Four years after the author's death, The Silmarillion was finally published. If The Lord of the Rings recounted stories from the distant Third Age, then the tales in The Silmarillion were far more ancient. From them, readers could learn that Sauron was not the first Dark Lord.
The first time Pomona finished the book, she had entertained a "whimsical notion." The Elves had received three rings, while the world consisted of four elements. Though Evan and Galadriel had many similarities, Galadriel possessed more of the wood element, while Evan possessed more water.
There was an "Elven prince" in the Fellowship. He was like the wind, leaving only faint traces when he stepped upon the snow, while the others struggled through it.
Her "question" was easily refuted by Dumbledore. He handed Pomona a copy of The Silmarillion.
Although the author's setting was explained in it, she still found her own "whimsical notion" more interesting.
Orcs had originally been Elves too, but they had fallen. If Elves regarded magic as art, with its purpose not being "power" but "sub-creation," then Orcs had nothing whatsoever to do with it.
Light stood out all the more in darkness. Stars were not absent during the day; their light was merely obscured by sunlight. That was why humans placed the Hubble Space Telescope at the Lagrange points on Earth's far side, where darkness reigned forever.
The One Ring was unlike the Silmarils; it had been created. After the long First Age ended, one of the three jewels lay in the fire at the world's core, one atop the highest mountain in the heavens, and one at the bottom of the vast ocean.
The lava of Mount Doom should have come from the Earth's core. The fire-element Elves had created it there, which was why the rings