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Eru is the absolute god-tier of the verse, though his exact capabilities are unknown. What is known is that he vastly transcends the Ainur to such a degree that even Manwë, the second strongest of them, views him as all-powerful. He is the source of all concepts and controls them, with the Ainur only being tools for making the world. He is Low 1-C for sustaining the entire reality in his thoughts/mind, as well as exists in a higher state of reality, and repeatedly being described as the author of the story.
We really gotta change that soon.Self explanatory
YeahI assume by this thread you mean the revision thread, yes?
Knew I forgot something.Also, for Fingolfin's Stamina segment, we could add it so that he kept fighting even after being heavily injured by Morgoth.
Which page here in the revision thread do you want me to link? Or specific message?Yeah
I suppose page 7 was when the revision was agreed on so that one.Which page here in the revision thread do you want me to link? Or specific message?
Alrighty. And where do you want me to link it on-page?I suppose page 7 was when the revision was agreed on so that one.
When you edit the page, you should see a place to add the reasons for the change at bottom of the page. Add it there.Alrighty. And where do you want me to link it on-page?
Ah I see it.When you edit the page, you should see a place to add the reasons for the change at bottom of the page. Add it there.
Nah, I plan on doing a Nazgûl revision overhaul. Will probably argue Khamûl's page to be deleted since he has nothing special minus being the second strongest + some minor vision stuff.And what about Khamûl's page? Do I change that as well? Mostly just slapping calcs from the Nazgul page onto it.
Okay. That seems fine to me then.Sure. Just follow the Fingolfin example and make sure to link this thread as part of the reasoning.
The unhighlighted stuff is outdated abilities and resistances I left unedited in previous revisions to avoid having every page look too identical. They can largely be removed now.
I'll get to them all if someone won't before me. I'm just being slower than I'd like.We gotta do something about Gil-Galad, Lúthien, and Legolas’s pages.
The Valar have vast control of the physical matter of the universe yes, but in brackets, it is clarified that this is in fact referring to the material universe as a whole.Hey everyone, been a while. Read more of the lore and read some of the stuff from all three threads and first I will say I do like a lot that has been said, not only is it informative power scaling wise but also points out stuff in the lore that's really cool.
That being said, I do have 3 things I want to bring up.
1: This might be more cause of the Tier system rather than the lore, but while Tolkien does say the Universe is an infinite extensions of space and time, this doesn't necessarily mean there Is infinite matter in the Universe. Now, unless the tier system assumes a high 3-A structure automatically also has infinite matter, then this can be ignored. If not, I would say the physical forms of the Valar should be downgraded to just 3-A.
Merchant, I believe this was the last topic we discussed back when you were more active.2. The Valar shouldn't be as strong as they were In the beginning of Time when they are on Arda. Outside of Tolkiens statement that implies that they get weaker, the Valar just have too many "anti feats" to really support the idea that they are still universal on Arda, such as combining their power to keep Arda from shattering after the fall of the two lamps.
I addressed 3 already in the relevant thread, but I will say that this line of argument treds into an argument from incredulity. Did Tolkien think of higher dimensions and such while writing the Legendarium? Maybe, maybe not in the way we consider them. But Heaven and Hell have long been seen as cosmologically higher and lower planes and Tolkien very much followed this viewpoint. But this matters little as the World follows the Ainur, the Ainur do not follow the World.3. This will be my most controversial point, and thus is something I think all of us glossed over. The Ainur during the Ainulindalë may are not stronger than they were at the beginning of Time. This is the quote I'm referring to:
"The time of Melkor’s greatest power, therefore, was in the physical beginnings of the World; a vast demiurgic lust for power and the achievement of his own will and designs, on a great scale."
