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In short Aule was the valar who was mostly responsible for shaping the earth. he taught the Noldor blacksmithing and he created the dwarves by himself then gave them to eru when he realized he had made a mistake. instead of killing the dwarves eru gave them a life of their own and made them awaken in middle earth about 1 century after the elves awoke. the dwarves call him Mahal and think of him as a god.