bookbashuk Chapter 454 Making Stars
Chapter 454 Making Stars
Chapter 454 Making Stars
Upon receiving the letter summoning them from Manwë, the Valar gathered on Mount Taniktiel and assembled in the Great Hall of the Ilmarin Palace.
Dui met all the Villas for the first time.
Oli, the tall and strong god of craftsmen with bronze skin, and his wife Yavanna, the goddess of plants.
Mandos, the god of death, dressed in a long black robe with a cold and solemn expression, and his wife Vera, the goddess of weaving and history.
Olomi, the god of hunting and forests, riding a white horse with golden hooves and eyes as sharp as a knight, and his wife Vana, the goddess of youth and beauty.
Lorean, the god of dreams and illusions, with a gentle and ethereal demeanor and a long green robe, exuding an aura of tranquility and peace, and his wife Esther, the goddess of healing and rest.
The war god Tokas, with his imposing physique, muscular build, and rugged temperament, and his wife Nessa, the goddess of dance.
There's also Nina, the single goddess of sorrow and compassion, who is also Gandalf's teacher.
And finally arrived was Ulmo, the ruler of the waters, who wore a dark helmet adorned with foam and armor resembling fish scales. He possessed an aura of profound mystery, was taciturn yet extremely reliable.
The gathering of all the Vira made the Irmalin Palace even more sacred and radiant, and even more solemn and holy.
Dui was not originally qualified to attend the collective meeting of Vera, but with Varda's strong recommendation and Manwei's support, Dui became the only Maya-class member at the meeting.
All the Valar expressed curiosity about Dui, especially the god of craftsmen, Oli, and the god of death, Mandos, who showed Dui a friendly attitude.
At the Vira Conference, Manwë explained the conference's focus on creating planets and exploring the abyss beyond Arda, and revealed that Dui was the one who proposed it.
Upon hearing this, the Vera were very surprised and looked at Dui with even greater respect.
Such a grand celestial project was actually proposed by Dui, and his wisdom impressed the Vera, who treated him as an equal.
All the Vera expressed their agreement with the idea of exploring space and creating planets.
After all, this is a good thing for perfecting the evolution of the world of Arda, so the Valar would naturally not refuse.
After a year of discussion, refinement, and supplementation, All Villa set out a plan and began implementation.
The Valar arrived at the starry sea of Ilmen (atmosphere), and led by Valda, the Queen of the Stars, with the other Valar assisting, they began to create stars.
Dui was also invited to participate and, as the proposer and designer of the project, provided theoretical guidance.
Varda retrieved a star from the sea of stars, formed from the silver dew of Tyler Perian, one of the Twin Trees. She infused the star with her power, shaping it into a larger and brighter core.
The star's core is not only extremely bright, but it also possesses a powerful gravitational pull that draws surrounding matter toward it.
Varda entrusted the star core to Auril, the god of craftsmen. Auril quickly condensed matter, wrapping the star core with layers of matter, making it grow larger and larger, eventually forming a planet with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers.
Although Viraoli is the god of craftsmen, he is actually the god of matter. The earth was shaped by Viraoli, so shaping a planet is very simple for him.
The enormous planet generated even greater gravity, attracting Alda (Earth) to itself. Ilmen (the atmosphere) could no longer bear such weight and gravity, and instinctively began to fall toward the ground, but was stopped by Varda.
Varda used her strength to lift the planet and then pushed it out of Ilmen (the atmosphere). She wanted to push the star as far as possible, ensuring that it would not crash to Earth but also not stray too far from Arda.
Varda led the planet through the world barrier and into the absolute darkness and desolation of the cosmic abyss.
The planet emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the void near Arda and finally bringing the first ray of light to this dark realm.
Varda pushed the planet to a suitable distance and then stopped. The newborn planet and Arda attracted each other, but the attraction was not so great that the planets were drawn closer, forming a relatively stable gravitational force.
Then the planet began to rotate autonomously and move in a circle around Alda, like a satellite.
Seeing this, Varda, the Vera, and Dui were all overjoyed.
This means that their plan to create stars has successfully completed its first step.
Having set a precedent, Varda no longer tried to scoop up the stars from the sea of stars. Instead, she stood above the sea of stars, singing a beautiful and sacred song, her body radiating a dazzling light that almost enveloped the boundless sea of stars.
Looking up from the ground, the sky turned into a vast expanse of white, with the sun, moon, and stars all shrouded in dazzling light, making it impossible to see the sky at all.
As Varda sang, countless stars emerged from the sea of stars and were shaped into star cores.
Violaoli also sang along, his rough and bold voice echoing Varda's.
One can see that the surface of each star core is constantly being shaped into matter, forming layers of mantle and crust, which contain endless veins of gold, silver, iron, diamonds and other minerals.
Manwe, the god of the sky, used his power to hold up all the planets and prevent them from crashing down.
Other Veras joined the chorus, transforming the planets into various forms: some covered in water, becoming water planets; others covered in volcanic lava, constantly erupting, becoming scorching hot planets; still others with completely gaseous surfaces, or frozen solid, and so on.
Seeing such a spectacular and magical choral scene, Du Yi exclaimed that it truly is a world created by the Great Music Movement. Even creating a planet is achieved through singing. He had learned something new!
Billions of stars were born in this grand chorus, and then Manwei, responsible for lifting them up, threw them all out of Ilmen (the atmosphere).
The Vera manipulated and propelled these planets, placing them in their proper positions.
Dui also participated, pushing the planet together to place it in the originally predetermined position.
Not only him, but also Gandalf (Orolin), Eonwe, Ossi, Uni and a host of other Maiar, and even the powerful Maiar of the Elven race, all contributed their efforts.
It took a total of thousands of years to finally place all the shaped planets into their proper orbits.
These planets are classified into planets, dwarf planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, and other celestial bodies, and are distributed in the boundless void outside the world of Arda.
They exert different gravitational pulls on each other, orbit continuously along specific paths, and emit dazzling light.
Unlike the non-luminous planets of Dui's previous life, the planets here, under Varda's power, emit starlight, illuminating the originally desolate and dark void.
From the perspective of the people of the Central Continent, the stars in the sky seemed unchanged, still shining brightly in the night sky.
But in reality, these stars have long since left the world of Arda, and are located in the void, constantly rotating in an arc around Arda.
This void, containing planets, has been redefined and is now called space.
Among them, the Star of Eyarendil (Venus) was created by Varda using the Silmaril worn on Eyarendil's head as its core, making it an incomparably dazzling and beautiful planet, which was then suspended in space to become the brightest star.
Therefore, Eyarendil finally ended his long-term work and was able to return to Valinor with his wife to reunite with his relatives, including Elrond.
Having completed the initial construction of the galaxy, the gods then turned their attention to the most important elements: the sun and the moon.