Darkening of Valinor

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event in Arda event in Tolkien legendarium fictional event

The Darkening of Valinor is a pivotal event in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium when the Two Trees of Valinor were destroyed, plunging the Blessed Realm into darkness and setting in motion many of the tragedies of The Silmarillion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Darkening of Valinor canonical	9
The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor	1
darkening of Valinor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9777597 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Darkening of Valinor
Context triple: [Valinor, historicalEvent, Darkening of Valinor]

A. Music of the Ainur
Music of the Ainur is the great cosmic song in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium through which the Ainur shape the creation and history of the world of Eä.
B. The Fall of Gondolin
The Fall of Gondolin is a posthumously published J.R.R. Tolkien narrative that recounts the tragic destruction of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in his Middle-earth legendarium.
C. The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion is a posthumously published collection of mythopoeic tales by J. R. R. Tolkien that outlines the creation and early history of Middle-earth, forming the foundational lore behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
D. The Children of Húrin
The Children of Húrin is a posthumously published epic fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien that recounts the tragic tale of Túrin Turambar and his family in the First Age of Middle-earth.
E. Heir of Elendil
Heir of Elendil is the dynastic title borne by Aragorn as the direct descendant of Elendil and rightful claimant to the thrones of Arnor and Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Darkening of Valinor
Target entity description: The Darkening of Valinor is a pivotal event in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium when the Two Trees of Valinor were destroyed, plunging the Blessed Realm into darkness and setting in motion many of the tragedies of The Silmarillion.

A. Music of the Ainur
Music of the Ainur is the great cosmic song in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium through which the Ainur shape the creation and history of the world of Eä.
B. The Fall of Gondolin
The Fall of Gondolin is a posthumously published J.R.R. Tolkien narrative that recounts the tragic destruction of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in his Middle-earth legendarium.
C. The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion is a posthumously published collection of mythopoeic tales by J. R. R. Tolkien that outlines the creation and early history of Middle-earth, forming the foundational lore behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
D. The Children of Húrin
The Children of Húrin is a posthumously published epic fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien that recounts the tragic tale of Túrin Turambar and his family in the First Age of Middle-earth.
E. Heir of Elendil
Heir of Elendil is the dynastic title borne by Aragorn as the direct descendant of Elendil and rightful claimant to the thrones of Arnor and Gondor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in Arda ⓘ event in Tolkien legendarium ⓘ fictional event ⓘ
appearsIn	The History of Middle-earth ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ
associatedWith	Feanor ⓘ linked to: Fëanor Manwe ⓘ linked to: Manwë Noldor ⓘ linked to: the Noldor Silmarils ⓘ Valar ⓘ linked to: The Valar Varda ⓘ Yavanna ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
cause	attack of Melkor and Ungoliant ⓘ destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor ⓘ
chronology	occurs before the first rising of the Moon ⓘ occurs before the first rising of the Sun ⓘ
describedAs	pivotal tragedy in the history of the Elves ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Middle-earth ⓘ
followedBy	first age of the Sun ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
location	Aman ⓘ Valinor ⓘ
mainAntagonist	Melkor ⓘ linked to: Morgoth Ungoliant ⓘ
medium	prose literature ⓘ
narrativeRole	catalyst for the Kinslaying at Alqualonde ⓘ catalyst for the Oath of Feanor ⓘ turning point of The Silmarillion ⓘ
partOf	legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ mythology of Arda ⓘ
precededBy	Years of the Trees ⓘ
relatedConcept	Blessed Realm ⓘ linked to: The Blessed Realm Darkening of Middle-earth (metaphorical) ⓘ Two Trees of Valinor ⓘ
result	Flight of the Noldor ⓘ beginning of the Years of the Sun ⓘ death of the Two Trees ⓘ end of the Years of the Trees ⓘ exile of the Noldor from Aman ⓘ first rising of the Moon and the Sun ⓘ plunging of Valinor into darkness ⓘ theft of the Silmarils ⓘ
timePeriod	end of the Years of the Trees ⓘ
victim	Laurelin ⓘ Telperion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valinor → historicalEvent → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

Aman → historicalEvent → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

Ezellohar → eventLocation → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

Two Trees of Valinor → eventAssociatedWith → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

subject linked to: the Two Trees of Valinor

Flight of the Noldor → hasCause → darkening of Valinor ⓘ

linked to: Darkening of Valinor

Flight of the Noldor → follows → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

Years of the Trees → endsWith → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

Years of the Trees → associatedEvent → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

Kinslaying at Alqualondë → precededBy → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

Ungoliant → participatedIn → Darkening of Valinor ⓘ

The Book of Lost Tales, Part I → containsStory → The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor ⓘ