Chapter 9: The Choice
Gwaelind listens and watches. When Toben arrives, he shrugs at the young scholar's question. "I am at a loss to answer. That you found the blood of the Ulari is, in itself, miraculous. You must understand something of the Maiar. We loose of ourselves when we manifest in this world. Only the Valar are powerful enough to retain their full knowledge of being Ainur. So while I am yet more powerful than most any mortal, I am still a finite being.
This Other that you speak of, I know aught of it. If there was more to it, I might recall something. Delunaur," as he says the name, he looks to her with longing and worry. "Delunar fights the corrupting bonds of Melkor. Now away from Duath'gur's influence, we have had freedom to speak more openly. Melkor was banished from this world by the combined might of the Valar and the Elves at the end of the First Mortal Age. He was cast through the Door of Night into the Timeless Void."