing of the Trees and the rise of the Sun and Moon were the Years of Darkness or the Years of the Darkening of Valinor. Long it has been said that the Valar sat in silent thoughts, holding counsel with each other through the power of their minds in the Ring of Doom.

Related Links.: Misc : Reckoning of Time. Battles : Kinslaying at Aqualondë.

First Age.

The First age is counted from the rising of the Sun. This occurred at the very same time that Fingolfin and his host arrived in Mithrim after the crossing of the Grinding ice.

Related links.: Encyc.: Of Este.