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Ulmo is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth.
Ulmo (from the Valarin Ulubôz, Ullubôz) is a Vala, and lord of the seas. Ulmo is a title, which means He who pours. He is also known as King of the Sea and Lord of Waters.
Ulmo is third in majesty of the Valar, after Manwë and Varda. He is very close in friendship to Manwë. Ulmo has always distrusted Melkor, and the Dark Lord fears the Sea almost as much as he fears Varda. Ulmo has no dwelling in Valinor, or any permanent dwelling on land. He preferes the deeps of the seas and the rivers to land. His palace, on the bottom of Vai, is called Ulmonan.
Ulmo has always loved the Eldar and the Edain, even when the Valar forsoke Middle-earth. He opposed Orome's plan to bring the Elves to Aman, and anchored Tol Eressea in the Bay of Eldamar, which he did at because he knew the minds of the Teleri. Ulmo was the Vala most responsible for the fall of Morgoth, by urging Turgon to build Gondolin and Finrod to build Nargothrond; sending Tuor to Gondolin, where he married Turgon's daughter Idril and fathered Eärendil; and saved Elwing from the sack of the Havens of Sirion, and thus she took the Silmaril to her husband Eärendil which allowed them to gain admittance to Valinor and plead for their mercy. Ulmo also defended them in the council from the potential wrath of Mandos.
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