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Originally Posted by alatar
I think you mean that it was the Faithful that saved the Faithful. If the Valar were involved, there'd be some floating island involved  . Manwe's eastward wind was to slow the progress of Ar-Pharazon (or at least to give his rowers something to do). This same wind pushed the Faithful to safety; sure, but if they were still on Numenor, no wind would have pushed them across so far a sea. |
Umm, but...
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Thus the fleets of the Númenóreans moved against the menace of the West; and there was little wind,...
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For a wind arose in the east and it wafted them away;
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...the wind was still or even came out of the east. I agree, of course, that the decision to be on the ships instead of on Númenor saved them. Without the special wind, however, that would very likely not have been enough.
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Originally Posted by alatar
"My ways are not your ways, and I like drowning things."  |
Exactly.
Well, my nice little theory stands and falls with what Eru was thinking, which is the case with every theory about the destruction of Númenor. Sadly, that's guesswork entirely.