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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8851237" data-attributes="member: 6701124">Which makes me sad because that first part it isn't really needed for the Quenta Silmarillion that is the main part of the book.&nbsp; The Valaquenta section after the Ainulindale isn't really needed either - it's just a summary of the various gods (Valar) and makes the book feel like its going to be all myth and not about the elves and men.&nbsp; I wonder how it would have helped if the book just had a page and a half preface like the following and jumped into the main story.&quot;Preface - The Quenta Silmarillion that follows is a story of what happened in the first age of the world. It summarizes (non-musically) one-strain of the history that can be pulled from the songs of the elves.&nbsp; The supreme being according to the elves is Eru or Illuvatar.&nbsp; The elves tell that before time Eru created the Ainur (akin to archangels or gods) and caused them to sing how the world would unfold - including the coming of the elves (the first born) and men (the followers).&nbsp; But most of the plan was not revealed to the Ainur and each only knew the impact of their individual small part of the song incompletely.&nbsp; Chief among these Ainur that come into the tales are [two sentences on each].&nbsp; And so these Ainur came to the world, the greater among them are called the Valar (the powers of the world; Melkor or Morgoth is perhaps the mightiest but is not numbered among them) and the lesser are called the Maiar (including Sauron and the Balrogs who served Melkor, and many more who served the Valar).&nbsp; The world was land, water, and sky, with the things sung about not yet arrived.&nbsp;&nbsp; With the coming of the Valar and Maiar, and Morgoth and his servants, the first age began.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8851237, member: 6701124"] Which makes me sad because that first part it isn't really needed for the Quenta Silmarillion that is the main part of the book. The Valaquenta section after the Ainulindale isn't really needed either - it's just a summary of the various gods (Valar) and makes the book feel like its going to be all myth and not about the elves and men. I wonder how it would have helped if the book just had a page and a half preface like the following and jumped into the main story. "Preface - The Quenta Silmarillion that follows is a story of what happened in the first age of the world. It summarizes (non-musically) one-strain of the history that can be pulled from the songs of the elves. The supreme being according to the elves is Eru or Illuvatar. The elves tell that before time Eru created the Ainur (akin to archangels or gods) and caused them to sing how the world would unfold - including the coming of the elves (the first born) and men (the followers). But most of the plan was not revealed to the Ainur and each only knew the impact of their individual small part of the song incompletely. Chief among these Ainur that come into the tales are [two sentences on each]. And so these Ainur came to the world, the greater among them are called the Valar (the powers of the world; Melkor or Morgoth is perhaps the mightiest but is not numbered among them) and the lesser are called the Maiar (including Sauron and the Balrogs who served Melkor, and many more who served the Valar). The world was land, water, and sky, with the things sung about not yet arrived. With the coming of the Valar and Maiar, and Morgoth and his servants, the first age began." [/QUOTE]

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