Its been a very long time since I read LOTR/Silmarillion…long time since I have seen the movies (although this is never mentioned there).
My recollection is Dagor Dagorath is akin to the end-of-days. Like a Norse Ragnarok.
When that happens all sorts of heroes and, well, everyone(?), will poof back into existence for a final, colossal battle.
But I thought in LOTR humans were subject to the “Gift of Men.” Humans spirits are not bound to Arda and go…somewhere. No one knows. It is the most special of gifts of all the races. Not even the Valar can escape and are bound to Arda.
Question is: Does this mean Dagor Dagorath will be completely (or nearly so…I suppose any humans still alive when it starts will be there) devoid of all (most) humans?
The Second Prophesy of Mandos:
Thus spoke Mandos in prophecy, when the Valar sat in judgement in Valinor and the rumour of his word was whispered among all the Elves of the West. When the world is old and the Powers have grown weary, Morgoth, the Black Foe of the World, seeing that the guard sleepeth, shall come back through the Door of the Night out of the Timeless Void; and all shall be darkness, for the sun he will turn to black, and the moon will no longer shed his light… But the Host of Valinor shall descend upon him as a searing flame, white and terrible. Then shall the Last Battle be gathered on the fields of Valinor. In that day, Tulkas shall strive with Morgoth, and on his right hand shall be Eönwë, and on his left Túrin Turambar, son of Húrin, returning from the Doom of Men at the ending of the world; and the black sword of Túrin shall deal unto Morgoth his death and final end; and so shall the Children of Húrin and all fallen Men be avenged.
Thereafter shall the Earth be broken and remade, and the Silmarils shall be recovered out of Air and Earth and Sea; for Fëanor shall surrender them willingly. Yavanna will rekindle the Two Trees, and a great light shall come forth. And the mountains of Valinor shall be levelled, so that the light shall go out over all the world. In that light the Valar will grow young again, and the Elves awake and all their dead arise, and the purpose of Ilúvatar be fulfilled concerning them. But of Men in that day the prophecy of Mandos doth not speak, and no Man it names, save Túrin only, and to him a place is given among the sons of the Valar.
So at least one human will take part in it.
Presumably Mandos knew what he was talking about. You’ll have to ask him for any further clarification.
Heh…thanks for the quick response.
That seems to settle it.
One human who is more special than the rest will be there.
Ar-Pharazon and his host will be there as well.
The Numenoreans? All of them?
Is that because when Iluvatar whacked the lot of them he whammied their souls to stay in Arda?
I know Iluvatar was pissed at them and wiped them out (mostly) and re-arranged the planet while sinking their island. I didn’t know he also put a lien on their souls.
I believe it’ll just be Ar-Pharazon and his armada, who were all buried when Eru collapsed a mountain on them. This happened in the Blessed Realm. The rest of the Numenoreans who perished did so outside of Valinor.