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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He was a Maiar of Aulë, which was the Vala of Crafting, so prodigy is probably underselling it. As a side note, considering what happened with both Saruman and Sauron, I would say Aulë was probably a very shitty boss.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

He probably was - which is why they prefer to promote shitty engineers to management, usually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Aule also created the dwarves against the explicit orders of Iluvatar, so it kinda runs in the family. ~~Wasn't Morgoth a Maiar of Aule too?~~ Nope, a Valar. Thanks for the correction!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Morgoth was a Vala, probably even the most powerful among them.