"Oromë loved the lands of Middle-earth, and he left them unwillingly and came last to Valinor; and often of old he passed back east over the mountains and returned with his host to the hills and the plains. He is a hunter of monsters and fell beasts, and he delights in horses and in hounds; and all trees he loves, for which reason he is called Aldaron, and by the Sindar Tauron, the Lord of Forests." The Valaquenta   "Thus it was that when Nahar neighed and Oromë indeed came among them, some of the Quendi hid themselves, and some fled and were lost. But those that had courage, and stayed, perceived swiftly that the Great Rider was no shape out of darkness; for the light of Aman was in his face, and all the noblest of the Elves were drawn towards it." The Quenta Silmarillion III; The Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor

Oromë is one of the Aratar, the eighth most powerful of Valar. He is the spouse of Vána the Ever-Young, the younger sister of Yavanna. In Yavanna's woods he is often found with his folk and his beasts to train them for hunting Melkor's monsters. He loves all trees and spends most of his time in the woods. For this he is called Aldaron in Quenya, or Tauron in Sindarin, both meaning 'Lord of the Forests'. He holds a great love for the lands of Middle-Earth; he was the last of the Valar to come to Valinor. He did return often to ride across the lands, and so he was the first of the Valar (except for Melkor) to have found the First Born Children of Ilúvatar, which he named the Eldar. When he found the first, most of them hid from him, for Melkor had been spreading lies among them, saying that he was a Dark Rider that would hunt and devour them. And so they feared him. But those that were brave stayed, and they saw that he was no dark creature, for the light of Aman shone bright in his face. They feared him no more and he became a mediator between the Eldar and the Valar. Oromë is a great huntsman, but he does not hunt animals for sport or for nurture. He hunts the monsters and wild beasts of Melkor to rid the world of them. With him are hounds and horses, in which he delights. The horse he rides is Nahar, a stallion white in the sun and sliver shining at night. He also carries a great horn, Valaróma, of which the sound is louder than any horn ever heard. It is said the sound is like the upcoming of the Sun in scarlet, or sheer lightning cleaving the clouds.

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Members of Oromë: -love trees -are attracted to and enraptured by woodland environments -are vigilant/observant -persevere -love animals (especially hounds and horses) -love music

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