Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27912807-20170428183448/@comment-26322120-20170429003535

Dextrositylight wrote: If Aule can create dwarves and Melkor was the most powerful of the Valar, then it follows that the jealous Morgoth would create his own corrupted vision of the children of Illuvatar somewhere beteen the two. In that way orcs relate to both elves and men. Except that Melkor lacked the Flame imperishable, which was necessary to truly create life. The dwarves were only truly alive because Eru himself "Took pity on them," and gave them life. Logically, that never made any sense to me.