In The Silmarillion , Tolkien writes the creation story for Middle Earth. The creator, Iluvatar, plans the date when elves and men will come into existence. He has previously created the Valar, or the Holy Ones, who have the ability to create as long as they know the form of the object. One of the Valar, Melkor, rebels against his maker and forms objects of his own design, while a faithful follower of Iluvatar, Aule, creates his own race, which he is not supposed to do. Despite both Valar committing actions counter to the creator’s will, Iluvatar reacts differently to the two. Aule and Melkor’s actions to create are viewed differently by Iluvatar because of the intentions they had while completing their tasks. Aule’s act of creating his own race violates Iluvatar’s will because it went against the timeline the latter planned out. The former awaits the coming of elves and men, but since he does not know when they will come about, and he sees that Middle Earth is relatively empty, h...