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In the beginning the Elder Children of cheap authentic jerseysIlъvatar were stronger and greater than they have since become; but not more fair, for though the beauty of the Quendi in the days of their youth was beyond all other beauty that Ilъvatar has caused to be, it has not perished, but lives in the West, and sorrow and wisdom have enriched it. And Oromл loved the Quendi, and named them in their own tongue Eldar, the people of the stars; but that name was after borne only by those who followed him upon the westward road.
Yet many of the Quendi were filled with dread at his coming; and this was the doing of Melkor. For by  cheap designer jeansafter-knowledge the wise declare that Melkor, ever watchful, was first aware of the awakening of the Quendi, and sent shadows and evil spirits to spy upon them and waylay them. So it came to pass, some years ere the coming of Oromл, that if any of the Elves strayed far abroad, alone or few together, they would often vanish, and never return; and the Quendi said that the Hunter had caught them, and they were afraid. And indeed the most ancient songs of the Elves, of which echoes are remembered still in the West, tell of the shadow-shapes that walked in the hills above Cuiviйnen, or would pass suddenly over the stars; and of the dark Rider upon his wild horse that youth nfl jerseyspursued those that wandered to take them and devour them. Now Melkor greatly hated and feared the riding of Oromл, and either he sent indeed his dark servants as riders, or he set lying wholesale nhl jerseyswhispers abroad, for the purpose that the Quendi should shun Oromл, if ever they should meet.