#if i made Arien into a higher maia its because shes Everything and deserves it 😌 💯

[urwendii]

Headcanons of Valar and Maiar hierarchy in Imbë verse.

The Aratar or Māchanumāz:

We know them, the Eight (+ Melkor).

Manwë

Ulmo

Aulë

Námo

Oromë

Varda

Yavanna

Nienna

Higher Maiar:

Maiar who are exceptionally powerful and can almost be considered rivalling with the Valar. Unsurprisingly they are associated with Aratar*

Mairon

Eönwë

Ossë

Arien

Ilmarë

Melian

*Melian while being formerly affiliated with Vána, is also said to have been kin to Yavanna.

Arien’s affiliation can either be Vána, Estë or Varda depending on tolkien’s lore version. In my verse she is officially affiliated with Varda but also works for Vána.

Olórin is not in this category as his strength lies with his empathy and compassion but he is nonetheless unofficially considered as part of it by many.

Regular Valar:

The rest of them we know by names:

Tulkas

Irmo

Estë

Nessa

Vairë

Vána

OC:

Enkí (Vala of Time)

Regular Maiar:

Tillion: Maia of Oromë

Uinen: Maia of Ulmo

Curumo: Maia of Aulë

Aiwendil: Maia of Yavanna

Salmar: Maia of Ulmo

Ómar: Maia of Ulmo

Pallando: Maia of Oromë

Alatar: Maia of Oromë

OCs:

Aramírë: Maia of Aulë

Oryalda: Maia of Yavanna

Catalma: Maia of Vána

Calaimë: Maia of Oromë

Hatalim: Maia of Tulkas

Nilmírëa: Maia of Varda

Lesser Maiar:

The Maiar that are part or Arda's natural world. Made of those who wear Kelvar or Olvar raiment and those who are employed for the more regular and daily tasks in Aman.

The most famous Maiar wearing animals skins are:

Huan

The Eagles of Manwë

A note on Úmaiar:

As for the corrupted beings that Melkor brought from beyond the confines of Arda, little is known.

Valaraukar (Balrogs) were once great spirits of fire, possibly on par with Arien's might.

Many corrupted beings might initially have been lesser Maiar corrupted early on (whether willingly or not is up to debate.)

The case of Ungoliant:

Not much is known of the being clothing herself as a great spider. Her primaeval relation with Unlight tends to indicate she was not from Arda nor Eä but might have come from the endless Void. Loremasters have long speculated if she was indeed a by-product of the Discord during the Music, or if other beings inhabited the Void That Is Without - but without being able to offer evidence against such speculations, none have dared to formulate a concrete hypothesis as of yet.

All it is known is that Ungoliant possesses some inate power that allowed herself to remain cloaked to Manwë's surveillance and was able to pose a serious threat to Melkor himself. Recently, a small group of scientists came forward with the theory that the Great Spider might be the counterbalance of Light itself - as embodied by Eru Ilúvatar Himself, a theory of Matter and Antimatter had followed the paper but had so far only resulted in various escalating arguments amongst academics with some arguing against the Presumption of assuming the existence of another Being equal to Ilúvatar. [Extract of Tirion's Sc. Newsletter, Fifth Age - Sept.09]

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