The Silmarillion: The Coming of the Elves' The Wooing of the Elves by the Valar

And why it was a mistake

In the Silmarillion, there’s a multitude of stories, as the book itself is less of a novel and more a collection of epics and novels. Arguably the first book the Valaquenta is one of the more complex and imaginative parts, wtih what Dan has dubbed the ‘Epic of Feanor’ (or Tragedy) coming next.

At the start of the Tragedy, there is the Awakening of the El…