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Ungolianth

The Demons of the Void, (Q."Cúmaraukar") also known as Demons beyond the Pale,  (Q."Haniscari") were a species of horrible immortal Spirits.They were Ainur but different from the Valar and Maiar who had entered the world Arda from the beginning and were instrumental in it's shaping.The Demons of the Void stayed outside of Arda in the outer darkness of Kúma or the Void although a few of them later descended into Arda and took Fánar or Hroar appropriate to their being.Many of these Demons had once met the Spirit of Morgoth on his long wanderings and explorations throughout the Void and were corrupted by him, others had a destructive or selfish nature on their own that separated them from the noble ëalar who had stayed with Eru within the Timeless Halls.

Lore[]

In the Beginning of Time, when the Ainur stepped forth from the Timeless Halls into the vast emptiness of Eä, they beheld not the splendor of the Vision they had sung, but an abyss unshaped, a cosmos vast beyond reckoning, where only the faintest echoes of the Great Music lingered. The World that had been foreseen was not yet made; it lay as potential, a canvas of shadow and silence. And so began the Great Labours, the Long Struggle to bring forth form from the void, light from darkness, and being from thought.

Yet in those first days, not all Ainur found their purpose. Some, gazing upon the immeasurable vastness of the cosmos, were stricken with doubt. The void was endless, and their task unceasing; for every light kindled, darkness still stretched beyond, greater than before. The work of shaping was slow, and it was a burden. These Ainur, weary and uncertain, withdrew.

Thus came to be the Amartari, the Undestinied, those Ainur who faltered in their purpose. Some lingered in silence, wandering the unlit spaces between the stars, never taking up the task of creation. Others came to see the Void not as an absence, but as the true and natural state of Eä. They forsook the labor of shaping and sought instead to preserve the darkness, resisting the will of the Valar.

From these lost spirits arose the Spirits of the Void, the first to oppose the Valar. They wove unseen barriers of silence, extinguished small lights, and whispered to those who toiled, bidding them to cease. It is said that the first struggles of Tulkas were not against Melkor, but against these spirits of hesitation and doubt.

Known Demons of the Void[]

Asatthoth Atlatnacca Aztaur Gilthrang Kuzkûlzûp Morlokh Ûbuzath Ungolianth

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