I emphasized the important part. Morgoth (who is ofc the strongest Vala) is stated by Tolkien that his strongest was in the physical beginning of the World, aka the beginning of Time, not during the Timeless Halls. Logically, the other Valar follow that logic. I suppose one could argue that "physical beginnings of the world" refer to the Timeless Halls, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Tolkien always equates "World" with Eä, which is the Material Universe according to the index in the Published Silmarillion. Not to mention that technically speaking, nothing was "Physical" in the Timeless Halls, as that had yet to be made. The full context where that statement comes from was describing how Morgoth grew weaker as he spread his essence into the physical world, to top it off.
For us, that seems odd and probably illogical, but it's most likely that Tolkien simply never knew anything about higher dimensions and all that. Dimensional scaling wouldn't really apply to the Ainur going by this quote. The Ainur would still keep higher dimensionality as a power of sorts, but they would be below their physical forms during the beginning of Time. To summarize:
Eä is a high 3A construct, but unless this means it has infinite matter, then the Valar shouldn't be High 3A, just 3A at the beginning of Time. If the current Tier system assumes a high 3A concept has infinite matter though, the Valar should still stay at high 3A at the beginning of Time.
The Valar do grow weaker as time goes on and their feats on Arda show that. If re evaluated, I believe the Valar on Arda should only be multi continental at the most thanks to being able to control entire aspects of Arda like Ulmo and all the water, including the oceans, of Arda.
Morgoth, and ny extension the rest of the Valar, are stated by Tolkien to be at their strongest during the beginning of Time, not during the Timeless Halls. I feel those versions should, at most, be given an Unknown rating, at least Universal/High Universal, if point 1 about a High 3A construct having infinite matter is an automatic assumption In the current tier system.
The only other thing I guess I should point out is the idea that an Ainu like Sauron can just remove their physical form to go into their spirit form to blitz an opponent from another franchise. Not only is this never shown in the lore at all, it's clear that while yes their physical clothes can be shed like clothing for an Incarnate, I don't think Tolkien was being that literal. Going by Sauron and Morgoth, they clearly do not want to be damaged or destroyed in whatever form they take, nor did the Ainur ever use that ability in any meaningful way, such as searching for the Elves when they awoke.
That being said, I do enjoy how much powers and abilities the site has gathered over time. We even get some cool lore bits like the fact that the Elves from Aman always have the light from the two trees shimmering faintly around their bodies and in their eyes.
Yeah, though in this particular case, the issue is more that you need to read thousands of pages and everyone has a different opinion because of so much lore to read.TL;DR - Tolkien was more interested in telling a story than powerscaling which can lead to some...questionable moments.
Nothing to really bump at the moment. I just need to finish the Elven revisions once I have free time.Bumping
Only one question: Why is Khamul still Unknown? Wouldn't he scale off the other regular Nazgul?I have finished with Part 2 and thus the reformatting is done. Please let me know whether you agree with passing these two parts, or whether you would like a formatting addition. As of right now, I have decided off on doing an ability addition section due to time constraints, so this should all hopefully be pretty straightforward! I don't have tagging perms, so if there are some people I should message on their wall to maybe see if they want to pass this lmk.
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I have no idea tbh. I just left it that way because I mostly wanted to focus on the formatting, but I could probably draft up some new justifications for him if the format changes pass.Only one question: Why is Khamul still Unknown? Wouldn't he scale off the other regular Nazgul?
Antvasima is usually quite active when it comes to LotR revisions. DDM too.Bump (Are there any mods that are still interested in LoTR that I should leave a message for on their wall, even though this is a format revision?)
Bet! Ant seems super busy, so I'll have to figure out how to contact him, but I just left something on DDM's wall.Antvasima is usually quite active when it comes to LotR revisions. DDM too.
Ah, Khamul. I believe I was going to suggest his profile be deleted. There's not really anything that unique about him. He's got a bit more of an extreme light weakness in exchange for a buff in tracking the One Ring and is second only to the Witch-King, but is not stronger in the same notable way the Witch-King is to the others.I have no idea tbh. I just left it that way because I mostly wanted to focus on the formatting, but I could probably draft up some new justifications for him if the format changes pass.