The Elder Children awoke some three ages (roughly 4,300 years) before the first rising of the
Moon and
Sun
Many subdivisions, but primarily divided into
Eldar, who began the
Great Journey, and
Avari, who did not
Ilúvatar is pronounced 'iloo'vatarr' (the final 'r' should be pronounced - 'rr' is used here to emphasise this)