The Awakening of the Elf

The firstborn of Eluvitar. By the starlit mirror of Cuivianen, water of awakening, they rose from their sleep. Their eyes beheld first of all things, the stars of heaven. They have ever loved the starlight and have revered Varda Eluvitari above all the valor. In the changes of the world, the shapes of lands and of seas have been broken and remade. Rivers have not kept their courses, neither have mountains remained steadfast; there is no returning. And so here we are, able to look up at the night sky and we see the Valakirka, the sign of doom. Well, and Man