Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-2001:569:7528:CB00:BCE2:1603:1B9E:179F-20170704202241/@comment-31421070-20170704232137

Equites wrote: LOTRMod wrote: Adding Manwë and other Valar would be a very interesting challenge, to be honest. It would take a lot of careful thought to come up with a way of depicting the Valar in a Minecraft mod that doesn't seem simplistic or irreverent, and yet matches with the style of the mod. I would imagine some kind of incorporeal, elemental forms, that transcend the blocky style of the game, and make people's first reactions to the ring portal seem mundane by comparison. Personally, I would love to see the Valar added, but I'm not too sure about their forms. When Maiar, such as Gandalf, were bound to Middle-earth, they took a distinct form. When Melkor retreated to Angband, he took the form of a Dark Lord by which he was known for the duration of his rule. Thus, since the Valar were bound to Middle-earth by Eru Illuvitar, it is possible that they would take corporeal forms. Take, for instance, Ted Nasmith's illustration of Aule preparing to destroy the Seven Dwarven Fathers. In it, he is depicted in a corporeal form.

Excellent point. However, I often think of the Valar as taking abstract forms.