The Valar

[burrahobbit]

The Valar where in origin the greatest of the Ainur who witnessed the Vision of Ilúvatar

This is wrong. The Valar are not necessarily the most powerful of the Ainur, they are just the most powerful of the ones that entered Arda. Melkor was the most powerful, and Manwe was a very close second, but there could be any number of other Ainur between Manwe and the next Vala that chose to not enter Arda.

[ July 17, 2002: Message edited by: burrahobbit ]