The fourteen great Powers of Arda, angelic beings who entered the world after its creation to shape and govern it. They dwell in the Blessed Realm of Valinor in the uttermost West. The Valar include Manwe (King of the Valar, lord of winds), Varda (Queen of the Stars), Ulmo (Lord of Waters), Aule (the Smith), Yavanna (Giver of Fruits), Mandos (Keeper of the Dead), and others. They are not gods but rather servants of Iluvatar (the Creator), and their power, while immense, has limits. Morgoth was originally the mightiest among them before his fall.