Ulmo

Summary

Ulmo rarely came to the Councils of Máhanaxar, and only when in great need. He preferred to stay in Arda, albeit not by walking on the land, as his form was terrible and would fill any Man or Elf with great dread. All waters were under his authority: Bays, rivers and even the waters deep under the earth. However, where the power of Morgoth was strong enough, Ulmo's own power would be sapped from waters. It is through these that he kept in touch with Arda, so Morgoth's poisoning of them was of great harm. From the water, he knew more of the goings on with the Children of Ilúvatar than even Manwë, and it is said he lived in the very veins of the world.

He is said to be fearful to look upon to mortal eye (Even terrifying Túrin), dressed like a titanic wave in glittering green armor, blowing his great horns, the Ulumúri.

Ulmo had always loved the Eldar and the Edain, even after the Valar forsook Middle-earth. He strongly opposed Oromë's plan to bring the elves to Valinor, wishing them to heal the wounds of Middle-earth, but nonetheless helped those that were willing to reach it. For this propose he uprooted a large island which was later known as Tol Eressëa (And which the Elves made the city of Tirion upon) and used it to ferry them across the Belegaer to the Blessed Realm. Afterwards, he anchored it in the Bay of Eldamar, for he knew the minds of the Teleri and their desires.

Ulmo was the Vala most responsible for the fall of Morgoth, for it was he that urged both Turgon to build Gondolin and Finrod to build Nargothrond; he appeared before Tuor and urged him to go to Gondolin as a messenger to Turgon telling him to flee Gondolin; when he got there, he eventually married Turgon's daughter Idril and fathered Eärendil, the mariner; Ulmo saved Eärendil's wife Elwing from the sack of the Havens of Sirion, allowing her to take a Silmaril to her husband, which allowed him to gain admittance to Valinor and plead for the aid of the Valar. And lastly, Ulmo also defended them in the council from the potential wrath of Mandos.

Powers and Stats

Tier: High 3-A | Low 1-C

Key: Within the confines of Eä | Prior to entering Eä

Name: Ulmo

Origin: The Silmarilion

Gender: Male

Age: Existed before the creation of time

Classification: Ainu, Vala, Arata, King of the Seas, Lord of Waters, Dweller of the Deep

Powers and Abilities:

• Within the confines of Eä
• Prior to entering Eä

Powers and Resistances of the Ainur (Abilities and Resistances of the Aratar from "Within the confines of Eä"), Superhuman Physical Characteristic, Flight, Regeneration (Low-Godly), Immortality (Types 1, 3 and 4), Shapeshifting, Size Alteration, Elemental Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Weather Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (The lords of the Ainur can create joy), Transmutation, Precognition, Invulnerability (The Ainur are immune from harm via conventional weaponry, as seen when, upon unlocking more of his divine power, Gandalf became invulnerable), Resistance to Death Manipulation (In Lord of the Rings the land of the dead is a real tangible place, Mandos, and can be affected and exited. Ainur don't go there upon death, rather becoming spirits until the regenerate. The only way to keep them there is if they are physically brought there and held by physical might), Intangibility and Incorporeality (At the very least in spirit form), Acausality (Type 2; Changes to the past or future are unable to affect the "Music in being", otherwise referred to as the present) as a verse-wide ability. Resistance to Mind Manipulation (The barrier of Unwill within every individual mind prevents mental penetration by even the likes of Sauron without consent.) and Soul Manipulation (Soul with free-will are considered indestructible) due to verse-wide resistances

Powers and Resistances of the Ainur (Abilities and Resistances of the Aratar from "Prior to entering Eä"), Resistance to Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation due to verse-wide resistances.

