For me, it's obvious at first sight. Ulmo. He is the most wonderful of all the Valar, I liked him waaay back. It may be something to do with how I loved water, sea in particular, I could always identify myself with "many of the Children of Ilúvatar who hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen", not speaking of the feeling of mystery when you have the chance to take a peek into the world underwater... But even then Ulmo is just fantastic as a character, the "secret voice that gainsayeth" and how he helps the Eldar even in exile, not speaking about Men (Tuor and Elwing and Eärendil and all this stuff).
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories
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