The Creation of Midgard

After the War of Wrath had left Asgard in ruins, Pelor commissioned Morodin to create a Realm for the lesser Fey who could not withstand the harsh climate of the Void. Here is an account of the creation of Midgard taken from the ancient Dwarven tablets Azer Histories:

Azer Histories Tablet 75 : Line 12

…And our Father Morodin Earth Shaper took pity and fashioned a new realm for His children and the children of His brothers and sisters. Kindling the flame of the Ever Forge once again, He crafted his finest creation yet. Midgard, a world filled with jewels and bright stones, Mountains and deep halls. Wondrous mines of Mythril and Adamantine and Gold and Iron. Out of mercy He also decked the land with rivers and plains and things that the other children find handy. Men, Mer, Ent, Faer, and Shade each was given their own land by the Ever Charitable Morodin. Huge and Majestic Animer roamed the lands, trees and other things of the earth flourished, and always the land was illuminated by the Gods and there realms on High Yggdrasil. Pelor was amazed by Morodin Dwarf Sires handiwork, and Queen Luna blessed the land with a band of colors, running east and west, that shielded the children from the Void. And Amidst this glorious new realm, Morodin Hammer Lord set his Ever Forge, so that He may forever repair His creation. All of the Children would set out on pilgrimages to worshiped Morodin at His Anvil from that time, and the then-immortal Dwarves built into the deeps under the Ever Forge Zargonaath-kul, The First and Best of all their Mines…