Attack Potency: High Universe level (As the second greatest Lord of the Aratar, Ulmo is superior to the likes of Aulë or Oromë, with the former directly being said to be somewhat lesser in might than the Lord of Waters. Moreover, as a member of the Aratar, Ulmo is thus incomparably superior to the Lesser Valar or Greater Maiar, for all members of the Aratar are said to be 'beyond compare' of all the other Ainur in majesty, with Ainur generally being stronger or weaker depending on their stature or greatness. As even the Lesser Valar, are said to hold a great individual command over the physical material of Eä, this would make Ulmo vastly superior to beings who can affect a limitlessly expansive universe) | Low Complex Multiverse level (The Ainur, as described by Eru, are considered to be powerful and genuine entities, being capable of shaking the Timeless Voids as a result of their strife during the Music of the Ainur. As beings that exist in a realm beyond the world depicted in The Lord of the Rings, the Ainur perceive the space-time of Eä as a lower and secondary plane of existence, with them dwelling alongside Eru within the Timeless Halls, a higher and more primary level of existence. As the second greatest lord of the Aratar, Ulmo is far superior to lesser Ainur and even fellow members of the Valar)

Speed: Unknown. Massively FTL+ combat speed and reactions (Comparable to the other Valar), Infinite when discarding his physical form (While no longer capable of travelling to the future, the Ainur were still capable of travelling at any speeds they desired, being able to instantly appear anywhere they desired within Eä) | Immeasurable (In their origin, the Ainur were unbound by space-time, and were capable of exploring both the past and future with their movements)

Lifting Strength: Infinite (The Valar, are said to have "had a command, great individually, almost complete as a united council, over the physical matter of Eä.") | Immeasurable

Striking Strength: High Universe level | Low Complex Multiverse level

Durability: High Universe level | Low Complex Multiverse level

Stamina: Superhuman (The bodies of the Ainur are described as being akin to clothing, which they can discard at will. Lesser Ainur than Ulmo have been known to fight for days, and he, alongside the other Valar, were said to have contested Melkor for entire ages) | Infinite

Range: Extended Melee Range; High Universal with his abilities | Low Complex Multiversal

Standard Equipment: The Ulumúri

Intelligence: Unknown (The Ainur are said to have a great understanding of the world, as it was they who created it. Among the Ainur, the Valar are said to be the most knowledgeable, having an almost complete understanding of Eä's material, with even greater understanding in the areas they specialised in) | Possibly Nigh-Omniscient (The Ainur acted as the origin to all that which existed within Eä, except for that which Eru himself withheld)

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques: Like all Ainur, Ulmo has access to a wide range of dangerous powers, mostly related to the elements.

Powers of the Ainur: As a Vala, Ulmo has access to wide variety of potent and devastating supernatural abilities, for the Ainur (The Valar specifically) were created as elemental spirits, and each have divine authority and absolute control over a certain aspect of nature. Each and every one of the Ainur is also able to manipulate magical energies and reality to serve their needs, and take any form they wish, even intangible and non-corporeal spiritual forms. Given that he is a Vala, above any of the Maiar, there is no doubt he can use all of the basic Ainur powers.

• Elemental manipulation: Ulmo is a spirit of water, having great control over it. His servants can create thunderstorms across the whole ocean and he is far above them, even manifesting out of a wave. He often saved Elves from the ocean, such as Voronwë.
• Foresight/Hindsight: The Ainur can see the past and the future (Though the latter is fallible). Though he has no stated prophesies, his part in the series of events that led to Morgoth's downfall may be a manifestation of this power.
• Empathy: The Ainur are surrounded by an a powerful aura, which can affect those around them, bringing joy and presumably sorrow to those near them: "In Beleriand King Thingol upon his throne was as the lords of the Maiar, whose power is at rest, whose joy is as an air that they breathe in all their days, whose thought flows in a tide untroubled from the heights to the deeps."
• Shapeshifting: As one of the Ainur, it was highly likely that Ulmo possessed the famous Ainur ability to transform and reshape the form of one's body, appearing in whatever form she desired. He also can appear as an inanimate object, such as when he manifested out of a wave.
• Spirit form: As one of the Valar, it was highly likely that Ulmo had the typical Ainur ability to cast off her physical form like a snake shedding its skin, and take on an intangible and non-corporeal spiritual form. In this spiritual state, the Ainur can travel forward and backward in time (Though they are unable to affect the future or the past, only see it). Of the Ainur's spirit forms and precognitive powers this was said:

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They could move backward or forward in thought, and return again so swiftly that to those who were in their presence they did not appear to have moved.

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