Valinor. The "Earthly Paradise" of Middle-Earth. If you are a Tolkein fan who is only familiar with The Lord of The Rings, Valinor is "The West" that the Elves are always being spoken of as "returning" to, and where Frodo, Bilbo and (ultimately) Gimli went to "rest" after their trials as Ringbearers (in the case of the first two) and as a companion for Legolas when he maid his trip. Valinor is a City created by the Valar the "Arch-Angels" who were charged with the (sub)-creation of Middle-Earth from Eru (God)....and home to the High-Elves (Calaquendi). Before the Noldor (The High-elves in the Lord of The Rings) left to go to war with the Dark Lords of Middle-earth. Valinor is----literally----a slice of Heaven on Earth, and chance to walk among angels and the Elves at their pinnacle of power. To give you some sense of that power..... The Balrog that Gandalf fought at the Bridge at Khazad-dun was a fire demon. A fallen angel of similar power to Gandalf....a Maiar. (Gandalf's true name is Olorin). He agreed to manifest in Middle-earth along with the rest of the Wizards (Istari) at only a portion of his power to assist the Free Peoples in their struggle to fight Sauron should he re-emerge after Isildur's failure to destroy the Ring of Power. It took all of Gandalf available strength to defeat that single Balrog. Feanor, OTOH, was the crown prince of the Noldorin Elves, and leader of the Elves that left Valinor to fight the First Dark Lord, Morgoth (Melkor). He was the most powerful Elf to ever step foot in Middle-earth. First off, deciding to go to war against Morgoth is like deciding you're going to wage war on Satan Himself. (It eventually took the entire host of Valinor to ultimately defeat Morgoth). Second, Feanor died in the first battle of that war (Battle Beneath The Stars). He died taking on the KING of the Balrogs AND his entire Royal Guard.....at the same time. Feanor died.....but he took the King of the Balrogs with him. Feanor's half-brother Fingolfin eventually challenged Morgoth to single combat. Fingolfin was also killed. But managed to leave Morgoth with a permanent limp to remember him by. If you saw the Lord of the Rings films then you saw the scenes of where Galadriel was able to take on a very weakend Sauron in the Hobbit (Sauron == Necromancer of Dol Guldor)....and the terror she transformed into briefly as she wrestled with the temptation to take the One Ring from Frodo In the Fellowship of The Ring. [i]Galadriel is Fingolfin's Niece (daughter to his brother Finarfin) , and so she was just one generation removed from the power of Feanor. [/i] Edited for a geneology mistake.